Two new industrial buildings are being developed by EastGroup Properties at the corner of Hardin Boulevard and McKinney Ranch Parkway in McKinney.

In a nutshell: The first building will total 84,443 square feet of Class A industrial space and the second building will total 76,097 square feet, according to a property brochure. The new buildings are part of a third and final phase for EastGroup’s industrial project called McKinney 121.

Brett Lewis, principal and commercial real estate broker with Lee and Associates, said the company previously developed two buildings at a time for the first two phases. Those additional buildings run south along Hardin Boulevard and are fully leased, according to Lee and Associates’ website.

The context: The development is highlighted in McKinney and Allen’s 121 North branding initiative. The initiative, launched in May, aims to highlight growth and opportunity along the SH 121 corridor.

• 4800 S. Hardin Blvd., McKinney

Playa Bowls is now open in west McKinney, a company representative said.

Zoom in: The business sells smoothie bowls, smoothies, juices and cold brew, according to its website.

• 3200 S. Stonebridge Drive, Ste. 104, McKinney

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.”

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.