Jack DeBoer downplays the idea of a lifetime achievement award from the Kansas CCIM Chapter. "I'm very surprised, because really I'm not a real estate broker per se," the 77-year-old entrepreneur said, smiling broadly. "I think it means that I'm old." Nonetheless, the pioneer of extended-stay hotel brands across the United States will be honored Friday as part of the CCIM group's annual ...
Redevelopment around Intrust Bank Arena got a boost Tuesday when the Wichita City Council approved tax increment financing for infrastructure and cosmetic improvements. It's a type of incentive, real estate experts say, to lure investors at a time when the credit market has stalled a lot of commercial investment nationwide. "It's most definitely a vote of confidence in the future of the ...
Some real estate professionals report that the long-frozen low-end housing market is starting to thaw. A surge of home flippers into the market has reawakened the dormant market, some say. The thaw is fragile, however, as the health of the local economy and federal efforts to lower mortgage rates is changing daily. Homes priced below $100,000 have moved slowly in the past six months as banks ...
The downtown Wichita venue that once housed the Wichita Club has opened for business after a two-decade absence, this time as Gallery One-Nine. Partners Andy Sandlin, who's Gallery One-Nine, and Tinley Innes, who runs the event planner Jubilation Events, are reviving the historic club's events concept in the space where private and special occasions were celebrated for decades. On the 19th ...
A nine-block area in an aging part of Midtown could be redeveloped under a plan the Wichita City Council approved Tuesday. The vote is the latest step in the controversial proposal, and several people gave lengthy and passionate pleas in support of and in opposition to the project. The project could temporarily displace some residents, but it may also offer a newer and more vibrant area to ...
• Two independent releases hit Wichita today: "Nobel Son" is a comedy/drama about a graduate student (Bryan Greenberg from TV's "October Road") struggling to finish his thesis when his father (Alan Rickman, Severus Snape in the"Harry Potter" movies) wins the Nobel Prize in chemistry, fueling his already ballooning ego. But when the son is kidnapped and held ranson the night before the ...
Pleasant Valley Middle School principal Michael Archibeque said he appreciates that while being deployed in Kuwait this year with the Army Reserves, he knows he will return next year to the students who have motivated him on long, hard days on duty. In fact, he's so appreciative that he nominated the Wichita district's assistant superintendent of middle schools, Kathy Busch, for an employer ...
Overland Park-based CrossPoint Bank has named Mike Maddox as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Gregg Motley, who left in early October.
An events center is opening in the 18th and 19th floors of the former SC Telcom Building.
Amtrak and KDOT are teaming up to gauge the feasibility of expanded passenger service, linking Wichita to Kansas City, Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. The study is one more step in the process which might or might not end in restoring passenger rail service to Wichita and other Kansas communities.