BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Wichita’s new Ethan Allen Design Center is opening at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Waterfront Plaza at the northwest corner of 13th and Webb Road where Whole Foods Market is. The business, which bills itself as a design house, offers free design services. Customers can select furniture and...
Franchisees Andrew and Megan Reece, who opened the Wichita area’s first Firehouse Subs at Eastgate Plaza at Kellogg and Rock Road in 2013, plan another Firehouse Subs at a new strip center in Regency Lakes at 21st and Greenwich. (July 19, 2015) | Julie Mah The Wichita Eagle BY...
O’Reilly Auto Parts to open near 37th and Woodlawn Screenshot courtesy of corporate.oreillyauto.com BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle O’Reilly Auto Parts is in the process of opening its 12th store in Wichita. This one will be in 7,100 square feet at 6505 E. 37th St. North, which is in the Brush...
BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle A couple of new restaurants that Have You Heard? reported on previously are now open. Barroco Mexican Grill opened on Wednesday in the former Kobe Steak House of Japanspace at 2330 N. Maize Road. Like so many restaurants, Barroco opened a few months later than expected. Hours are...
BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle More than a year ago, Have You Heard? reported that the fact that Lululemon Athleticahad a couple of trunk shows here gave hope that Wichita would land one of the stores. Now, it has, though it’s in the form of a showroom and not a...
The original Ciao Italian Kitchen at the Waterfront has closed. “It was just the right decision at this point, bottom line,” says Guillermo Perez-Munoz, who opened the business in 2011. “It’s what it is.” Perez-Munoz opened a second Ciao in the former Tommy’s Restaurant and Lounge space...
BY JERRY SIEBENMARK The Wichita Eagle Activity in the local commercial real estate market remains spotty, area brokers say. The effects of the financial crisis in 2008 and a lengthy recession that gutted the area’s workforce has meant a slow comeback in jobs and economic activity, which the...
BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Businessman Dave Douglas says cryotherapy is a national trend that he and a group of investors hope to capitalize on here with CryoHealth of Kansas, which they’ll be opening later this summer at the Shops at Tallgrass at 21st and Rock Road. “It’s gaining a lot of...
BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Wichita’s next major retail development has landed its first three stores. Greenwich Place, the 106-acre development at K-96 and Greenwich that will be home to the newly announced Wichita Sports Forum, will have three concepts owned by New Jersey-based Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath...
Carrie Rengers MAY 26, 2015 European Wax Center to open at the Waterfront Another new business is going to open at the Waterfront in late August or early September. European Wax Center is taking the 1,400 square feet where Metro Grill used to be next toFirebirds Wood Fired Grill. The franchise offers a variety of...
