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Austin Regional Clinic Round Rock will relocate July 2007 from their current location on South Mays to La Frontera off SH 45 next to the The Summit office complex. The clinic will move from their current 21,000 sq. ft. facility to a larger 24,000 sq. ft. building to be built by Koontz McCombs.“We have outgrown our space here and we want to expand our services and specialties,” Tim Rye, ARC Round Rock office manager, said. “We looked around the area for space and thought this was the best option. With all of the tollroads opening, we knew it would be easy for people to get to.”

ARC has had a strong presence in Round Rock for more than 15 years and wants to add services like physical therapy, internal medicine, ENT and dermatology in the new building.

The clinic will offer same-day appointments, daytime urgent care, and onsite lab and X-ray. They will continue to operate out of their current facility until the move next July.

“We wanted to stay as close to our existing clinic as we could so people could still find us. We also wanted to stay close to Dell because we serve so many of the employees,” Rye said.

The newly opened SH 45 and Loop 1 tollways will also house La Frontera Square, a four-story complex with offices, retail and restaurants, as well as 343 apartments on the top floors.

North American Properties, a Cincinnati development group, will use nine acres to open the mixed-use development next year. “We thought this type of product was needed in Round Rock because of the commuting times and increasing gas prices,” Mike Pacillio, NAP partner said. “This area is unique because of the amount of job growth, and we want people to be able to walk to the different types of services and residences.”

Cousins Properties continues work on 45 acres off Louis Henna Boulevard. The property is in Austin extraterritorial jurisdiction, but will attract shoppers and visitors with retail, restaurants and a rumored 16 screen movie theater. The Avenue at La Frontera is expected to open later this fall or early next year.

Simmons Vedder & Co. purchased the remaining 43 acres of land in La Frontera this past summer in order to build 1.8 million sq. ft. of office space to be called The Crossings at La Frontera. The space will mainly be used for offices, but some shops and apartments are in the plans, as well.