Owner bets on restaurants to revive Texas mall

Mall owner Starwood Retail Partners will invest $125 million to revamp The Shops at Willow Bend in Plano, Texas, with a focus on creating a restaurant district to drive traffic to the center. The project will add 28,000 square feet of restaurant space for new concepts from chefs including John Tesar and Patricio Sandoval. Read the Nation’s Restaurant News story here