ATX-RRK: Impact 10/27/2025

Round Table Pizza is coming to Round Rock and expected to open this fall.

The gist: The West Coast pizza franchise offers a variety of pizzas, including classic toppings and specialty options. The menu also includes salads and appetizers, such as garlic bread and wings with different sauces.

Round Table Pizza also offers catering.

• Opening in November

Round Rock City Council approved the update to the city’s downtown zoning and development rules Oct. 23, marking the first major overhaul in nearly a decade.

What you need to know: Council passed all four ordinance changes to rezone 114 parcels across downtown, allowing for taller buildings in certain areas. Along May Street and Round Rock Avenue, buildings can now go up to 8-stories tall; and up to 12 stories tall on property along I-35.

Buildings at this height will be required to include privately-owned public spaces, such as a plazas and courtyards.

Additionally, new bars within the historic core of the downtown area are prohibited, while bed and breakfasts are now allowed.

Two constitutional amendments on the Nov. 4 ballot would impact the operation and oversight of Texas’ judicial system if approved by voters.

The details: State Proposition 3 seeks to require judges to deny bail for certain felony offenses, keeping more defendants in jail as they await trial. Proponents of the measure, which passed the Legislature with bipartisan support, said in June that it would improve public safety by keeping violent offenders behind bars.

Proposition 12 would rework the 13-member State Commission on Judicial Conduct, allowing the governor to appoint a majority of the commissioners and requiring most sanctions for judges accused of misconduct to be issued publicly. The bipartisan proposition faced pushback from some House Democrats who expressed concerns that allowing the governor to appoint a majority of commissioners would politicize the nonpartisan judicial conduct commission and give Abbott more power to remove from office judges whom he does not agree with.

Zooming out: The measures are among 17 state propositions being considered by Texas voters in the Nov. 4 election.

As the Austin metro area continues to see expansion in the technology sector, industry leaders are highlighting key critical area of interest: power delivery. 

What you need to know: In an Oct. 22 meeting of Opportunity Austin's Economic Development Council, panelists representing a variety of arms of the local technology industry shared insights regarding technology industry expansion in the area. 

What they're saying: The technology sector in Austin has experienced rapid growth, panelists said, and one of the first questions being asked by companies seeking to locate here are about power supply. 

"So much of our current project was defined by how much power we could bring into the building," said Eric Van Hensbergen, a fellow and member of the leadership team of the architecture and technology group at semiconductor and software design company Arm. "In speaking with a lot of our partners, that's the No. 1 thing that they're looking for in regions that they're expanding into."

These considerations are especially relevant for data centers, he said.

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