In mid-April, construction began on a new Italiano’s Restaurant location, which will open in the Centre at Gene Campbell retail center in New Caney, retail center owner Jack Gross confirmed May 6. The restaurant will be the fifth Italiano’s location.

On the menu

Italiano’s offers dishes such as pizzas, calzones, soups, pastas and seafood, according to the business’s website. The restaurant also has locations in Atascocita, Humble, Kingwood and Pearland.

Gross said his retail center has three other businesses that are slated to open soon, including a donut shop, a compound pharmacy and a primary care doctor's office. Opening dates for these businesses have not yet been announced.