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”
Gov. Laura Kelly’s new $750 million highway improvement plan calls for $166 million in upgrades to Kellogg freeway in east Wichita. Kelly announced the highway modernization and expansion Wednesday, less than a month after Kellogg construction ceased for the first time in 30 years. The next phase of Kellogg construction will address a bottleneck from … Continue reading “More Kellogg construction on the horizon? Here’s where state plans to spend $166M on it”
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”
Stan Longhofer’s 22 years as the leader of the Wichita State University Center for Real Estate has been recognized with a lifetime achievement award from the Kansas Chapter of Certified Commercial Investment Members. The Kansas CCIM chapter normally works with the WSU Center for Real Estate on the annual award, so this one took Longhofer … Continue reading “WSU’s Longhofer receives lifetime achievement award”
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”
A well-known wedding venue in the Wichita area is up for sale. The owners of Stone Hill Barn in Augusta — a 40-acre property that includes the event venue, an open-air chapel and a three-bedroom home — plan to sell both the real estate and the business itself through an online auction put on by McCurdy … Continue reading “A popular wedding venue outside Wichita will sell in online auction”
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”
There’s been much speculation as to what’s under construction at 13th and McLean near Riverside and Indian Hills. For everyone who guessed that the buildings are duplexes, you’re right. Bob Armstrong’s RJ Castle Custom Homes and his Armstrong Plumbing are building six two-story duplexes for a total of 12 rentable units. There was speculation that … Continue reading “Finally, an answer to what’s under construction at 13th and McLean”
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”