Monahan Chiropractic to open in December

WICHITA — After working for Dopps Chiropractic for a couple of years, Bradley Monahan is now preparing to open his own clinic, Monahan Chiropractic.“My own clinic was always the end goal,” he says. The idea is to “be my own boss. . . . Take the blame or take the credit. One of the two.”Monahan will open in about 1,600 square feet Dec. 1 at 3876 N. Woodlawn just nort… Read Article

Shops at MarketPlace lands four tenants

WICHITA — In today’s economy, it’s a gamble to build a speculative shopping center and hope to find tenants for it, but it’s a move that’s paying off for Paul Jackson.The Vantage Point Properties developer has Andover MarketPlace, a 140-acre development on the southeast corner of Kellogg and Andover Road in Andover.In May, Jackson began building the Shops at MarketPl… Read Article

Tommy's for sale

Want to own a piece of Wichita history? Now you can.     Tommy D'Annunzio is selling his Tommy's Restaurant & Lounge at 21st and Tyler.     "I'm 62 years old," he says. "I've been in the business 40-some years."     He's had Tommy's for 20 years. Before that, he had a couple of restaurants, including Tom & Sonny's with his friend Son… Read Article

Lakeridge has new owners and one new tenant

WICHITA — A couple of tenants at Lakeridge, one of the strip centers behind QuikTrip at 21st and Ridge, now own the building. Greg Feldman and Zach Henson, who own Always There Senior Care, and Kelley Arnold, who has Arnold Kinesiology Center, bought the 7,200-square-foot center. “We were able to get it at a very reasonable price, and we felt like it was good business sense… Read Article

Tyler Office Park to locate near Douglas and Tyler

WICHITA — Dale Walker of Midwest Insurance Agency is working on plans for a new 4,500-square-foot Tyler Office Park near the northwest corner of Douglas and Tyler. “It’s at the architect’s right now, so we’ll probably get started in the next couple of weeks,” Walker says. He currently leases space for his office at 4715 W. Central. Walker plans to m… Read Article

Sedgwick County buys new space for EMS Post 10

WICHITA — Sedgwick County has purchased property at 636 N. St. Francis for a new building for EMS Post 10. There are 15 permanent EMS posts in Wichita and the county. EMS Post 10 currently is at 704 N. Emporia in space the county leases from Via Christi Health. Via Christi eventually needs that space back for expansion plans. “We were in need of a bigger facility anyway,&rdquo… Read Article

Paint the Towne to open at Cambridge Market

WICHITA — Why spend the evening merely eating and drinking with your friends when you can paint, too? That’s Jessie Sterling’s attitude, and it’s why she’s opening Paint the Towne at Cambridge Market at 21st and Webb in August. Sterling will offer painting packages where groups, with the help of an artist at the shop, can paint on canvases while visiting, too. &… Read Article

Mutual Fund Store and show comes to Wichita

  WICHITA — The Mutual Fund Store is coming to Wichita — on air and at Cambridge Market. The Overland Park-based company’s business is built on its radio show, which founder Adam Bold hosts weekly. “Our business model is a little bit unique,” says Jeff Roper, who is the franchisee opening the store here. “Basically, 100 percent of our clients come from… Read Article

Cafe Maurice to open at Cambridge Market

WICHITA — There’s a good chance you’ve had one of Ghassan “Gus” Srour’s desserts and just don’t know it. Srour and his wife, Therese, used to have Patisserie Maurice near Harry and Rock, which supplied pastries to restaurants around Wichita, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. They also offered catering from that site until April when a fire at a nearby busin… Read Article

Cleary, Wagle, Soderberg and West, a new group of attorneys, to lease Landmark Commercial Real Estate building space

WICHITA — A new lease at the Landmark Commercial Real Estate building at First and Emporia will bring the building to 100 percent occupancy.Landmark and 1Point LLC have 7,920 square feet of the Old Town space, which Landmark renovated and moved into in 2007.A new group of independent lawyers are forming an entity &mdas… Read Article

Developer signs deal for west-side Menards

As expected, Wichita has landed its second Menards store. Developer Paul Jackson on Thursday signed a deal with the Wisconsin-based company to anchor his Stonebridge development at the southeast corner of 37th and Maize Road.     This follows Christian Ablah’s deal earlier this month for Menards to locate at his development at K-96 and Webb Road.    … Read Article

Perfect location

When Smoothie King on North Ridge Road closed, some disappointed west-siders wondered what happened. The owners are simply changing locations. The new location is in the former Picture Perfect space at 8000 W. Central. Picture Perfect recently moved to NewMarket Square at 21st and Maize Road. Smoothie King’s Gillian Gorges likes her new space for its drive-through. Don Piros of Landmark Commercial Real Estat… Read Article

Menards signs deal to locate at Paul Jackson’s Stonebridge development at 37th and Maize Road

WICHITA — As expected, Wichita has landed its second Menards store.Developer Paul Jackson today signed a deal with the Wisconsin-based company to anchor his Stonebridge development at the southeast corner of 37th and Maize Road.This follows Christian Ablah’s deal earlier this month for Menards to locate at his development at K-96 an… Read Article

Ribbit plans stores outside Wichita

BY BILL WILSON The Wichita EagleRibbit Computers is coming to north of 21st and Maize Road, as owner Alex Harb's plan to saturate Wichita with his computer sales and service stores nears completion. But it's not the end of Ribbit's growth, Harb said, as he puts the finishing touches on a plan to bring his stores to smaller Kansas communities. Ribbit will become the final piece in an 8,960-sq… Read Article

New commercial development coming to 21st and Maize Road

WICHITA — There’s a new development coming near the southwest corner of 21st and Maize Road behind Bank of the West. A group of as-of-yet unnamed developers are purchasing the former New Medical Health Care building, razing it and building a new 10,000-square-foot center for retail and restaurant space. Last year, New Medical moved to 21st and Ridge Road by Braum… Read Article

Three new tenants to open near Ridge, 21st

The new year is starting off well for Steve Robl of Robl Construction , and it may bode well for others, too. "I see just a general better attitude in real estate," Robl says. There are three new tenants for his Barrington Place on 21st Street west of Ridge Road, which is where Red Bean's Bayou Grill and Jason's Deli are. Sunflower Title is taking 1,800 square feet. … Read Article

Cinnamon's Deli to open Thursday near west-side Lowe's

WICHITA — Five Guys Burgers and Fries and Long John Silver’s Freshside Grille are getting lots of attention for opening next week in front of Lowe’s near 29th Street North and Maize Road. But that doesn’t bother Cinnamon’s Deli owner Larry Wilson, who is opening in the same building Thursday. “I’m going to beat ’em,” Wilson … Read Article

Genghis Grill is coming to the former west-side Krispy Kreme building

WICHITA — There’s a new tenant for the former Krispy Kreme space at 8512 W. Central, and it may be a surprise to some. Genghis Grill, a Mongolian grill, will sublease the space. “It’s going to be right in the middle of everybody,” franchisee Terry Newman says of all the neighborhoods in that area. Newman and his partner, Frank Carney, op… Read Article

What happened in 2009

   The commercial real estate industry took a huge economic hit in Wichita in 2009 as deals dried up in a commercial credit crunch.    The year ended with few or no commissions for even the city’s biggest brokers as the market froze, paralyzed by the lack of available loan capital.    “Commercial credit was available in 2009 and will continue to be for proje… Read Article

New Low-Income Complex Boasts Luxury

An apartment community with a built-in movie theater, free WI-fi and that's just for starters.Inwood Crossings sits along K-96 between Woodlawn and Rock Road. It's not an area where you'd normally find low-income housing, but this is a whole new take on the concept.From a movie theater, fitness room and computer lab to a swimming pool and BBQ area, the concept is when those less fortunate live in a … Read Article