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Tight lending slows down commercial development

BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Today at 3 a.m.

It's harder — much harder — for businesses and entrepreneurs to find financing in Wichita and across the nation.

  • Foreign buyers snap up deals

    BY ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press | Today at 12:08 a.m.

    Canadian investor Arthur Wong is buying condos in Las Vegas and Phoenix like a shopper at Costco: In bulk, with slashed prices.

  • After 19 years, local fitness store will open a 2nd Wichita location

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 20 at 6:20 a.m.

    Wayne Ragsdale cringes every time there's a new business announced in the media.

  • First-time homebuyers boost housing market

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 20 at 6:18 a.m.

    Kansans have used the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit at a comparable rate with surrounding states, according to a national study prepared for Congress.

  • Consultant: Patience key to downtown plan

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 19 at 12:06 a.m.

    Some themes are emerging as the city's downtown revitalization consultant continues its listening tour.

  • Downtown QuikTrip to get bigger store

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 19 at 11:56 a.m.

    QuikTrip's latest Wichita project is coming to downtown. The Tulsa-based convenience store chain has scheduled a "scrape and build" project at Douglas and Washington, the latest move to renovate and modernize its Wichita stores.

  • Kechi plans to offer new-home incentives

    BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 19 at 12:06 a.m.

    The city of Kechi and the developers of the vacant Rock Pointe subdivision are joining the growing list of suburban cities offering incentives for homebuilders and homebuyers.

  • Consultant: Wichita has 2 drawbacks

    BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 18 at 12:05 a.m.

    A consultant said Tuesday that Wichita has at least two major drawbacks in recruiting business: lack of a ready site, and a stigma stemming from recent aviation industry strikes.

  • National Realtors group sees housing sales on rise

    BY ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press | Nov. 15 at 12:06 a.m.

    SAN DIEGO — Home prices are expected to grow modestly next year and sales will keep rising as the housing market continues to recover from the worst downturn in decades, the National Association of Realtors said.

  • Developer's history complicates project

    BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 15 at 8:16 a.m.

    Several developers are pushing a plan for a large complex of attached housing and apartments north of K-96 in Maize.

  • Two local firms land contracts for building wind turbine plant

    BY DAN VOORHIS, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 14 at 12:06 a.m.

    Local contractors have won two of the first three construction contracts at the $50 million Siemens wind turbine plant in Hutchinson.

  • Jack DeBoer says immediate progress essential for WaterWalk's success

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 12 at 3:20 p.m.

    After seven years of fits and starts at WaterWalk, Jack DeBoer's patience ran out.

  • Real estate firm courts niche buyers

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 12 at 12:07 a.m.

    A Kansas City-based real estate firm ramped up its pursuit of business this fall, trotting out more than a dozen specialty-property-specific Web pages on its Web site in a bid to increase the company's real estate niches.

  • Home sales up for October

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 12 at 1:09 p.m.

    More homes were sold in the Wichita area in October than in the same month a year ago, the first year-over-year sales increase since the national economic collapse hit Wichita.

  • Real estate coaching works at local agencies

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 7 at 12:02 a.m.

    John Prescott was in his element this week, coaching about 75 Wichita residential real estate agents in a meeting room at Immanuel Baptist Church.

  • WaterWalk focus shifts to retail and office space

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 12 at 3:20 p.m.

    WaterWalk's new management is shifting focus from its predecessors, retaining a major Wichita commercial broker to attract office and retail tenants in a move to draw traffic to the struggling 7- year-old development.

  • Downtown planners to seek input from public

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 6 at 2:30 p.m.

    Downtown planners will kick off a six-month public engagement process in December, seeking broad input on downtown revitalization.

  • InSite to renovate Delano space

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 5 at 12:07 a.m.

    A Wichita real estate development firm will move to Delano as it renovates a key piece of retail space in the district.

  • Film studio proposed for Union Station

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 6 at 6:57 a.m.

    A $90 million plan to convert key pieces of downtown real estate into a movie studio could go before the Wichita City Council as early as this month.

  • WAAR still looking for new leader

    BY BILL WILSON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 3 at 11:03 p.m.

    The search continues for a chief executive to lead the Wichita Area Association of Realtors.

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