Editing Round Rock, Texas (section)

===Commercial and retail===
Round Rock's largest commercial and office business center is [[La Frontera (Round Rock, Texas)|La Frontera]], at the intersection of Loop 1, SH 45, and IH-35. La Frontera combines multi-tenant offices, company headquarters facilities, {{convert|1000000|sqft|m2|sigfig=1}} of retail,<ref name=Village>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2002/06/10/story1.html |title=La Frontera Village for sale |newspaper= [[Austin Business Journal]] |date=June 10, 2002 |access-date=May 30, 2010 }}</ref> and several apartment complexes and other smaller retail and housing centers. The project also includes Williamson County's largest hotel, the Austin North [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts|Marriott]], which provides space for large conferences, meetings, and banquets — a first for the county and an important component of Round Rock's economic efforts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.austinmarriottnorth.com/|title=Austin Marriott North|website=Marriott|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> The center is also home to the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tgslc.org/|title=Tap into the TG learning center |publisher=tgslc.org  }}</ref> and [[Emerson Process Management]]. The retail portion is the second-largest outdoor commercial project in the Austin-Round Rock metro area.<ref name=Frontera>{{cite news |first=Shonda | last=Novak | title=Deal is milestone for La Frontera | page=D1 | date=August 30, 2007 | newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]] | location=Austin, Texas}} Retrieved May 30, 2010</ref>  La Frontera was developed by Bill Smalling and Don Martin, with [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] financier [[Ed Bass]] as financial partner.

In 2006, a retail-only hub opened in Round Rock at the corner of IH-35 and Highway 1431 (now renamed "University Boulevard"), across the street from [[IKEA]].<ref>[http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2006/11/13/daily20.html "Amid much fanfare, IKEA opens to mass crowd on first day"]'', Austin Business Journal'', Austin, Texas, November 16, 2006. Retrieved on July 7, 2010.</ref> The major-retailer center includes the [[Simon Property Group]]'s Premium Outlets Mall, as well as numerous other retail stores and restaurants. The project was developed by Simon Property Group, with other portions by Barshop and Oles of Austin.

Round Rock is also the home of [[Round Rock Donuts]], which was founded in 1926.