City shuts off water at some Towne West Square businesses for non-payment
Some stores in Towne West Square are without water after the City of Wichita disconnected service for not making payments on their bill, a city official said.
“Two businesses at Towne West Mall had water turned off yesterday and one business was shut off today,” city communications manager Tyler Schiffelbein said. “The property manager for these businesses has not been making payments.”
No other businesses will be impacted or have their service interrupted until the city makes contact with the property manager.
“The Water Utility is reaching out to the property manager regarding significant lapsed payments for water service at the mall,” Schiffelbein added.
Veronica Barrett is the corporate regional manager for Towne West Square, which is owned by New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group. When asked about the situation over the phone, Barrett said “That’s not true, but I can check into it a little bit further tomorrow.”
Barrett said that the investment group’s corporate office is closed, but that she would reach out to their accounting department tomorrow to “find out what’s going on... see if its been paid,” Barrett said.
“I do know that, you know, there’s just been some struggles there at the mall,” Barrett added.
The mall previously had the power shut off in September and November for failing to make bill payments to Evergy, The Eagle reported.
The city did not say how far behind the mall was on water utility payments or how much the bill was for.
This story was originally published December 13, 2023 at 6:14 PM.