Menards finalizes deal for Derby store

Menards finalizes deal for Derby storeBy Carrie RengersPublished by The Wichita EagleUPDATED — Menards, the Wisconsin-based home improvement chain, has finalized its deal for a store near the southwest corner of East Patriot Avenue and Buckner Street in Derby.“It’s been a long time coming,” says Grant Glasgow of Grubb & Ellis/Martens Commercial Group.G… Read Article

Kwik Shop to open at Stonebridge

Kwik Shop to open at StonebridgeBy Carrie Rengers, Published by The Wichita EagleUPDATED — A new Kwik Shop is coming to the Stonebridgedevelopment at the southeast corner of 37th Street North and Maize Road.“We feel like it’s going to help us spur even more activity,” says Randy Furstenberg, CFO of Vantage Point Properties. “Them going there gives u… Read Article

Wichita City Council OKs money for Big Ditch bypass

Wichita City Council OKs money for Big Ditch bypassBy Bill WilsonThe Wichita EagleA bypass over the Big Ditch, essential to the growth of west Wichita in the view of city officials, is two years away after the City Council approved the last $35 million of the $50 million project Tuesday. Work will begin early next year on the floodway bypass connecting I-235 to 13th Street in west Wich… Read Article

Downtown advocates hope database will untangle complex land leaseholds

Downtown advocates hope database will untangle complex land leaseholdsWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, ReporterA title company, commercial real estate representatives and a downtown development group hope to make it easier for potential development deals to happen downtown.Their plan: Build a database of which properties downtown have ground leases. Later, th… Read Article

Sport Clips to open fourth Wichita location

Sport Clips to open fourth Wichita location Wichita Business Journal by John Stearns, Reporter Sport Clips will open its fourth Wichita location on Sept. 29 on the west side, according to a news release.The haircutting shop for men will locate at 7130 W. Maple, Suite 130, in the Maple Ridge Center, at the northeast corner of Maple and Ridge Road. The telephone number is 941-4444.Kir… Read Article

North Wind Martial Arts and Fitness to open at Westlink Shopping Center

North Wind Martial Arts and Fitness to open at Westlink Shopping CenterBy Carrie Rengers, Published by The Wichita EagleWICHITA — Florida native Brian Kelley says he came to Wichita a couple of years ago to work as a personal training director for Genesis Health Clubs and liked it so well that he decided to stay and open his own business.N… Read Article

Wichita Realtors elect board of directors

Wichita Realtors elect board of directorsWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, Reporter  The Wichita Area Association of Realtorson Friday announced winners of its board of directors election.Elected to three-year terms: Angie George,Prudential Dinning-Beard Realtors; Brenda Noffert, Realty World Alliance; Jeffrey Richardson, Crown III Realty; and&… Read Article

Integrity Auto Group's two car lots to consolidate at one custom-built site near 143rd and Kellogg

Integrity Auto Group’s two car lots to consolidate at one custom-built site near 143rd and KelloggBy Carrie Rengers, Published by The Wichita EagleWICHITA — After years of having two car lots,Integrity Auto Group ownerPat Boyle is streamlining his business by customizing one new building to meet his company’s an… Read Article

Duane Wilkinson | People on the Move

Duane Wilkinson | People on the Move Duane WilkinsonDate added:September 12, 2012Submission Type:New HireCurrent employer:1Point Property ManagementCurrent title/position:Hospitality Property AccountantPosition level:Account ExecutivePosition department:Accounting & FinanceDuties/responsibilities:1Point Property Management is proud to announce the addition of Duane Wilkinson as Hospitality … Read Article

Developers walk a tightrope in balancing neighborhood concerns with getting deals done

Developers walk a tightrope in balancing neighborhood concerns with getting deals donePremium content from Wichita Business Journal by Daniel McCoy, ReporterDate: Friday, September 7, 2012, 5:00am CDT When Sam’s Club recently acknowledged plans for a new Wichita store at the northeast corner of 29th Street North and Maize Road, the… Read Article

Derby's Glen Carr House to open third building in November

Derby’s Glen Carr House to open third building in November By Jerry SiebenmarkThe Wichita EagleRandy Roatch and Jason Wiley thought they had a good business plan for their Glen Carr House project in Derby.But the executives from Oxford Management Group didn’t expect the level of demand they have seen for the residences they are building for people with Alzhei… Read Article

Neighbors to fight Sam's Club at 29th North and Maize

Store planned for 29th North and MaizeNeighbors to fight Sam’s Club at 29th North and MaizeBy Dion LeflerThe Wichita Eagle  When Andy and Becky Jones moved to Fox Ridge Estates in March, they knew they’d have new neighbors, but they weren’t expecting Sam’s Club.Now, the couple have emerged as leaders of a neighborhood campaign to stop the big-box … Read Article

Wichita developer gets bigger tax break

Wichita developer gets bigger tax breakBy Dion LeflerThe Wichita EagleA week after passing new guidelines giving tax breaks to developers of speculative industrial buildings, the City Council granted a 100 percent property tax abatement to a builder planning a middle-size warehouse in south Wichita.The decision on the tax abatement was delayed a week because developer David Shannon had origina… Read Article

Slow growth, spotty activity continue, but action evident in some areas

Slow growth, spotty activity continue, but action evident in some areasWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, ReporterGo northeast, young man.If Horace Greeley were a commercial real estate broker in Wichita today, that’s what he’d probably tell clients, particularly national retailers.He’d point to the latest “pioneers” like Cabela&r… Read Article

Sam's Club plans third Wichita store at 29th and Maize

Sam's Club plans third Wichita store at 29th and MaizeWichita Business Journal by Josh Heck, Reporter and John Stearns, Reporter  Plans are in the works for Wichita’s third Sam’s Club, this one at the northeast corner of 29th Street North and Maize Road.A company spokesman tells the Wichita Business Journal that Sam’s Club plans to build one of its membersh… Read Article

Wichita considers big tax breaks on speculative industrial space

Wichita considers big tax breaks on speculative industrial spaceWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, ReporterWichita economic development officials hope up to 10 years of property tax breaks will spur developers to erect large, speculative industrial buildings and help the city attract businesses that are now passing it by.A proposal tentatively going before the City… Read Article

Mathnasium to open at the Waterfront

Mathnasium to open at the WaterfrontBy Carrie RengersPublished by The Wichita EagleWICHITA — Since Rachel Allen openedMathnasium atNewMarket Square at 21st and Maize Road in February, parents have been driving their children from the east side to get math help.Now, they won’t have to.Allen is opening a second Mathnasium, a franchise known as the Math Learning Center, … Read Article

Mathnasium times 2

Mathnasium times 2Accountant, ex-teacher to open second Wichita Math Learning Center for kids at the WaterfrontBy Carrie RengersThe Wichita EagleRead more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/08/03/2433797/mathnasium-times-2.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy   Since Rachel Allen opened Mathnasium atNewMarket Square at 21st and Maize Road in February, parents have been driv… Read Article

Rachel Allen to open Mathnasium at Waterfront, second location this year

Rachel Allen to open Mathnasium at Waterfront, second location this yearWichita Business Journal by Josh Heck, ReporterIt’s sooner than Rachel Allen originally anticipated, but she will have an east-side Mathnasium open sometime this fall.Allen, who opened a Mathnasium math tutoring center this spring in NewMarket Square, is opening a 1,40… Read Article

Global PDR Solutions goes local with work at three new Wichita sites

Global PDR Solutions goes local with work at three new Wichita sitesPublished The Wichita EagleBy Carrie Rengers  WICHITA — After traveling the world, the owners of Wichita-based Global PDR Solutions are now going to concentrate on paintless dent repair and other work here.“Basically what we’ve always done is just traveled and chased hail s… Read Article