Bradley Fair trifecta: First Pottery Barn, then Cheesecake Factory, and now this.

Finally, it appears Anthropologie has plans to come to Wichita.

The long-hoped-for retailer has filed a $771,000 building permit to transform the former Healing Waters spa space at Bradley Fair into a store.

No one at the Philadelphia company could immediately be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon, and no one at Bradley Fair is commenting about it.

However, there’s a lot to say — at least for some — about Anthropologie entering the Wichita market with its upscale women’s clothing, jewelry and home decor.

Bradley Fair has had more than its share of big retailers that have come and gone in the past, such as Restoration Hardware and Williams-Sonoma, but there were a few shopping staples that a lot Wichitans hoped for that for years only looked at the market but didn’t commit.

Now, some of the biggest ones have.

Cheesecake Factory is coming. Pottery Barn and Trader Joe’s are established tenants. Even Nordstrom Rack came.

The Waterfront hasn’t been left out either. Ruth’s Chris Steak House, another chain that has eyed the market for decades, has started construction there.

In fact, Whole Foods Market at Waterfront Plaza in a way seemed to be the national player that kicked off so much else.

When the store announced it was coming in 2012, it seemed to be a shift in the market, like Wichita now was playing with the big boys.

The truth is, a lot of these popular chains looked at Wichita for years but waited to come until they exhausted building in larger markets. The more mid-level markets, which don’t have as many people or the density of high-dollar homes that some retailers desire, simply had to wait their turns.

Now that one by one these hoped-for store and restaurants are coming, the big question is, what’s next?