Kelvin Hoang, president of Equity Co. will build 113,000 sf ofretail, 30,000 sf of office and 82 townhouses on a large block ofland with frontage along Pioneer Parkway, Arkansas Lane and Sherryand Carter drives. Hoang's vision--Uptown Market--will be anchoredby a 32,000-sf international specialty grocer, a mix of ethnicretailers and restaurateurs for inline space and 16 pad sites aswell as townhouses starting at $135,000.

Hoang will roll out Uptown Market at 2445 Carter Dr. as workproceeds on a nearby 57,741-sf dark Tom Thumb grocery store, whichwas subleased last fall to Fiesta Super Mercado. The mercado hasyet to open at 2430 E. Pioneer Pkwy., but word from the inside isthe work has at last begun. The mercado operator from Dallasinitiated the deal with Lincoln National Group of Fort Wayne, IN,which was represented Taylor Le Master with the John Bowles Co.,also in Dallas.

The shuttered Tom Thumb was an anchor for Pioneer Crossing aswas a now-retooled Kmart, which houses a Floor & Decor andDollar Tree. GlobeSt.com has confirmed that the mercado is notaffiliated with the Fiesta grocery store at 1300 E. Pioneer Pkwy.,which some locals had thought was prepping for a relo.