Here are some recent developments in the local retail and restaurant scene:
* Rue21, a discount teen retailer, is opening its second Lincoln store on Thursday at Wilderness Hills shopping center at 27th and Yankee Hill Road. The first 100 customers get a free backpack, and inside five of the backpacks will be a $21 gift card to the store.
* According to a building permit filed last week, the Braeda restaurant at 84th Street and Nebraska 2 is going to be converted to a Runza.
* Starbucks has filed a $205,000 building permit to remodel its store at 27th and Pine Lake Road. The chain has already remodeled the downtown store and plans to start work on a remodel of the 33rd and O streets store next month.