WareSpace is holding a grand opening ceremony on Aug. 6.

What you need to know: The company, which leases warehouse space to small businesses, is opening in the former Fry’s Electronics building at the corner of US 75 and President George Bush Turnpike.

The 174,500-square-foot building can house space for more than 160 companies, according to a news release from Warespace. The company also has locations in Addison, Fort Worth and North Richland Hills.
 

A business offering indoor sandboxes, Little Diggers, plans to open new locations in Colleyville and Plano this year.

What they offer: The space has an indoor sandbox with more than 1,200 square feet for children ages 7 and under to play in, said Brooklyn Ogburn, the co-owner of the Colleyville and Plano locations. Within the play spaces, there are hundreds of construction-themed toys, including custom-made Sand Stacker and Tower Blocks.

Additionally, Ogburn said each location will have two birthday party rooms that have their own dedicated sandboxes.

What they're saying: “As local families and entrepreneurs, we wanted to bring something family focused to our communities,” Ogburn said in an email. “Our greatest desire is that our family venture will lead to incredible family memories for everyone who walks through our doors.”

• 5600 Colleyville Blvd., Ste. J, Colleyville; 1900 Preston Road, Ste. 385, Plano

Check out five upcoming, ongoing and completed transportation projects around Dallas-Fort Worth.

1. Prosper Trail construction
Project: Prosper Trail will undergo a full pavement reconstruction from Coit Road to Custer Road. The new pavement section will be a four-lane concrete divided roadway.
Update: The design phase is nearing completion, and construction is expected to begin in summer 2028.

• Timeline: summer 2028-summer 2029
• Cost: $13.45 million
• Funding source: town of Prosper

• Timeline: Final design is expected to begin in fall 2026. Construction is expected to begin in 2028.
• Cost: $35 million
• Funding source: city of McKinney

Zonda Demographics provides enrollment projections for roughly 100 school districts in Texas, according to data from the company. Rocky Gardiner, the company's director of school district consulting, said the company produces both short-term and long-term projections, up to 10 years. 

The details: Gardiner said district leaders use the short-term, one-year projections to guide staffing and budget planning, and long-term projections to plan when to open or close a school.

“We have the technology to help them see what it looks like if a school gets closed or a school gets added with how that impacts their enrollment going forward,” Gardiner said.

Zooming in: Predicting school enrollment has become more complicated since COVID-19 due to more school options such as virtual schools, homeschooling and charter schools, Gardiner said.

When Gardiner first started doing enrollment projections in 2006, the projections were primarily based on new housing, with the development patterns showing an average of about six new public school students per 10 new homes built, but that number has dropped, Gardiner said.