A piece of land in a fast-growing section of northwest Wichita has a buyer. LewJene Schneider of Walker, Lane & Reed Investments LLC confirmed she recently sold 1.42 acres in between the Barn’rds and the Dairy Queen at W. 37th St. North and Maize Road to Mountain Pass Investments LLC, which includes Landmark Commercial Real Estate’s Brad … Continue reading “Land deal closes in rapidly-growing North Maize Road area”
Ask just about any Wichita resident what they feel the city is missing, and a downtown grocery store is likely high on their most-wanted list. New development activity in recent years has brought thousands of new apartment residents and office workers to Wichita’s core, leaving many wondering when and where a grocery store might follow; … Continue reading “The market for a market – Why downtown wichita doesn’t have a grocery store and what it would take to get one”
In late March, basketball fans surged downtown for the NCAA women’s tournament regional at INTRUST Bank Arena, bringing foot traffic and an energy that had been hard to come by during the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, as people hit Naftzger Park for activities near the arena’s doorstep, a new tenant in the neighboring Spaghetti Works District had been … Continue reading “Spaghetti Works District builds momentum with iHeartMedia as newest tenant”
Fidelity Bank’s new RISE Car Park at 320 S. Market is about to add a new tenant — a unique business with an “Instagram-able” vibe that is part trendy plant shop, part entertainment venue and part educational facility. In May, Heather Giesen plans to relocate her GROW Giesen Plant Shop, which she’s been operating as a startup in … Continue reading “Unique business — a trendy plant shop with a martini bar — is opening in downtown Wichita”
One of Larry Brooks’ favorite sayings about business applies to the struggling Towne West Square in Wichita. “When everybody’s running for the exits, find a way back inside,” he said. “People run in fear. When there is fear, there is opportunity.” Brooks is director of leasing for New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group, which, in … Continue reading “What’s in Towne West’s future?”
More than nine months after a scheduled auction, the former Riverside Hospital complex is on the market with a new broker, Landmark Commercial Real Estate. Landmark recently took over the listing — with Craig Simon and Scott Harper leading the effort — and is promoting it as the West River Plaza Development on social media this week. The property is 13.45 … Continue reading “Former Riverside Hospital property has a new broker”
Like many in the industry, Trista Gresham got into the cannabidiol business because of her personal experience with the products. Gresham said she started researching CBD about 10 years ago, when she was prescribed medication to treat chronic migraines. “CBD has been shown that it helps with all different sorts of pain including blood flow, anxiety, depression, … Continue reading “The Green rush”
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”