Instead of four planned Sport Clips Haircuts sites, franchisees now opening a seventh

When Monique and Roger Haynes-Robertson opened their first Sport Clips Haircuts franchise in 2005 at New Market Square, they thought four stores would be enough for the Wichita area. A lot has changed since then, such as a whole new area of development at K-96 and Greenwich, where they put their sixth store in 2017. “That … Read Article

AgEagle Announces New Manufacturing Site by the Airport, but which one?

  (AgEagle on Tuesday morning announced that it’s moving its office and manufacturing from Neodesha to Wichita at this building at 8863 E. 34th St. North. COURTESY PHOTO) UPDATED — AgEagle, the Neodesha drone company, on Tuesday morning announced its much-anticipated new Wichita office and manufacturing site. Although the release … Read Article

Project of the Year: Preserving century-old style important for downtown building remodel

The Spaghetti Works building, located at 619 E. William St., sat vacant for years. Built in 1894, it originally housed The Wichita Wholesale Grocery Company and was most recently utilized as the Spaghetti Works restaurant. In 2019, TGC Development enlisted Shelden Architecture to successfully blend the adaptive reuse and new construction… Read Article

Will Coronavirus Be the End of the Corporate Office?

(Slated for completion in spring 2021, the Waterford Building in Omaha, Nebraska, will feature touch freeEnhances and germ-resistant flooring and seating surfaces.)                 The world right now is an uncertain place right now. And, with all the uncertainty, many of us are trying to establish a routine for what will hopefully be a short a… Read Article

Wichita's Downtown Revitalization Serves as Catalyst For New Project

Wichita has been experiencing a strong downtown revitalization that has brought construction of new and redeveloped office, retail and mixed-­use projects throughout its urban core over the past few years. Two years ago, companies began relocating downtown as shifting workplace de­mographics incorporated close prox­imity, "live, work, play" amenities in order to grow thei… Read Article

It looks like Amazon has much bigger plans for the Wichita area than one warehouse

The news that Amazon is bringing a 140,000-square-foot warehouse to Wichita was big, but the company apparently has some much bigger news to come in Park City, which may include Neodesha’s AgEagle Aerial Systems. No one is talking yet, particularly Park City officials, but there’s a warehouse — with more than 1 million square feet … Read Article

City confirms Amazon distribution center is coming to northeast Wichita

A speculative warehouse building in northeast Wichita will be the site of an Amazon distribution center — a huge grab for Wichita's industrial market. The city announced the news Thursday. "There have been rumors spreading that Wichita was in the running for one of the smaller distribution sites for Amazon and I just want to confirm that is true," Mayor … Read Article

Newest tenant at downtown retail incubator is for the plant lovers

A new business specializing in all things house plants will be the latest to join The Garage at Cleveland Corner, an incubator for retail start-ups at 1st Street and Cleveland Avenue. GROW Giesen Plant Shop plans to open Aug. 28 in a 500 square-foot space at the retail center, which is already home to The Workroom and Birney's Snack Shop. The Workroom's Janelle K… Read Article

With Zoe's Kitchen closed, Waterfront developers are looking for new restaurant concept

Like a handful of restaurants around town, Zoë's Kitchen didn't reopen its doors in Wichita after Covid-19 restrictions eased. The signage at the 13th and Webb location was stripped from the building earlier this month, and now developers at the Waterfront are looking for a new tenant to fill the prime spot in front of Whole Foods Marke… Read Article

Standard Issue men’s shop opens in downtown Wichita during a not-so-standard time

  Opening a new business during a pandemic is hard enough. Add a climate of protests and tensions following George Floyd’s death, and it’s that much more difficult. “It’s been tough,” said Rodney Horton, whose new Standard Issue men’s shop opens Saturday. Earlier in the week, Horton was shooting a video for the … Read Article

New tenant secured for adaptive reuse of former east-side Hooters spot

Almost two years ago, Landmark Commercial Real Estate took over the old Hooters spot on North Rock Road with a vision to transform it into a multi-tenant, mixed-use commercial strip center. When it's finished late this summer, the building at 3151 N. Rock Road will have an entirely new look, with Aspen Dental as an anchor tenant. "We just wanted to kind … Read Article

Local Sweet Shop Finds Success After the Effects of COVID-19

River City Sweet Shop began in 2010 as Sweetly Scrumptious, a full-service bakery. They now specialize in Sugar Cookies, Cake Balls, Cakes, Cupcakes, Mini-Donuts, and much more. “We are always coming up with new and exciting things to add to our menu,” says Marilyn. They also offer services including Dessert Bars (catering), birthday parties, and coming soon &nd… Read Article

Wichita is getting another dollar store — this one near K-96 and Greenwich

The dollar stores keep on coming in Wichita. Construction is about to start on a new Dollar Tree location at 2783 N. Greenwich Road, which is near the K-96 and Greenwich interchange and across the street from Greenwich Place — a booming commercial intersection in northeast Wichita. A building permit pulled by the Wichita-based SBA Construction Co. for the … Read Article

Ted Branson leases former gas company headquarters to KwiKom Communications.

KwiKom Communications, based in Iola, Kansas, has leased 10,800 sq. ft. of office and warehouse space at 3845 W. Harry in Wichita. KwiKom, a corporation providing High Speed Fixed Wireless and Fiber to the Home and Business services, with a growing network area of over 12,000 square miles including over 25 counties in Kansas and Missouri, recently acquired Pixius Communications out of bankruptcy. KwiKom was about double the size… Read Article

Flattening the Deal-Paralysis Curve

As a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic, the commercial real estate investment sales market has effectively been divided into two groups of properties:  Properties in which you can have a certain level of confidence that you know what your physical and economic occupancy will look like in the next 3-12 months, and properties in which you don’t know what the physical and economic occupancy is… Read Article

Apricot Lane closes for now; here’s what the new owners plan

Kami and Mark Murphy have closed their 7-year-old Apricot Lane at Bradley Fair — the last day of business was Sunday — but new owners are going to revive the business. Chad and Ali Raymond are reopening the store at 21st and Rock Road later this month and plan a grand reopening in April. “My wife has a huge passion for fashion,” Chad Raymond… Read Article

Greenwich Place announces new stores, including a long-awaited east-side Marshalls

Greenwich Place at K-96 and Greenwich is growing by two more stores: Marshalls and Skechers. Both stores rather unusually went to the west side of Wichita first and are now catching up with east-side sites. “Both have been wanting to get out east for a long time,” says Greenwich Place developer Christian Ablah of Classic Real Estate.… Read Article

Daughter of Knolla’s Pizza founder set to open the local chain’s first downtown store

She’s been wanting to open a Knolla’s Pizza in downtown Wichita since she opened her east-side pizzeria in 2005. But either it didn’t feel like the right time, or she just couldn’t find the right place. Recently, though, everything gelled, and next month, Darinda Knolla — daughter of Knolla’s founder Pat… Read Article

Wichita, we can all breathe a sigh of relief: We’re getting a new driver’s license office

Wichita, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. The Kansas Department of Revenue has decided to open a second driver’s license office in the city. “It helps reduce lines and those wait times,” said Zach Fletcher, the department’s public information officer.   “This just gives more options to people and so… Read Article

A new business is opening in the former Lou’s Charcuteria space on Commerce Street

  A new business is opening in the former Lou’s Charcuteria space on Commerce Street, but it’s not a restaurant and bar. Axe to Grind will be Wichita’s second ax-throwing business. “We kind of enjoy blending a lot of different things,” says general operations manager Jonathan Frazzell. That includes ax-throwi… Read Article