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Chipotle coming to NorthPark Center

Our neighborhood currently boasts three Chipotle Mexican Grill locations, and come spring, we’ll have another one. Chipotle spokeswoman Danielle Winslow says they are scheduled to open in NorthPark “early next spring.” NorthPark Center spokeswoman Victoria Snee says that the location within the shopping mall has not yet been decided.

Snap Kitchen ‘close to signing leases’

Back in July, Austin-based restaurant Snap Kitchen announced plans to expand to Dallas, opening several stores in early 2014. They have been eyeing hot retail areas such as Preston Hollow and the Park Cities, but no leases have been signed, so we’re still in the dark for now. Spokesman Daniel Helfman says he plans to know more by March. “We’re really close to signing leases,” he says, and the challenge is that they’re trying to open several stores at once. With locations in Austin and Houston, Snap Kitchen serves takeout food for the healthconscious, focusing on fresh, organic produce and “Snap Juice.” You can order breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and desserts that feature full nutrition labels and suit just about any diet including Paleo, gluten-free, vegan and diabetic. Customers can call in orders ahead of time and pick them up curbside — a rather appealing scenario in our neighborhood, where parking is scarce during peak hours.

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Williams-Sonoma closes Dallas stores

Two Dallas branches of Williams-Sonoma stores, located in Galleria Dallas and Highland Park Village, closed their doors for good last month. The good news? The WilliamsSonoma that’s located in NorthPark Center the one closest to Preston Hollow — isn’t going anywhere. It will be the last remaining Williams-Sonoma storefront in Dallas proper.

Upgrades at Medical City

Medical City Children’s Hospital just finished renovations in 66 patient rooms on the hospital’s sixth floor. Upgrades include sleeper sofas, fresh paint, new TVs with DVD players, and wood-look laminate flooring. The $750,000 project took four months to complete.

—Whitney Thompson

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NorthPark Center 8687 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY 214.363.7441

NORTHPARKCENTER.COM

Medical City Children’s Hospital 7777 FOREST 972.566.8888

MCCHILDRENSHOSPITAL.COM

The Iron Bed 8416 PRESTON CENTER PLAZA 469.232.9880

THEIRONBED.COM

Pickles and Ice Cream 8300 PRESTON, SUITE 400 214.361.1898

PICKLESANDICECREAM.COM

Ylang 23 8300 PRESTON, SUITE 700 972.980.0819

YLANG23.COM

Devonshire Pilates Bar 5425 W. LOVERS 214.706.9988

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1 High-end furniture and interior design store The Iron Bed opened a location in The Plaza at Preston Center, between Corner Bakery and Kid Biz. 2 Pickles & Ice Cream relocated to Suite 400 within Preston Center to make way for jewelry store Ylang 23, which is slated to open later this month. The jewelry store closed its longtime Galleria location last month and is slated to reopen in Preston Center, Suite 700, later this month.

3 Devonshire PilatesBarre, located at Lovers and Inwood, opened in January. It is the second location for the University Park-born Pilates studio.