A retired police chief with 22 years on the job is now running the clippers instead of the badge. J.T. Manoushagian and his wife opened a Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming franchise at 2720 W. Frontier Parkway, Ste. 120, in Prosper in July, bringing a gym-inspired, boxing-themed salon concept to one of North Texas's fastest-growing retail corridors.
Manoushagian retired from law enforcement on January 30, capping a 22-year police career before launching the Knockouts franchise, according to a video shared on Facebook. He most recently served as police chief of Lake Worth, the Tarrant County suburb, as reported by Community Impact, which first detailed the salon's opening along Frontier Parkway. Before Lake Worth, he spent five years with the Wise County Sheriff's Office, where he commanded the department's K-9 unit until March 2018, per the Wise County Messenger, before taking a patrol commander role in Lake Worth that eventually led to the chief's post.
At the new location, the shop offers haircuts, shaves, waxing and other grooming services inside a salon styled after a sports bar, with flat-screen TVs mounted at every station and complimentary beverages for customers, Community Impact's report notes. That setup matches the national Knockouts model, which the franchise organization FranServe describes as a manager-run concept built around more than 50 locations across 29 states, all sharing the sports-bar-meets-boxing-gym aesthetic.
A Dallas-Born Brand Comes Home to North Texas
Knockouts Haircuts & Grooming isn't new to the region. The chain was founded in Dallas in 2002 by Thomas and Karin Friday, who opened the first salon in Addison in October 2003 before establishing corporate headquarters in Irving, according to background compiled by Sharpsheets. Two decades later, the brand's return to a North Texas storefront lands it squarely in the middle of one of the state's hottest suburban growth corridors.
The Prosper location sits inside The Creeks at Celina, a retail center positioned along Frontier Parkway near the border of Prosper and Celina. Developer Weitzman planned the property as a multi-building project featuring four 9,000-square-foot retail structures totaling more than 28,000 square feet at West Frontier Parkway and Dallas Parkway, according to details from LivingWell Realty. The site's design also includes four restaurant end-caps with 900-square-foot outdoor patios overlooking a six-acre pond with a central fountain, the same report notes.
Knockouts joins a growing lineup of new tenants at the development, including Firm Foundation Dental, Capo's Pizza and Pasta and InLife Wellness, all of which have already opened at The Creeks at Celina, while Haraz Coffee House is slated to open there as well, per Community Impact's reporting.
Why Retailers Keep Circling This Stretch of Frontier Parkway
The math behind the rush of new businesses isn't hard to follow. Commercial leasing projections estimate that a three-mile radius around The Creeks at Celina will eventually include roughly 28,500 single-family homes and 3,700 multifamily units at full buildout, according to figures from The Retail Connection, with nearby master-planned communities like Light Farms and Mustang Lakes feeding that growth.
Celina's building permit data backs that up: the city issued a record 2,930 single-family residential construction permits in 2024 alone, a 17% jump over 2023, Hoodline previously reported. Celina has consistently ranked among the fastest-growing cities in the country, and infrastructure is racing to keep pace — the North Texas Tollway Authority is building a $460 million, six-mile main lane extension of the Dallas North Tollway through Prosper and Celina, connecting US 380 to FM 428, with completion expected in late 2027.
The Creeks at Celina itself benefits from heavy daily traffic tied to major anchors nearby. The center sits roughly a half-mile east of a newly opened H-E-B grocery store and about one mile west of Prosper ISD Stadium, with Frontier Parkway functioning as a key east-west route linking Prosper and Celina.
Part Of A Broader Border-Strip Boom
Knockouts' arrival fits a pattern Hoodline has tracked along this stretch for much of 2026, from dining concepts staking claims nearby to grocery giants racing to lock down land along the tollway corridor. Whether it's a new barbershop, a pizza counter or a supersized grocery anchor, the common thread is the same: rooftops are multiplying along Frontier Parkway faster than retailers can build to meet them, and a former police chief's new business is just the latest entry riding that wave.
