City's retail market 'ready to take off,' brokers say

City’s retail market ‘ready to take off,’ brokers sayPublished in the Wichita EagleBy Carrie RengersAfter a particularly lean three years, Wichita finally saw significant retail activity in 2011. Commercial brokers say that gives them a lot to build on in 2012.Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/02/24/2224654/retail-market-ready-to-take-off.html#storylink=misear… Read Article

Plexus Inc. opens and leases space near Intrust Bank Arena

Plexus Inc. opens and leases space near Intrust Bank ArenaPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie RengersWICHITA — Business partners Shawn Spaeny and Nick Holt have started Plexus Inc. to sell high-definition surveillance cameras.“High-quality surveillance is what we do,” Spaeny says.The two have been in the business previously but… Read Article

Planet Fitness signs two new deals

Planet Fitness signs two new dealsPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie RengersWICHITA — There are deals for two new Wichita Planet Fitness sites, though the chain still isn’t talking about its plans here.Have You Heard? previously reported that the company is working on locations in the former Star Lumber space at Normandie Center at Central and W… Read Article

Council votes to set up STAR bond district for fieldhouse project in northeast Wichita

Council votes to set up STAR bond district for fieldhouse project in northeast WichitaPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Bill WilsonA multi-use destination entertainment STAR bond project at K-96 and Greenwich Road cleared its first major governmental hurdle Tuesday.Wichita City Council members voted unanimously to establish a 400-acre STAR bond distri… Read Article

Dragon Estate investors buy floors in Sutton Place and Broadway Plaza and plan more purchases downtown

Dragon Estate investors buy floors in Sutton Place and Broadway Plaza and plan more purchases downtownPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie Rengers WICHITA — What started as a real estate search for a law office has ledAbdul Arif to become a new investor in downtown along with several of his friends and business asso… Read Article

A Box 4 U expands into finishing work for its blast-resistant modules

A Box 4 U expands into finishing work for its blast-resistant modulesPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie RengersWICHITA — Wichita-based A Box 4 U is expanding its blast-resistant module business.Since the mid-1990s, Jeff Lange’s company has sold and leased blast-resistant modules for petroleum refineries and chemical plants.“… Read Article

RBP Auto to open on Southwest Boulevard

RBP Auto to open on Southwest BoulevardPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie Rengers WICHITA — Ryan Peavey has been wanting to get into the car sales business, but to get his dealer’s license, he says first he needed a building.So he’s signed a lease for 1,100 square feet at 1707 1/2 Southwest Blvd.“It’s pretty little,” Peavey says.It’s t… Read Article

Golden Bay to open in former Mama-Sans Japanese Steakhouse space

Golden Bay to open in former Mama-Sans Japanese Steakhouse spacePublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie RengersWICHITA — Now, for the final restaurant report of the day …Brian and Jing Kitchens are opening Golden Bay in the former Mama-Sans Japanese Restaurant space near 13th and West.“She’s been in the industry … Read Article

FDA to move to new Wichita office

FDA to move to new Wichita officePublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie RengersUPDATED — The Food and Drug Administration is moving to a new Wichita office.The FDA’s lease is up at 1861 N. Rock Road, so it’s moving to 1,700 square feet at 8440 E. 29th St.Scott Harper of Landmark Commercial Real Estate handled the deal.The Wichita FDA office, which is one of s… Read Article

Empire Barber Salon to move to Oxford Square near 21st and Woodlawn

Empire Barber Salon to move to Oxford Square near 21st and WoodlawnPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie RengersWICHITA — Tyron Bowen is returning to Oxford Square near 21st and Woodlawn to do hair, but this time he’ll own the barber shop and salon instead of working for someone else.Bowen is moving his Empire Barber Salon fr… Read Article

SpringClean Laundry owner to open what he thinks will be the third-largest Laundromat in the country

SpringClean Laundry owner to open what he thinks will be the third-largest Laundromat in the countryPublished in the Wichita Eagle 2/2/2012By Carrie RengersWICHITA — Perry Duncan is, perhaps arguably, the Laundry King of Kansas.He’s owned many himself, built plenty of them for others and now is working on what he s… Read Article