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109 homes sold in Allen, other local real estate data from May

Allen saw 109 homes sold during May, with the most homes sold in the 75002 ZIP code. The city’s median home sale price was $510,000 with an average of 40 days on the market.

The specifics: Check out this real estate data for Allen, comparing data from May 2025 to May 2026 in categories such as:

  • Number of homes sold by ZIP code
  • Median home sales price by ZIP code
  • Average days on the market by ZIP code
  • Number of new listings by ZIP code
  • Number of homes under contract by ZIP code
  • Homes sold by price point

 
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Pilates Retreat to offer exercise classes in Allen

Pilates Retreat is opening an Allen location, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. 

The details: Construction of the privately funded project is expected to wrap up in late June. The alteration of the 3,125 square-foot space is anticipated to cost $150,000.

  • 1010 W. Exchange Parkway, Ste. 2170, Allen

 
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GALLERY: Universal arrives, community readies for theme park's July opening

Three years after it was announced, Universal Kids Resort is set to open its doors in Frisco on July 1.

The details: The 97-acre site was intentionally designed on a smaller scale for young children and their families in mind, said Dan Cuffe, vice president and general manager of Universal Kids Resort. It will act as an introduction to the Universal experience, he said. The theme park has seven lands themed around characters, including the Minions, SpongeBob SquarePants and Shrek, set to take center stage and a hotel to anchor the resort.

“Universal Kids Resort has a distinctive look and feel from our existing parks because it was designed and built specifically for kids,” Cuffe said in an email.

Quote of note: “It’s going to be something that’s really unique about growing up in Frisco,” Mayor Jeff Cheney said. “It’s going to be kind of a big part of the Frisco DNA going forward.”

 

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Check out these new restaurants and bars opening across the Dallas - Fort Worth area.

Bojangles sets opening date for Celina location

Bojangles will open in Celina on June 23.

The franchise is known for Cajun-seasoned fried chicken with sides like buttermilk biscuits, fries and dirty rice.

Bojangles’s Celina location will hold its grand opening at 5 a.m., and the first 100 dine-in customers will receive a $100 Bojangles gift card, Batt said.


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🎶 Bad Habits Music and Events hosts live music in Denton
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☕️ Port Coffee Co coming soon to Richardson
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🍴 Kalamaki Greek Eatery set to open in downtown Plano
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🫔 Grapevine-based Tommy Tamale rebrands as Atomic Tamales and Tacos
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Toasted Simple offers simple syrups infused with toasted food at East McKinney shop

A new storefront for simple syrup company Toasted Simple is now open in East McKinney.

The business, which was founded just over five years ago, makes simple syrups infused with real toasted food. The East McKinney shop offers cocktails and mocktails made with Toasted Simple syrups.


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Report: Camp Mystic failed to prevent deaths, shirked responsibilities in July 4 flood

About two weeks shy of the anniversary of deadly flooding that devastated parts of Central Texas last summer, state lawmakers approved a 115-page report chronicling what they deemed “failures” at Camp Mystic, a Christian youth camp where 27 young girls died.

The details: The family running Camp Mystic was not prepared to respond to a disaster in flood-prone Kerr County and did not act quickly enough to save campers’ lives, investigators said during a June 18 hearing at the Capitol.

Investigators Casey Garrett and Michael Massengale told lawmakers about recent interviews with teenage counselors who witnessed the July 4 tragedy, reiterating a key point from hearings earlier this year: all deaths at Camp Mystic could have been prevented if camp leaders had planned ahead and acted more quickly.

"Nobody had any idea what they needed to be doing, and it crippled them," Garrett said.

Looking ahead: Lawmakers adopted the investigative team’s report, which will be shared with legislative leaders as they draft additional policy changes in response to the flood during the 2027 state legislative session.

 

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