Magic is happening behind five big papered windows on Fawcett Ave.

Walls are being framed, floors cemented, and lights installed - all in preparation for the wedding cakes, scones, muffins and more that will soon fill the space.

Projected to open by Feb. 1, the new home of Corina Bakery will nearly double the bakery's seating capacity, and at least double or triple its ability to fulfill custom orders like wedding cakes.

"One of the primary reasons to do the move is we didn't physcially have enough space to do wedding cakes," says owner Molly Ott, who says the bakery is currently maxed out at about 10 wedding cakes per weekend.

Ott and her team were having to turn down cake orders, which she says they really did not want to do.

Then, one of the storefronts next to the Grand Cinema became available - it was a nice upgrade, perhaps, but still not quite enough space. Then a second space opened up and Ott knew it was time to expand.

Now, in less than a month, the spaces that most recently housed Mineola and Mavi Contemporary Art Gallery will be one, and will form Corina's new home.

South Sounders rejoice - Moctezuma's Mexican Restaurant will reopen in Gig Harbor by January 2012 in the old Harbor Monsoon building on Fosdick Drive.

The popular restaurant, which had shut down its Gig Harbor location temporarily this summer during construction at a nearby Safeway, sent out the news Tuesday evening in an email to its Fiesta Club members (hey, one Moctezuma's Acapulco Margarita and we'll sign up for anything).

Restaurant owners promise new dishes, an updated interior design, a new bar menu "more than 100 tequilas to create the restaurant's new signature margaritas."

The reopening is scheduled for early 2012, so check back here for updates. In the meantime, tide yourself over at the Tacoma location on S. 56th Street, and make sure to try the carne asada.