LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 4, 2025--
Westwood Financial, a leading retail real estate investment firm with nearly 60 years of operational and transactional expertise, has acquired Shops at Stone Creek, an 80,599-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Rockwall, Texas. The property is 100% leased and anchored by Tom Thumb, which includes an attached fuel center.
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Shops at Stone Creek features a curated mix of service-oriented and food-and-beverage tenants, and its long-standing tenant relationships underscore the property’s stability and enduring consumer demand. The center’s diverse tenant mix includes CareNow, The UPS Store, Rockwall Urgent Vet, Great Clips, Subway, Alpine Dental, and ground-leased pads occupied by McDonald’s, Salad and Go, and HTeaO.
“The acquisition of Shops at Stone Creek underscores Westwood’s commitment to operational excellence, as well as the focus on expanding our presence within strategic growth markets across the Sunbelt,” said Lauren Ball, Chief Operating Officer at Westwood Financial. “This center’s strong tenancy and top-performing grocer make it a natural fit for our portfolio and long-term investment strategy.”
“Rockwall continues to experience exceptional growth, and Shops at Stone Creek is well-positioned to thrive as the market expands,” added KC Bills, Chief Executive Officer at Westwood Financial. “This acquisition strengthens our presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and reflects our strategy of targeting high-quality assets in thriving markets.”
With this acquisition, Westwood Financial continues to grow its portfolio of dominant, grocery-anchored retail centers in high-growth Sunbelt markets, now owning and operating over 125 shopping centers nationwide and maintaining an impressive 97% portfolio occupancy.
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About Westwood Financial
Westwood Financial owns, manages, and operates over 127 high-quality shopping centers in top U.S. metropolitan markets, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Orlando, Phoenix, and Raleigh. The portfolio is anchored by top-tier grocers and leading service-oriented and experiential operators. Established in 1970 by Howard Banchik and Steven Fogel, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with regional offices in Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix.
Shops at Stone Creek, an 80,599-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Rockwall, Texas.
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Vote counting was underway Friday in Uganda’s tense presidential election, which was held a day earlier amid an internet shutdown, voting delays and complaints by an opposition leader who said some of his polling agents had been detained by the authorities.
Opposition leader Bobi Wine said Thursday he was unable to leave his house and that his polling agents in rural areas were abducted before voting started, undermining his efforts to prevent electoral offenses such as ballot stuffing.
Wine is hoping to end President Yoweri Museveni's four-decade rule in an election during which the military was deployed and heavy security was posted outside his house near Kampala, the Ugandan capital, after the vote.
The musician-turned-politician wrote on X on Thursday that a senior party official in charge of the western region had been arrested, adding there was “massive ballot stuffing everywhere.”
Rural Uganda, especially the western part of the country, is a ruling-party stronghold, and the opposition would be disadvantaged by not having polling agents present during vote counting.
To try to improve his chances of winning, Wine had urged his supporters to “protect the vote” by having witnesses document alleged offenses at polling stations, in addition to deploying official polling agents.
Wine faced similar setbacks when he first ran for president five years ago. Museveni took 58% of the vote, while Wine got 35%, according to official results. Wine said at the time that the election had been rigged in favor of Museveni, who has spoken disparagingly of his rival.
Museveni, after voting on Thursday, said the opposition had infiltrated the 2021 election and defended the use of biometric machines as a way of securing the vote in this election.
Museveni has served the third-longest tenure of any African leader and is seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. The aging president’s authority has become increasingly dependent on the military, which is led by his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
Uganda has not witnessed a peaceful transfer of presidential power since independence from British colonial rule six decades ago.
Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station, during the presidential election, in the capital, Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Election officials count ballots after the polls closed for the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
An election official holds up unmarked ballots during the vote count after polls closed for the presidential election, at a polling center in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A political representative speaks as he works to observe and verify the counting of ballots after polls closed in the presidential election at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A supporter of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine cheers while watching election officials count ballots, after polls closed at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
