Lizzie Karzon closes deli but keeps catering business

Lizzie Karzon has closed her deli in order to concentrate on her Lizzie’s Delights Catering and Event Planning full time. (Aug. 10, 2015) Julie Mah The Wichita Eagle BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Lizzie Karzon has decided to stick with what she likes best, and that’s catering. Her Lizzie’s Delights Cater… Read Article

Developer pushing ahead with outlet mall in Park City

BY DAN VOORHIS The Wichita Eagle A Texas developer said he plans to open a large outlet mall at 53rd North and I-135 in about two years. The Woodmont Co., based in Fort Worth, expects to break ground on a 300,000-square-foot outlet center on the northwest corner of the intersection in about 12 to 15 months. The shopping center will sit on 35 acres of the former Echo Hills… Read Article

IHOP construction starts at Southfork; strip centers to follow

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle UPDATED – At long last there are concrete signs – no pun intended – that something is happening at Southfork. A concrete slab has been poured for an IHOP that will be opening at the development at the southwest corner of 47th Street South and I-135.   “Hey, after six years, a little … Read Article

Epic Center on the market again

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle The Epic Center, which is the tallest building in Kansas at 23 stories, is once again for sale. The last time the 289,154-square-foot building at 301 N. Main St. sold was in 2013. IPC Wichita Properties sold it to current owner BACM 2005-3 Main Woodlawn LLC for almost $16 million. BACM has made more than $2 million in improvements, s… Read Article

Petroleum Building sells to CDK Wichita investors

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle The group of investors that reassembled the ownership of the Petroleum Building after theMinnesota Guys sold it floor by floor has now sold it to Gene Regier and a group of partners with CDK Wichita. “It’s just a neat old building,” Regier says of the 8-story, Art Deco-style building on Broa… Read Article

Dart Warz to open in former Pump It Up space

Screenshot from YouTube video/ClickClickBAMF BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Stanton and Randi Wilkerson took what used to be a backyard battle for kids with Nerfguns and turned it into a business called Dart Warz. Now the California natives are bringing it to Wichita. “What we’re doing right now is essentially b… Read Article

EXCLUSIVE: Seven-story office building coming to the Waterfront

The Waterfront development in northeast Wichita is primed for expansion with the addition of a new office building. Crossland Construction Co. Inc. has pulled a commercial building permit to construct the shell of a seven-story office building. The permit is valued at $13.5 million. The address of the building will be 1617 N. Waterfront Parkway. The developers b… Read Article

Chiropractor Jayme Gawith is opening Wellness One at Cambridge Market

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Chiropractor Jayme Gawith will begin seeing patients at a new office at Cambridge Marketat 21st and Webb Road on Monday. Gawith, who has been in business for 15 years, has returned to solo practice. “Everything’s great,” he says. “Everything’s going to be the same – jus… Read Article

Greystone Steak & Seafood to open Tuesday in Cambridge Market Shopping Center

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle The new Greystone Steak & Seafood will open its doors for dinner on Tuesday. Deano’s Grill & Tapworks proprietor John Arnold is opening Greystone with a group of investors at Cambridge Market near the southeast corner of 21st and Webb Road, which is where Deano’s is as well. … Read Article

Construction to begin soon on Goddard hotel, aquatics center

  A destination development project in Goddard is ramping up. And construction on the first phase is expected to start in the coming weeks. Stevens-Wisconsin Construction Corp. has pulled four commercial building permits valued at more than $27.8 million to build a Crowne Plaza Hotel, aquatics and wellness center and two accessory buildings. These are the first pie… Read Article

ARC Physical Therapy Plus to open second clinic

ARC, which stands for Athletic and Rehabilitation Center, already has a clinic on the west side on Taft between Ridge and Dugan. | Julie Mah The Wichita Eagle BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle ARC Physical Therapy Plus is working on its second Wichita clinic. “It’s really been driven by the demand of the customers,&… Read Article

Dean & Deluca cafe to open at the Shops at Tallgrass this fall Read more here: http://www.kansas.co

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle  For all the years that Wichita native Leslie Rudd owned Dean & Deluca, Wichitans hoped that he’d bring one of the upscale grocery stores here. Now, less than a year after Rudd sold the business to Thailand-based Pace Development Corp., the store is going to o… Read Article

Firehouse Subs to open at Regency Lakes

Franchisees Andrew and Megan Reece, who opened the Wichita area’s first Firehouse Subs at Eastgate Plaza at Kellogg and Rock Road in 2013, plan another Firehouse Subs at a new strip center in Regency Lakes at 21st and Greenwich. (July 19, 2015) | Julie Mah The Wichita Eagle BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle   The developers buildin… Read Article

Ethan Allen Design Center opens at Waterfront Plaza on Saturday

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Wichita’s new Ethan Allen Design Center is opening at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Waterfront Plaza at the northwest corner of 13th and Webb Road where Whole Foods Market is. The business, which bills itself as a design house, offers free design services. Customers can se… Read Article

Barroco Mexican Grill and Derby Pita Pit open

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle A couple of new restaurants that Have You Heard? reported on previously are now open. Barroco Mexican Grill opened on Wednesday in the former Kobe Steak House of Japanspace at 2330 N. Maize Road. Like so many restaurants, Barroco opened a few months later than expected. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily for now, though … Read Article

O’Reilly Auto Parts to open near 37th and Woodlawn

O’Reilly Auto Parts to open near 37th and Woodlawn   Screenshot courtesy of corporate.oreillyauto.com BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle O’Reilly Auto Parts is in the process of opening its 12th store in Wichita. This one will be in 7,100 square feet at 6505 E. 37th St. North, which is in the Brush Cr… Read Article

Lululemon Athletica to open in Shops at Tallgrass this summer

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle More than a year ago, Have You Heard? reported that the fact that Lululemon Athleticahad a couple of trunk shows here gave hope that Wichita would land one of the stores. Now, it has, though it’s in the form of a showroom and not a traditional store. The Vancouver-based chain of … Read Article

Ciao Italian Kitchen says ciao for now.

The original Ciao Italian Kitchen at the Waterfront has closed. “It was just the right decision at this point, bottom line,” says Guillermo Perez-Munoz, who opened the business in 2011. “It’s what it is.” Perez-Munoz opened a second Ciao in the former Tommy’s Restaurant and Lounge space near 21st and Tyler in 2012 and then closed it in De… Read Article

CryoHealth of Kansas to open at Shops at Tallgrass

  BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Businessman Dave Douglas says cryotherapy is a national trend that he and a group of investors hope to capitalize on here with CryoHealth of Kansas, which they’ll be opening later this summer at the Shops at Tallgrass at 21st and Rock Road. “It’s gaining a lot of popularity in … Read Article

Commercial real estate activity spotty but improving, brokers say.

BY JERRY SIEBENMARK The Wichita Eagle Activity in the local commercial real estate market remains spotty, area brokers say. The effects of the financial crisis in 2008 and a lengthy recession that gutted the area’s workforce has meant a slow comeback in jobs and economic activity, which the commercial real estate industry counts on for new building projec… Read Article