Almost five years after Kmart closed its store at 4200 W. Kellogg, a new store is going in the 105,000-square-foot space. Jay Storey is opening his second Wichita Furniture & Mattress there, and he called this one a superstore. “This is a big thing for that area and this neighborhood,” Storey said. He’s been looking … Continue reading “There’s a new occupant for the massive former Kmart space on West Kellogg”
It looks as though Smoothie King has selected a site for its fifth Wichita-area location. An application filed in September with the Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department indicates that Smoothie King is planning to build within the Greenwich Place shopping center at K-96 and Greenwich Road in northeast Wichita. Representatives at Greenwich Place confirmed the Smoothie … Continue reading “Smoothie King plans new northeast Wichita location”
For about a decade, developers have been working to bring new commercial uses to the vacant land at the southwest corner of 47th Street South and I-135. Near the Kansas Turnpike exit leading into south Wichita, land owners have dubbed it the Southfork development. “It’s got quite a history,” said Landmark Commercial Real Estate’s Ted Branson, who’s now … Continue reading “Agents closing in on deals for long-awaited Southfork commercial development”
Dunkin’ franchisee Dan Day is expanding in Wichita again — this time with construction of a drive-through only location on the east side. The new Dunkin’ will go up a block west of Central and Hillside, on the site where a former credit union building was just torn down last month. “We’ve been looking at locations close to … Continue reading “Dunkin’ plans a new drive-through only location in east Wichita”
Empty for almost a year, the former credit union building behind the Chipotle at Central and Hillside was torn down Thursday. Great Plains Federal Credit Union left behind its lease at 3100 E. Central Ave. at the beginning of 2021 and relocated to Central and Greenwich, the WBJ reported at the time. Then in March, new … Continue reading “Former credit union building near Central and Hillside demolished Thursday”
Fee Insurance Group is making a move from one northeast Wichita office park to another. The fourth-generation, family-owned insurance agency announced in a news release Monday that it will leave behind its space in the Capitol Federal building at Wilson Estates Office Park and relocate to the Waterfront. Fee Insurance Group’s new office will be … Continue reading “A new office tenant is headed to Hinkle Law building at the Waterfront”
Plans for commercial development on the 40.5 acres across 29th Street from the future Topgolf site moved forward Thursday following a vote from the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission. Now it will go before the City Council for a final decision. Developers requested to rezone the land from rural residential and single-family residential to limited commercial, and to … Continue reading “Planning commission approves commercial rezoning for 29th, Greenwich land”
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 south of the southeast corner of 13th and Broadway. … Continue reading “This business isn’t quite downtown, and it’s not quite a grocery store, but it’s close”
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 in the city’s far northwest corner is the one … Continue reading “A new Dunkin’ is headed to Maize Road in northwest Wichita”
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 includes seven storefronts and an auto repair shop. The … Continue reading “New Owner of Kellogg, Oliver retail center says building has ‘potential’”
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 has evolved its design to meet customer demand. So … Continue reading “Schlotzky’s debuts new prototype design in Derby”
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 Services Group – technically making it the anchor tenant … Continue reading “Waterfront building has new owner, new anchor tenant”