Marriott’s Starwood purchase shouldn’t slow down Wichita’s new Aloft

Monday’s news that Marriott International is buying the Starwood hotel chain in a $12.2 billion deal didn’t faze hotelier Jim Korroch, who is helping Great Plains Ventures open a Starwood property in Wichita. “Starwood and Marriott have two of the very top … guest loyalty programs,” Korroch s… Read Article

Planet Sub to open in former west-side Metro Grill space

Linda and Doug Brantner are opening their second Planet Sub, this time on the west side where customers have been requesting one. Courtesy photo BY CARRIE RENGERS A new restaurant is opening in the former Metro Grill space at Central and Maize Road, and it’s one that west-siders have been requesting for some time. Doug… Read Article

Blarney Stone sports bar to open in former east-side Larry Bud’s space

“We’re going to definitely, definitely support WSU athletics as much as humanly possible,” Steve Peters says. “We’re just really big on WSU sports.” The spot catered to Shocker fans as Larry Bud’s as well. Dave Williams File photo BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle A new ba… Read Article

Cox Solutions store to open by west-side Abuelo’s

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle There’s another new business coming to Ridge Road between Kellogg and Maple, and this time it isn’t a restaurant. Cox Communications is opening one of its Solutions stores in almost 3,000 square feet of the 14,000-square-foot center where Abuelo’s is.   Abuelo’s – one of numero… Read Article

Hickerson Furniture reconfigures space as 60,000-square-foot complex sells

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle For a few years, Larry Busch has been wanting to reconfigure the space for his Hickerson Furniture, which is on East Harry between Woodlawn and Rock Road, but his landlord didn’t allow it. Now, the 60,000-square-foot, four-building complex – part of which is where the store is – ha… Read Article

Landmark makes top 10 list in the small business category for best places to work in Wichita!

Employees appear to be pretty content at these small Wichita-area businesses, according to the staffers themselves. This year's Best Places to Work honorees in the small category, 10-24 employees, are featured in the attached slideshow. Medium- and large-category honorees will be announced later this week. Please click here to view the slideshow and full article!

Piccadilly Market & Grill to be reconfigured, renamed at former Chelsea’s space

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle The Toubia family signed a deal for new space for their Piccadilly Market & Grill this week, and it happens to be at their old Chelsea’s Bar and Grill space in Comotara Center at 29th North and Rock Road. If you think this sounds familiar, that… Read Article

Orangetheory Fitness to open at Waterfront Plaza

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle With the new year – and its New Year’s resolutions – there will be a new fitness center at Waterfront Plaza at the northwest corner of 13th and Webb Road. Orangetheory Fitness is opening in 3,200 square feet at the north end of the strip center next to Equity Bank. “It’s just a great area,… Read Article

Olive Tree Catering to return to Olive Tree Bistro banquet space

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Olive Tree Catering is returning home. The Toubia family is returning its catering company to the former Olive Tree Bistro banquet hall in Comotara Center at 29th and Rock Road. “It just makes the most sense,” says Joumana Toubia. “I know every nook and cranny. It … Read Article

Hotelier Jim Korroch starts hospitality division at Landmark Commercial Real Estate

Hotelier Jim Korroch is starting a new hospitality division for Landmark Commercial Real Estate. File photo BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle There’s a new hospitality division at Landmark Commercial Real Estate, but the person starting it isn’t new to the industry or market. Hotelier&nbs… Read Article

Wings of the Wind to move to former Birds on the Roof space

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Mark Adams was a young man in the 1970s and looking for something to do for a career when his parents visited San Francisco and saw a 45-foot dragon kite. “They followed it till they found a man who told them about a great kite store,” he says.  That inspired him to have his own kite store. He openedWings … Read Article

Jewelry Savers to move to Regency Lakes at 21st and Greenwich

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Since Jim and Norma Ellis founded Jewelry Savers 44 years ago, it’s been in theSunnybrook Shopping Center at the southwest corner of Lincoln and Rock Road. “Obviously, the area has changed,” says Mark A. Payne, who is vice president and general manager.  Also, the… Read Article

Petroleum Building sells to CDK Wichita investors

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle The group of investors that reassembled the ownership of the Petroleum Building after theMinnesota Guys sold it floor by floor has now sold it to Gene Regier and a group of partners with CDK Wichita. “It’s just a neat old building,” Regier says of the 8-story, Art Deco-style building on Broa… Read Article

Dart Warz to open in former Pump It Up space

Screenshot from YouTube video/ClickClickBAMF BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Stanton and Randi Wilkerson took what used to be a backyard battle for kids with Nerfguns and turned it into a business called Dart Warz. Now the California natives are bringing it to Wichita. “What we’re doing right now is essentially b… Read Article

ARC Physical Therapy Plus to open second clinic

ARC, which stands for Athletic and Rehabilitation Center, already has a clinic on the west side on Taft between Ridge and Dugan. | Julie Mah The Wichita Eagle BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle ARC Physical Therapy Plus is working on its second Wichita clinic. “It’s really been driven by the demand of the customers,&… Read Article

Dean & Deluca cafe to open at the Shops at Tallgrass this fall Read more here: http://www.kansas.co

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle  For all the years that Wichita native Leslie Rudd owned Dean & Deluca, Wichitans hoped that he’d bring one of the upscale grocery stores here. Now, less than a year after Rudd sold the business to Thailand-based Pace Development Corp., the store is going to o… Read Article

Barroco Mexican Grill and Derby Pita Pit open

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle A couple of new restaurants that Have You Heard? reported on previously are now open. Barroco Mexican Grill opened on Wednesday in the former Kobe Steak House of Japanspace at 2330 N. Maize Road. Like so many restaurants, Barroco opened a few months later than expected. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily for now, though … Read Article

O’Reilly Auto Parts to open near 37th and Woodlawn

O’Reilly Auto Parts to open near 37th and Woodlawn   Screenshot courtesy of corporate.oreillyauto.com BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle O’Reilly Auto Parts is in the process of opening its 12th store in Wichita. This one will be in 7,100 square feet at 6505 E. 37th St. North, which is in the Brush Cr… Read Article

Lululemon Athletica to open in Shops at Tallgrass this summer

BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle More than a year ago, Have You Heard? reported that the fact that Lululemon Athleticahad a couple of trunk shows here gave hope that Wichita would land one of the stores. Now, it has, though it’s in the form of a showroom and not a traditional store. The Vancouver-based chain of … Read Article

CryoHealth of Kansas to open at Shops at Tallgrass

  BY CARRIE RENGERS The Wichita Eagle Businessman Dave Douglas says cryotherapy is a national trend that he and a group of investors hope to capitalize on here with CryoHealth of Kansas, which they’ll be opening later this summer at the Shops at Tallgrass at 21st and Rock Road. “It’s gaining a lot of popularity in … Read Article