Savory pies coming: Heads up, pastry lovers. The “pie lady” from Durham Farmers’ Market is planning on opening her first retail location this spring.

Phoebe Lawless, who has pleased market shoppers for two years with sweet and savory pies, cakes and cookies from her business, Scratch Seasonal Artisan Baking, expects to open up shop at 111 Orange St. in April.

Housed in 1,200 square feet that will be designed by Center Studio Architecture, Lawless said the new retail location will allow her to expand the menu and provide other refreshments.

“I baked out of my house originally. Now I rent space out of a catering kitchen. I have outgrown both of these venues — meaning I need more hands, more ovens,” she said.

Lawless was formerly the pastry chef at Magnolia Grill. About two years ago, she started Scratch and began selling at the Farmer’s Market, and the business has been her full-time job ever since.

Lawless plans on hiring staff to help her bake and cater to customers in the new shop, and will be selling Counter Culture Coffee and lunchtime goodies alongside the pies. Details on the full menu still need to be fleshed out, but Lawless said there will be more pie offerings than at the market.

The new shop will be geared more toward the grab-and-go crowd, but there will be seating indoors and out, where customers can sit under tree canopies by Orange Street, a pedestrian street that connects Parrish and Chapel Hill streets.

And fear not, Market-goers, Lawless will still be selling her pastries there in the future.

For information on Scratch, go to www.piefantasy.com or call (919) 489-9431.

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Opening: Mangum 506, the downtown condominium project by Center Studio Architecture, has gained another retail tenant.

Trips for Kids-Triangle, the local chapter of a national nonprofit helping fragile youths through bike rides, is expected to open in about 420 square feet in Unit 104 this spring, next door to alternativeXchange, a CD and DVD store specializing in horror movies and cult classics.

Trips for Kids will be moving from the John O’Daniels Exchange, an incubator in East Durham, and the retail shop will be called Grassroots Bikes.

Andrea Hundredmark, founder of the local chapter and a former teacher of Brogden Middle School, said she wanted to move the organization closer to the skate park and the kids they serve.

The shop will focus on mountain bikes, with brands such as the Vassago and Salsa.All profits from Grassroots Bikes will go toward funding Trips for Kids. Opening is scheduled for May.

For information, go to www.tfkt.org or e-mail andrea@tfkt.org.

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Moved: In the Pink Wigs has moved to Academy Court, the collection of small shops at the intersection of Academy Road and University Drive.

The wig shop originally opened on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard last year.

In addition to selling high-quality wigs and SPF hats to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, shop owner Dana Powers said they’re hoping to carry more medical products for breast cancer survivors, including prostheses and mastectomy bras, in the new space.

The shop’s new address is 3401 University Dr. It has kept its previous phone number, (919) 490-5790.

For information, go to www.inthepinkwigs.com.

What’s the Buzz? Call Business Writer Monica Chen at (919) 419-6636, send a fax to (919) 419-6889 or e-mail mchen@heraldsun.com.