Students will have another takeout option soon when Pizza Inn opens on North Judge Ely Boulevard.

Bruce Bixby, commercial property owner from Abilene, leased the land to Pizza Inn because it complements the area’s “mix.”

“These major chains, once they determine they want to be somewhere, they will do everything in their power to get that location,” Bixby said.

He said he plans to remodel or rebuild the Radford Hills Shopping Center and is “negotiating leases that would give us the green light.”

Bixby said Abilene, unlike the struggling national economy is doing better than fine.

“I have probably 400 tenants in West Texas and most of them are having record years,” he said. “Almost all our buildings are full.