Early voting starts Jan. 14 for Frisco’s special election.

What you need to know: The special election is held to fill Frisco City Council Place 1 after seat holder John Keating announced his resignation to run for mayor this May. 

The candidates, in ballot order are: 

• Ann Anderson 
• Mark Piland

Oak Tree Massage & Facial is now open in Frisco, an employee at the business confirmed.

The details: Clients can choose from a range of massage and facial options, including specialized massages meant for pain management and stress relief.

The Dallas-Fort Worth retail market’s occupancy rate climbed again in 2025, according to Texas-based real estate firm Weitzman’s latest annual forecast.

The full story: Dallas-Fort Worth finished 2025 with a retail occupancy of 95.3%, an increase to the record occupancy first reported in 2023. Executive Managing Director Bob Young called it a “retail three-peat.”

“For the first time in our [survey’s 36-year history], three years in a row, occupancy has been at record levels,” he said. “Right now, we’re celebrating the market’s highest-ever occupancy of 95.3%.”

More information: Occupancy wasn’t the only measurement that increased since last year’s report. Total inventory increased to 202 million square feet and new construction increased to 2.4 million square feet delivered, according to the retail market report. Vacant space fell to 9.5 million square feet from 9.7 million square feet in 2024.

Grocery store anchors such as H-E-B, Kroger and Target accounted for more than 1.9 million square feet of all new space delivered, Young said. That trend is expected to continue in 2026.

A new John Peter Smith medical outpatient facility could be constructed in Fort Worth, among other projects recently filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR in the past week.

1. JPS medical outpatient building
The public, Fort Worth-based JPS Health Network filed a permit to add outpatient services to a new 10-story, 300,000-square-foot medical outpatient building, according to the TDLR filing. The new facility will offer laboratory and imaging services and is scheduled to open in 2029, according to the health system.

• Location: 1300 S. Main St., Fort Worth
• Estimated timeline: Jan. 9, 2026-July 29, 2029
• Estimated cost: $250 million

• Location: 2400 Maumelle Drive, Plano
• Estimated timeline: May 15-Aug. 1
• Estimated cost: $5.5 million

Texas health officials are proposing sweeping new regulations on the state’s hemp industry, including raising the fees required to sell and manufacture consumable hemp products by roughly 10,000%.

The overview: In late December, the Texas Department of State Health Services published a slate of proposed rules regulating consumable hemp products. The proposals include:

• A prohibition on sales to customers under 21 years old
• Stricter testing and labeling requirements
• Guidelines for product recalls
• Tens of thousands of dollars in annual fees