Across North Texas, new H-E-B stores seem to be opening left and right, and most are met with huge enthusiasm. However, in North Dallas, one group of homeowners is pushing back against a proposed location near LBJ and Hillcrest.

Lu Abbondanzio lives just a block away from the 10-acre site H-E-B has purchased for what would be the chain's first Dallas store.

"Where they have bought the property is much too small for a huge store like that," she said.

At a town hall meeting Monday, she got a look at renderings for a 120,000 square foot grocery store with a two-story parking garage at LBJ and Hillcrest.

H-E-B says the project requires City Council approval to rezone the land from "neighborhood office" to "regional retail."

The company estimates the store would draw about 45,000 custome

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