Craig Hughes, speaking to the Kennedale Economic Development Corporation on Aug. 26, said the Kennedale Town Center is back to "100% lease," with Don Pancho's taqueria taking the former Dickies Barbecue space and plans continuing to find a tenant for Building 3. "We're back to a 100% lease. We're doing a taqueria, Don Pancho's taqueria for the old, Dickies Barbecue," Hughes said, adding that securing a tenant for Building 3 would make it easier to proceed with permanent financing and construction. Hughes said he has contacted potential tenants for Building 3, including a Salvadoran sit-down restaurant that did not finalize terms, and that the developer may proceed without a pre-lease but that would be a larger financial risk. Members asked about a Tesla charging station; Hughes said he had contacted Tesla but received no response. Hughes described a vacant parcel near Subway (referred to in the meeting as the "rock spot") that the Town Center must build on before May 2030, and said the team is reluctant to spend tens of thousands on temporary improvements that might need to be removed when the site is developed. "We have an obligation to build a building there before May 2030," Hughes said, adding that temporary investment would be hard to recoup in the short horizon. He said Verizon has expressed interest in placing a building on the site. On construction costs, Hughes said costs increased markedly from 2020 through about 2023, have since moderated and may have retreated from peak levels; subs and contractors in some cases were offering slightly better pricing than 10–12 months ago. Hughes also addressed financing related to a planned Dollar General remodel and the YMCA leasing the Town Center space. According to the meeting record, Hughes offered a commitment of $180,000 to help fund the Dollar General remodel; the EDC discussed reflecting that commitment in its budget line for building maintenance, which was adjusted upward to account for a projected remodel. The record shows the EDC staff described the projected Dollar General remodel cost as roughly $400,000, with Hughes' $180,000 offered as a matching contribution and the rest expected to come from grant funding. Hughes and staff described amortizing the subsidy over a 10-year lease and continuing that contribution after the EDC takes over the building; the transcript records the $180,000 commitment as verbal and states the amount would be amortized over 10 years plus interest. Council members asked whether the $180,000 was total or annual; staff and Hughes clarified it was a total committed amount spread over the lease. No formal final agreement or detailed payment schedule was recorded at the meeting; members said the verbal commitments are in place and that construction bidding processes had begun.