A shopping center is getting torn down, businesses are on the move, and an old barbecue joint will be offering up new lessons. All this is to say, I’ve got updates on a trio of 23rd Street businesses that soon will have new homes. • As we reported last month, plans have been filed to tear down the shopping center at 1401 W. 23rd St. and replace it with a multistory apartment and retail building. That has ...
The basement of the Ernst & Son Hardware building in downtown long had the reputation as a massive storage vault, housing everything from covered wagon parts to things that weren't even useful anymore. Well, that big storage space has helped seal a deal for new retail life at the building. The sports apparel store Jock’s Nitch has signed a deal to move into the space at 826 Massachusetts St. later this ...
Pergolas have always confused me. I build a patio with a leaky roof, and people call me an awful carpenter. You build a pergola, and people praise you as an artistic landscaper. Whatever the case may be, a disputed pergola oddly has opened up a new set of opportunities for a pair of Lawrence restaurant owners. Some of you had asked recently whether Dempsey’s Burger Pub at 623 Vermont St. had closed. Well, it ...
On almost any given day, I tell myself that the workplace needs more mashed potatoes. (Yes, you really shouldn’t open my bottom file drawer.) A Lawrence company that has been bringing mashed potatoes and other delights to area offices is in expansion mode. Poorboy Burrito Co. has opened at 19th and Massachusetts streets, marking the first restaurant location for the company that, up until now, has focused ...
A long vacant property near the entrance of the SuperTarget retail area in south Lawrence is set to be filled. But don’t look for an exciting new retailer or restaurant. Instead, look for a dentist office with a twist. The twist: This dental practice will be part of a large national chain. Plans have been filed for Aspen Dental to locate on the vacant lot at the southeast corner of 31st Street and Nieder ...
Perhaps the Thanksgiving turkey was laced with optimism. (I’m going to blame optimism on breaking my elastic waistband.) Whatever the case, the latest numbers indicate Lawrence retailers benefited from shoppers in a buying mood during the critical Black Friday holiday shopping period. The city received its January sales tax check from the state of Kansas, which covers sales made primarily in November, ...