A new pizzeria, Mackey's Pizza, may be coming soon to Hill Country Square Plaza, according to a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing.

Dig deeper: Construction on the 915-square-foot space will transform the interior from a yoga studio into a restaurant beginning April 6, according to the filing. The yoga studio, Energy Reigns Mind & Body Fitness Studio is permanently closed, according to Google.

What’s next: Alterations for Makey’s Pizza are expected to cost an estimated $60,000, with construction concluding June 1.

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Leander ISD's early childhood center will be named the Ada Mae Faubion School for Early Childhood.

Put in perspective: The board of trustees voted on the name at its March 12 meeting. The district stated in a news release that the school will carry on the legacy of Faubion Elementary School, which is slated to close at the end of the 2025-2026 school year as part of consolidation due to low enrollment.

Ada Mae Faubion was a member of one of the founding families of the Leander and Cedar Park areas and a lifelong educator, according to the release.

What parents should know: The Ada Mae Faubion School for Early Childhood is scheduled to open in fall 2026. The school will serve 3- and 4-year-old students in prekindergarten and early childhood special education who are currently zoned to Bagdad, Larkspur, North, Plain and Tarvin elementary schools, the news release states.

From a retail project to a new gas station and more, here are five of the most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. Shops at Park Place in Elgin: Hunington Properties will build two retail building shells totaling 20,059 square feet.

2. Star Mart in Leander: Austin-based Star Mart will build a 5,800-square-foot gas station in Leander.

3. Plaza at Hero Way shell building in Leander: A 10,250-square-foot retail project is planned along the ever-growing Hero Way corridor.

4. Willows at Leander Memory Care in Leander: Willows at Leander will add a 16-bed memory care building totaling approximately 10,000 square feet.

5. Silver Creek Expansion in Austin: ZMT Crystal, a limited liability company, will construct a roughly 4,556-square-foot office building.

Brushy Creek Sports Park is back open after the city of Cedar Park launched an improvement project earlier this year. The park reopened March 7 after being closed since Feb. 16.

What’s new: Randy Lueders, the city’s director of engineering and capital projects, said during a January City Council meeting that the improvements include:

• Sports field fencing and nets
• Softball field drainage and infield improvements
• Parking lot expansion
• Additional trails
• Existing trail upgrades, including replacing decomposed granite paths with concrete
• New maintenance building