The Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission approved new retail space at its Nov. 12 meeting. The planned mixed-use development will occur along Interstate 35 sandwiched between the correctional facility and the convenience store to the north.

The project will now go before the city council for their approval.

The commission’s action was in two parts – first, to assign original zoning to approximately 7.027 acres of land from agricultural land to rezone 2.495 acres from Commercial 2 distri...