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”
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 Dress bridal shop until it closed in May 2019. … Continue reading “Spencer’s, a mall staple, will open in NewMarket Square”
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’”
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 center that was just built at the northwest corner … Continue reading “Noodles & Co. plans to open a second Wichita location on the west side”