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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”