Richland Park Apartments is set to add five new units after Richardson City Council unanimously approved a zoning change Feb. 9.

The details: The apartment complex, located at 951 Abrams Road, currently has 82 apartment units across four buildings, as well as a leasing and community building that houses the complex’s amenities. The complex proposed adding five apartment units in underused areas in the leasing and community building, replacing a yoga room, maintenance storage room and portions of the clubhouse on the second, third and fourth floors.

What else: The complex originally proposed adding additional parking in order to meet minimum parking requirements. However, after the project architect said the current parking capacity would be enough to accommodate the new units, the City Plan Commission recommended reducing the parking requirement to keep the current number of spaces.

Nablus Desserts is now open in Richardson after hosting a grand opening Feb. 8. The dessert shop specializes in Arabic desserts, offering sweets like kunafa, a sweet crispy pastry, Dubai chocolate and fteer, a flaky layered pastry.

• Opened Feb. 8
• 525 W. Arapaho Road, Ste. 36, Richardson

Miniso opened Jan. 20 in west Plano, a business representative said.

What they offer: The retail store sells apparel, electronic and tech accessories, home goods, lifestyle items, stationary, toys, collectibles and more.

• 1900 Preston Road, Ste. 229, Plano

Here are five updates for road projects around Dallas-Fort Worth. 

1. FM 407 and I-35W intersection improvements
Project: Work includes adding right-turn lanes on the west side of FM 407 and I-35W to improve congestion. The project also includes adding drainage, vehicle deflection walls at the FM 407 and I-35W overpass and pavement markings.
Update: The Denton County Commissioners Court approved a contract with Ed Bell Construction Company during its regular meeting Jan. 30.

• Timeline: Construction will begin in February and take 100 days to complete.
• Cost: $3.03 million
• Funding source: Denton County

• Timeline: summer 2025-summer 2026
• Cost: $3.1 million
• Funding sources: city of McKinney, TxDOT Highway Safety Improvement Project funds

Early in-person voting in Texas’ primary elections begins Feb. 17 and lasts until Feb. 27.

How it works: Texas has an open primary system, where voters decide at the polling place whether to cast ballots in the Democratic or Republican primary. Voters may not participate in both primaries.

What to expect: Voters will be given a ballot with a slate of statewide seats and other races determined by the voting precinct they live in. During early voting, registered voters can visit any polling location in their county.

Candidates who win their primaries will advance to the Nov. 3 midterm election.

Why it matters: Early voting gives registered voters the opportunity to cast their ballots before primary election day March 3.

Voter advocacy groups and experts told Community Impact that a vote in the March primaries is “the most impactful vote” Texans can cast, due to consistently low voter turnout and competition in certain races. Over 18 million Texans are registered to vote, although about one-fifth of registered voters participated in recent primary elections.