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New dining & retail hub underway for Austin suburb and more top stories

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New dining & retail hub underway for Austin suburb and more top stories
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Editor's note: The top Austin news of the week includes a new mixed-use development for a booming suburb and the closing date for a longtime grocery location. Read on for our most popular stories, then plan your weekend via this guide.

1. Austin suburb's new retail & dining hub will be full of Asian concepts. A mixed-use development being built in Leander has a new commercial component largely focused on Asian and local businesses. Called the Market District, it will add 30,000 square feet of retail space to Northline, which will include retail and dining concepts.

2. Cuantos Tacos marinating first brick-and-mortar restaurant in Austin. After seven years of serving Mexico City-style tacos out of a food truck, one of Austin’s popular taco spots is preparing for its next chapter.

3. UT Austin ranks among Texas' 10 best universities for 2027. With early application season in full swing, two local universities are racking up new accolades on a list of the 10 best Texas colleges for 2027.

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