There's a store taking shape on a busy corner of Dallas that's going to grab a lot of attention from an industry struggling to reinvent itself.

"I want people to walk in and say, this is it. This is the future of retailing," said Jason Ballard, 34, the co-founder of Austin-based eco-friendly home improvement store TreeHouse.

In June, on the northeast corner of Walnut Hill Lane and N. Central Expressway, TreeHouse will open its first store built from the ground up. Its energy-efficient features are a complement to the store's mix of environmentally-friendly and healthy-living products, designs and services.

The store will run on its own power, "even during the coldest and darkest day," Ballard said on a walk-through of what is still a construction site.

Treehouse, which is funded by a group of Dallas investors, is also looking for another location and according to real estate sources, is considering a former Sports Authority space in Plano on Preston Road.

The almost completed store and another one built inside an existing building will give the five-year-old company a footprint for how it plans to expand to other markets, Ballard said. The original Austin TreeHouse opened in October 2011 occupies space vacated by Borders bookstore.

TreeHouse is trying to disrupt home improvement retailing dominated by big box retailers Home Depot and Lowe's. "There are 100 million homes in America, and we eventually want to be within striking distance of all of them," Ballard said.

Houndstooth Coffee is opening inside two tiny houses being built on the property along the N. Central Expressway frontage road where the Condoms To Go building was torn down.

Tesla supercharger locations are shown here. The electric car maker's recharging stations are mostly located along major highways for long distance travelers. The first one inside Dallas-Fort Worth will open this summer at the TreeHouse store on the northeast corner of Walnut Hill Lane and N. Central Expressway. (Tesla locator map )

Tesla is opening a Supercharger station, the only one inside the city of Dallas, next to Houndstooth and TreeHouse's outdoor living display area. Tesla's Superchargers, which are mostly located on major highways for long-distance travelers, recharge its electric car models in minutes rather than hours.

TreeHouse is the catalyst for a redevelopment of The Hill, a 236,000-square-foot shopping center. A 5,000-square-foot building will be built along Walnut Hill for two restaurants that will face TreeHouse, said Todd Minnis, principal of Capref Walnut Hill, a Dallas-based limited partnership that owns shopping center. Other restaurants are also in the works.

"We're making a lot of progress and later this summer, a few months after TreeHouse opens, there will be even more reasons to visit the shopping center," Minnis said. Dallas-based Cypress Equities is redeveloping the 16-acre shopping center.

At TreeHouse, more than 500 solar panels on a pitched, saw-toothed roof will also store energy in two giant Tesla power packs that will be displayed as a feature behind glass inside the 25,000 square-foot store.

"We want to show off the Tesla power packs as the beating heart of TreeHouse, and we'll be selling a residential version," Ballard said. TreeHouse is the first retailer that Tesla has authorized to sell the Powerwall, its battery for the house.

Windows in the stair-step roof will provide natural light during the day.

The walls were made onsite of concrete, which Ballard said, has a high thermal coefficient and holds the cool air inside when it's hot outside.

TreeHouse plans to introduce itself to Dallas with this 1,000-square-foot house display featuring products it sells inside NorthPark Center for two months starting April 1, 2017.

The store will have a working kitchen in a healthy home area that will feature cooking, sleeping and lighting products. A mezzanine will house classrooms and a reading lounge area. Non-toxic paints get their own showroom.

"The days of a retail warehouse full of products are over," Ballard said. "I think people want a place where they can go dream and consult and create a wish list. We're not your mom's big box store."

Ballard wants everyone to catch his enthusiasm for what he's about to open in Dallas. He was steered to NorthPark Center.

A pop-up concept house that will display TreeHouse products and non-toxic building materials is going up inside NorthPark in front of the Tesla store. It will be up for two months beginning April 1 and until the store's grand opening.

TreeHouse is also planning to have a big presence at Earth Day Texas, a Dallas event that bills itself as the world's largest green expo and runs from April 21 to 23.

"The Dallas expansion is a big moment for us," Ballard said. "Dallas is much bigger than Austin and as a bigger hub, we can advance our mission. It's our chance at the big leagues."

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