WRITER: Chad Lawhorn

Multistory apartment and retail building planned for 23rd Street; shopping center to be razed

Lots of people live a block or two off 23rd Street. But not that many people actually live right along it (unless you count that extended stay at Wendy’s when Frosties were a dollar.) But plans have been filed for a new development that may change that trend. An out-of-town development group has filed plans to tear down the shopping center that includes Party America, Copy Co., UNI Computers and others, and ...

QuikTrip files plans to build second store in Lawrence

Gear up for a gasoline battle. QuikTrip has filed plans to build a second store in Lawrence. The Tulsa-based convenience store chain has struck a deal to buy the Zarco convenience store at Ninth and Iowa streets. Plans filed at City Hall show QuikTrip would undertake a major redevelopment of the site. It would tear down the existing convenience store, plus a car wash building to the east and a vacant ...

Vintage toys and a wee bit of taxidermy coming to Massachusetts Street

When you are 45 years old and have been collecting toys all your life, at some point you have to decide to do something out of the ordinary. For Terry Taylor, that means opening a vintage toy shop on Massachusetts Street. And just for good measure, the store will dabble in a bit of small-scale taxidermy as well. What in the heck am I talking about? The new shop will be called 1313 Mockingbird Lane, which ...

LMH gets record-breaking donation to help build new outpatient medical center

A Kansas City foundation is providing a $2 million grant to help Lawrence Memorial Hospital build a major outpatient medical center in west Lawrence. The Sunderland Foundation of Kansas City is giving $2 million to the LMH Health Foundation to be used in the construction of an approximately $100 million outpatient medical center project near Rock Chalk Park in northwest Lawrence. The gift from the Sunderland ...

Another retailer leaving 23rd Street to head to south Iowa Street

I don’t know what you think you saw when I got off the elliptical machine, but I wasn’t so woozy that I needed a bed to lie down on. But in case it ever does get to that point, some of you may be in luck. You’ve been asking what new retailer is going next to the Planet Fitness location on south Iowa Street, and I now can report that it is a mattress store. The folks at Mattress Hub confirmed they are ...

Despite all the empty seats, KU says football ticket sales were up in 2018

Despite the frequent sight of empty seats on a Saturday at Memorial Stadium, University of Kansas officials are now saying they actually saw an increase in football ticket sales during the 2018 season. KU sold $3.98 million worth of football tickets during the last season, which saw the Jayhawks go 3-9 and culminated with the firing of head coach David Beaty. That $3.98 million figure is up from $3.41 million ...