It’s not quite downtown, and it’s not quite a grocery store, but there’s a new business coming close to the central part of the city that will deliver food and other convenience store-type items there and beyond. Gopuff, an online retailer, is moving into the former Asian market just...
Spencer's, the retail specialty gift store known for being a staple in malls across America, will open a third Wichita location at NewMarket Square. The Spencer's will be in the small storefront between Versona and Best Buy, the space that had previously been occupied by White...
Northwest Wichita will soon run on Dunkin,' too. Franchisee Dan Day is preparing to open his seventh Dunkin' location in the Wichita area — this one in front of the Sam's Club at 29th Street and Maize Road. It's been a long wait; the closest Dunkin' for residents...
There’s a new local owner for the retail and office strip center near the southwest corner of Kellogg and Oliver in east Wichita. Tom Schmeidler, president of the Wichita-based SBA Construction, closed August 30th on the purchase of the center at 4621 E. Kellogg Drive, which...
After closing its Towne East Square location in late 2020, Noodles & Co. is reopening a second restaurant in Wichita, but this time it's going west. The Colorado-based chain of noodle restaurants has signed a lease for the northern end-cap space at a new retail strip...
The Orlando, Fla.-based real estate investment trust that sold its west-side All Star Sports earlier this month has also sold the east-side All Star Adventures. According to county and state business records, National Retail Properties (NYSE: NNN) has sold the 23-acre amusement park at 1010 N. Webb Road to...
As brick-and-mortar restaurants continue to evolve in a post-Covid world, a new prototype design for Schlotzsky's debuted last week in Derby. The restaurant opened Aug. 12 on Rock Road, to the south of Patriot Avenue. With 87% of business already consumed off-premises, the fast-casual sandwich franchise says it...
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is now an investor in a franchise group that plans to open more than two dozen Whataburger locations. At least one of them will be in Wichita, Kansas. The burger chain said in a news release that it plans to...
The office strip center at the Webb Road entrance into the Waterfront has a new owner and new anchor tenant. Steve Barrett, whose SRB Kansas LLC closed on the purchase of the property last month, has leased a little more than 5,000 square feet to Insurance...
An employee-owned all sports retailer, SHEELS, is excited to announce its second Kansas location. The new store will open in spring of 2023 in Wichita’s Towne East Square, located in the old Sears store. SCHEELS CEO Steve M. Scheel said that they have been studying the...
