From new restaurants to dermatology offices, here are 13 business updates from the Lake Travis-Westlake area.

Now open

French Florist: The flower shop offers a full range of flower arrangements as well as same-day delivery. Customers can also shop for flowers based on the occasion, such as anniversaries, birthdays, holidays and more.

• Opened June 17

• 3801 Bee Cave Road, Ste. 140, West Lake Hills

• www.frenchflorist.com

Coming soon

Postino: The wine cafe offers a large selection of wine, craft cocktails and food, including paninis, salads, bruschetta and charcuterie boards. This will be Postino’s third cafe in Austin, with other locations in Bryker Woods and South Central Austin.

• Opening late summer 2026

• 701 S. Capital of Texas Hwy., Ste. J760, Austin

• www.postino.com

What’s next

Westlake Dermatology: A permit was filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration for a new Westlake Dermatology location near Bee Cave. The clinic offers a variety of medical and cosmetic procedures including dermatopathology, light therapy, plastic surgery, laser treatments and body contouring, among other treatments.
 

• 14418 W. Hwy. 71, Austin 

• www.westlakedermatology.com

Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa now offers private Resort Homes available for guests to book, according to a press release from the resort.

The overview: Available to book now for stays starting Sept. 8, each four-and-a-half-bathroom home is approximately 2,500 square-feet and located about half a mile from the main resort.

Guests will have full access to the resort amenities along with a private six-seat golf cart, a large kitchen and living space, a covered patio with a barbecue, an in-room washer and dryer, room service and daily housekeeping.  

• 8212 Barton Club Drive, Austin

• www.omnihotels.com/hotels/austin-barton-creek

Five-year-old Avry Jo Schapansky rang the bell at Dell Children's Blood and Cancer Center on Aug. 7, celebrating the end of her cancer treatment and marking her as the first patient in Central Texas to complete a stem cell transplant through the hospital's new program.

Why it matters: Before Dell Children's launched the program in August 2025, families needing this level of care had to travel outside Central Texas, often for a month or longer, to hospitals in Houston, Dallas or San Antonio. Schapansky, diagnosed with high-risk Stage 4 neuroblastoma, underwent a roughly year-and-a-half treatment plan that included chemotherapy, surgery, tandem stem cell transplants and radiation.

Dr. Shannon Cohn, her pediatric oncologist, said the family's decision to stay reflected trust in a brand-new transplant team.

The program was made possible in part through a gift from the Shivers Cancer Foundation, which helped recruit Dr. Amir Mian to lead it, along with a partnership with nonprofit blood center We Are Blood. Dell Children's is now working toward offering CAR T-cell therapy and gene therapy in 2026.

The interior renovation of IBC Bank in Austin, a Walmart renovation in Round Rock and a new 7 Brew in Leander are among the five most expensive projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation in the Austin metro this week.

1. IBC Bank Plaza interior renovations ($6 million): This project involves the partial interior finish-out of four levels in the building, including renovations of shared core spaces, elevator lobbies and common corridors on floors 6-13.

2. Pease Community Campus Phase 1 ($2.1 million): Pease Elementary School in downtown Austin is being transformed into the Pease Community Campus.

3. Walmart renovation ($1.3 million): This project includes an interior and exterior remodel of an existing Walmart in Round Rock.

4. Tim Hortons ($750,000): This project involves the renovation of an existing 3,107 square foot space to a Tim Hortons.

5. 7 Brew ($400,000): A new 7 Brew location is coming to Leander. The drive-thru coffee shop will be 510 square feet, with construction set to wrap up this fall.