Real Estate Outlok Strong For Second Half Of 2014

Retail real estate outlook strong for second half of 2014: expertsPublished by ICSCRetail real estate investment hit a new high in this current cycle, as declining vacancies and other strong fundamentals plus a surging economy portend several more robust years, according to a Marcus & Millichap online panel discussing the midyear 2014 outlook for the U.S. economy. “The cost of c… Read Article

Ashley Furniture To Open In Former Sportsman's Warehouse

Ashley Furniture HomeStore-Wichita to open in former Sportsman’s WarehouseBy Carrie RengersPublished by The Wichita Eagle UPDATED — More than four years after Sportsman’s Warehouse closed its east Wichita store, a new business is opening there.Ashley Furniture HomeStore-Wichita will open at the site in One Kellogg Place, which is just east of Kellogg and Green… Read Article

Brothers & Co. to move to Kress Building

Brothers & Co. to move to Kress BuildingBy: Carrie RengersPublished By: The Wichita EagleBrothers & Co. is moving to the Kress Building downtown with a plan that served the advertising agency well when it opened its first Wichita office: Lease more space than it needs and hope to outgrow it.“We would be absolutely thrilled if we had to go procure more space or add more floors,” … Read Article

Second Wichita-area Dickey’s Barbecue Pit to open on west side

Second Wichita-area Dickey’s Barbecue Pit to open on west sideWritten by Carrie RengersPublished in the Wichita Eagle, May 28, 2014 WICHITA — There’s a new strip center under construction in front of the Academy Sports on North Maize Road, and its first tenant is a familiar one.Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is going to open in 2,200 square feet when the … Read Article

Boudoir by Wallflower and new portrait studio to move to Kress Building

Boudoir by Wallflower and new portrait studio to move to Kress BuildingWritten by Carrie RengersPublished in the Wichita Eagle, May 22, 2014 WICHITA — May is a popular decision time for Aaron and Christina Patton.In May 2008, they decided to open Wallflower Studios, the umbrella company for a couple of photography businesses they own.Last May, the couple… Read Article

West-side Abuelo's to open at Taft and Ridge Road in early 2015

West-side Abuelo's to open at Taft and Ridge Road in early 2015Written by Carrie RengersPublished in the Wichita Eagle 5/12/2014WICHITA — In January, Have You Heard? reported that Abuelo’s was getting closer to a deal at a site near the Kellogg and Ridge Road corridor not far from where the new Twin Peaks is going to open.East-side Abuelo’s manager Chuck O… Read Article

Sonic deal in downtown Wichita expected to close Friday

Sonic deal in downtown Wichita expected to close FridayPublished By: The Wichita Business JournalWritten By: Josh Heck  A deal that would bring Sonic Happy Hour to downtown Wichita is set to close today.Sonic Drive-In plans to open a downtown Wichita location before year’s end.An 1,800-square-foot restaurant will be built at 504 S. Broadway, a site that is near the sout… Read Article

Poe & Associates to move to Phil Ruffin's Delano building near Douglas and McLean

Poe & Associates to move to Phil Ruffin’s Delano building near Douglas and McLeanBy Carrie Rengers.Published in the Wichita Eagle 5/8/2014WICHITA — Phil Ruffin has landed a new tenant for the same building where the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services moved in Delano.That’s the former Davis Furniture building to the west of Dougla… Read Article

GreenAcres deal means Whole Foods Market will use 'Whole Foods' name

GreenAcres deal means Whole Foods Market will use 'Whole Foods' namePublished By: Wichita Business Journal Written By: Emily BehlmannThe Whole Foods Market store planned for Wichita will be called “Whole Foods Market” after all, not the previously announced Bread & Circus.The Austin-Texas company had been avoiding the “Whole Foods” name because… Read Article

CDK Wichita buys former Wonder Bread building on Emporia

CDK Wichita buys former Wonder Bread building on EmporiaPublished By: The Wichita EagleWritten By: Carrie RengersWICHITA — CDK Wichita, a distributor of windows, cabinets and doors, has purchased the one-time Wonder Bread building at 601 N. Emporia.“It’s an old building,” says co-owner Gene Regier. “It’s going to need a lot of tender, loving ca… Read Article

Whole Foods Market Inc. store moving toward interior work ahead of Sept. 10 opening in Wichita

A building permit in this week’s Wichita Business Journal indicates the approximate value of interior finishes planned for Whole Foods Market Inc.’s new grocery store, which is targeted to open Sept. 10. Engineered Structures Inc.’s permit for tenant finishes for the northeast Wichita store has a value of about $3.8 million. … Read Article

Whole Foods Market Inc. store moving toward interior work ahead of Sept. 10 opening in Wichita

Whole Foods Market Inc. store moving toward interior work ahead of Sept. 10 opening in Wichita Published in the Wichita Business JournalWritten by John Stearns A building permit in this week’s Wichita Business Journal indicates the approximate value of interior finishes planned for Whole Foods Market Inc.’s new grocery sto… Read Article

SpaRenity Nails & Organics to open in same Waterfront center as Bread & Circus

SpaRenity Nails & Organics to open in same Waterfront center as Bread & CircusPublished By: The Wichita EagleWritten By: Carrie Rengers WICHITA — In keeping with the organic theme of the Waterfront’s new Whole Foods Market, which will go by Bread & Circus in Wichita, a new spa and salon featuring organic products is opening in the same ce… Read Article

Lalo's Express Mexican Food moving to larger space

Lalo’s Express Mexican Food moving to larger spaceBy Carrie RengersPublished in the Wichita EagleFebruary 3, 2014WICHITA — Almost a decade after opening, Jose Bernal is getting ready to move his Lalo’s Express Mexican Food to expanded space.The restaurant has about 15 seats now in its space at the northwest corner of Harry and Seneca.In March, it’s moving to form… Read Article

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services signs new downtown lease

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services signs new downtown leaseWritten by Carrie RengersPublished in the Wichita EagleFebruary 19, 2014WICHITA — Another state agency has signed a lease at 266 N. Main St., which is known as the former Ryan International Airlines building, and this will be the final one because the building is now full.“… Read Article

The Next 21st and Rock

The next 21st and RockDevelopment along Greenwich from 13th to K-96 could rival business activity on bustling Rock Road.Written by John StearnsPublished in the Wichita Business Journal on January 24, 2014Greenwich Road in northeast Wichita has been anything but sleepy the last decade — anchored early on by Warren Theatres at 13th Street on the south, SuperTarget at 21st Street on the north and the blockbuster… Read Article

Family Dollar to Open at Second and West

Written by Carrie RengersPublished in The Wichita EagleDecember 18, 2013 UPDATED — Another new Family Dollar store is in the works for Wichita.Construction has just begun on an 8,300-square-foot store on the southwest corner of Second and West streets. This is a new prototype for Family Dollar.Several of the stores have opened in the Wichita area in the last couple of years. This make… Read Article

Cycle Gear to open in Wichita

Written by Carrie RengersPublished in The Wichita EagleNovember 20, 2013UPDATED — Cycle Gear, which bills itself as the country’s leading retailer for motorcycle accessories and apparel, is coming to Wichita.The chain is taking 3,100 square feet at 3236 N. Rock Road, which is in the same center as Buffalo Wild Wings.Don Piros of Landmark Commercial Real Estate and Nathan Farha of NAI Martens ha… Read Article

Commercial real estate activity looks to continue momentum in 2014

Commercial real estate activity looks to continue momentum in 2014Written by John StearnsPublished in Wichita Business Journal 2014 looks like it could be reasonably active in the area’s commercial real estate sector, building on momentum that emerged in 2013 across the city.Much of this year’s news centered on downtown, where Union Station changed hands … Read Article

Economic Output Rises 2.9% in Third Quarter

Written by George Ratiu Director, Quantitative & Commercial Research  Published by the National Association of Realtors While we are still grappling with the delays from October’s government shutdown, the estimates for third quarter economic output show much of the same. Gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the third quarter, on the heels … Read Article