Whole Foods Market coming to The Waterfront next year

Whole Foods Market coming to The Waterfront next yearWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, Reporter The Waterfront has landed its big fish:Whole Foods Market Inc.The well-known natural and organic foods retailer said in an investor conference call Wednesday that it’s coming to Wichita, and The Waterfront’s Stephen Clark IIconfirmed that Whole Foods Market w… Read Article

Whole Foods Market to open in Wichita at the new Waterfront Plaza

Whole Foods Market to open in Wichita at the new Waterfront PlazaBy Carrie RengersPublished by The Wichita EagleUPDATED — A new phase of the Waterfront development will be the home of Whole Foods Market when it arrives in Wichita next year.“It’s very big for us,” said Stephen Clark II, who is managing the project, of landi… Read Article

Closet Junkie to open at Cherry Creek

Closet Junkie to open at Cherry CreekPublished by The Wichita Eagle by Carrie RengersWICHITA — Sandy Harris had been in the resale business for 22 years when she left it in February.“I told myself, no, that’s it, I want to do something else,” says Harris, who was at Trends Fashion Exchange on West Maple for the last 15 years.Instead of changing careers as… Read Article

Willowbend Animal Hospital to open on the east side in August

Willowbend Animal Hospital to open on the east side in AugustBy Carrie RengersPublished by The Wichita Eagle WICHITA — Veterinarian Michael Johnson, who has practiced in the Wichita area for 17 years, is opening his own animal hospital next month.Willowbend Animal Hospital will open Aug. 8 at 7606 E. 37th St. North, which is between Rock Road and Woodlaw… Read Article

Two Wichita Learning Connection centers to open to help former students get diplomas

Two Wichita Learning Connection centers to open to help former students get diplomasBy Carrie RengersPublished by The Wichita Eagle WICHITA — The South Central Kansas Education Service Center is opening two new sites in Wichita.“What we do is we try to provide … cost-effective ways to provide education services to scho… Read Article

Ad agency Brothers & Co. entering Wichita market with WaterWalk office

Ad agency Brothers & Co. entering Wichita market with WaterWalk officeWichita Business Journal by Josh Heck, Reporter Tulsa-based Brothers & Co. has already made a splash in Wichita with its “Bravely Onward” campaign for Fidelity Bank, and now the advertising agency is establishing a physical presence here.The company has signed a one-year… Read Article

Waterfront expects new retail space to lure marquee tenants

Waterfront expects new retail space to lure marquee tenants New retail section envisioned for west side of Webb RoadWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, ReporterA wave of office and retail activity appears ready to sweep across the upscale Waterfront development in northeast Wichita in coming months, filling prime undeveloped land on both sides of Webb Road north of … Read Article

Momentum builds on Maize Road near 37th Street North, developers and brokers say

Momentum builds on Maize Road near 37th Street North, developers and brokers sayWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, ReporterSeveral projects are pushing commercial real estate development farther north on North Maize Road.In particular, the area around 37th Street North, where Menards    opened in March 2011, is getting more a… Read Article

Chiropractors sign lease at Hampton Lakes Retail Center

Chiropractors sign lease at Hampton Lakes Retail CenterWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, Reporter A pair of newly graduated chiropractors have signed a five-year lease for 1,750 square feet of space in Marv Schellenberg’s Hampton Lakes Retail Center on North Maize Road.Dr. Meryl Miller and her fiancé, Dr. Jared Shoemaker, will open InM… Read Article

One of nation's top mortgage lenders, PrimeLending, sets up Wichita office

One of nation’s top mortgage lenders, PrimeLending, sets up Wichita officeWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, Reporter  Add another new name to the evolving roster of Wichita mortgage lenders: PrimeLending.While new, PrimeLending has familiar faces running its office in former Countrywide andBank of America    representativ… Read Article

Freddy's to open Garden City restaurant

Freddy’s to open Garden City restaurantPublished by The Wichita EagleBy Julie Doll A Freddy’s Custard & Steakburger franchise is expected to open on the east side of Garden City as part of a commercial development planned there.Landmark Commercial Real Estate today announced the sale of a Home Depot outparcel  to GC Custard LLC,  a Freddy’s Custard & Steakb… Read Article

Artist at Large Tattoo owner Dennis McPhail plans 'creative look' for his building

Artist at Large Tattoo owner Dennis McPhail plans ‘creative look’ for his buildingPublished by The Wichita EagleBy Carrie Rengers WICHITA — Artist at Large Tattooowner Dennis McPhail is now also a landlord at large.He has purchased the more than 8,000-square-foot building, which looks like three buildings, where his bu… Read Article

Friends University to purchase, renovate buildings in Delano

 Friends University to purchase, renovate buildings in DelanoWichita Business Journal by Josh Heck, Reporter The Friends University    art department will move off campus next year following the $3.5 million purchase and planned renovation of the historic Farmers State Bank building in the Delano District.Friends President T.J. Arant&nbs… Read Article

Friends University to Renovate Historic Delano Property for Art Department

Friends University to renovate two Delano buildings for art departmentBy Dan VoorhisThe Wichita Eagle Friends University today announced a $3.5 million plan to renovate two buildings in Delano and move its art department there.The 1911 Farmers State Bank Building and Odd Fellows Hall at 930 W. Douglas and the concrete warehouse behind it at 122 … Read Article

McCurdy auctioning four visible properties in, around Wichita

McCurdy auctioning four visible properties in, around WichitaWichita Business Journal by John Stearns, ReporterDate: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 2:00pm CDTMcCurdy Auction next week will hold three absolute auctions on high-visibility properties in around the Wichita metropolitan area.The properties are at Pawnee and Webb Road, off U.S. 54 between Andover and Augusta, and near 21st … Read Article

A-OK Pawn Shops owner Bruce Harris to start Better Living lease-to-own business

A-OK Pawn Shops owner Bruce Harris to start Better Living lease-to-own businessPublished in The Wichita EagleWritten by Carrie Rengers WICHITA — A-OK Pawn Shops owner Bruce Harris is starting a new lease-to-own furniture business that he hopes will become a chain of stores.“It’s a brand-new concept we’re comi… Read Article

Art & Frame to move from NewMarket Square to 13th and Maize Road area

Art & Frame to move from NewMarket Square to 13th and Maize Road areaPublished in The Wichita EagleWritten by Carrie Rengers WICHITA — Jack Wilson and his Art & Frame shop was one of the first businesses in NewMarket Square a decade ago, and he says he’s now reluctant to leave.Due to another deal, though – mo… Read Article

InMotion Spine-Muscle-Joint Clinic to open at Hampton Lakes

InMotion Spine – Muscle – Joint Clinic to open at Hampton Lakes Published in The Wichita EagleWritten by Carrie Rengers WICHITA — New chiropractors Meryl Miller and Jared Shoemaker are opening their first practice in Hampton Lakes at 37th and Maize this summer.“We just decided we wanted to stay in Kansas,” s… Read Article

Bann Thai Restaurant to open in former Siam Cuisine space

Bann Thai Restaurant to open in former Siam Cuisine spacePublished in the Wichita Eagle Written by Carrie Rengers  A new restaurant is going in the former Siam Cuisinespace near 21st and Woodlawn.Tui Jackson hopes to open Bann Thai Restaurant at 6249 East 21st Street North by April 3.“I think it will be OK,” Jackson says of opening … Read Article

Furnish My Nest coming at 21st and Rock

Furnish My Nest coming at 21st and RockPublished in The Wichita EagleBy Carrie Rengers A new home furnishings store with a contemporary flair is coming to the Shops at Tallgrass near 21st and Rock Road.Furnish My Nest is taking the 2,240 square feet Cox Communications Kansas/Arkansasused to be in before moving across the parking lot.Chance Shipman and Josh Rulan… Read Article