Cindi Hamill has joined Todd P. Smith Commercial Real Estate as a licensed assistant, working out of the office located at 3000 Professional Dr., Suite 200, in Springfield. “I had an unusual path to get here,” said Hamill. After graduating from the University of Illinois, she worked in sales for a national firm that sold [...]
Tasty City Seafood & Trio has closed after less than a year in business. The restaurant opened at 4233 W. Wabash in September 2018, although a “coming soon” sign had been posted months earlier. “It was tough out there. That location wasn’t working for us,” said the owner, Leroy Singleton. He said the restaurant had [...]
Peoria-based Advanced Medical Transport of Central Illinois (AMT) has announced plans to acquire Springfield-based Medics First Mobile Intensive Care and expects the transfer of ownership to occur later this summer. Medics First, headquartered at 1600 Taylor Ave. in Springfield, was founded in 2008 by Larry Daugherty, Tracy Daugherty, Mike Dozier and Mark Ballinger. The company [...]
Two new restaurants are preparing to open in the 200 block of South Fifth St. in downtown Springfield. In April, SBJ reported that Tacology 101 was closing its second location at 210 S. Fifth St., next to Floyd’s Thirst Parlor, which was previously occupied by the sushi restaurant Stop and Roll. The space will now reopen [...]
Downtown Springfield, Inc. is holding a workshop on Wednesday, June 26 entitled “Momentum on Main Street: What to Know Before You Buy” from 4-5:30 p.m. at The Incubator, 11 W. Old State Capitol Plaza. Have you thought about purchasing a downtown building or investing in a downtown property? In this how-to session produced by DSI’s [...]
BY STACIE LEWIS Strategic Lincoln LLC in care of Strategic Properties of NA obtained a commercial accessory structure permit for 520 S. Second St. Vertical Limit is the contractor and the project is valued at $15,000. 4590 Industrial Dr., Inc. obtained a commercial accessory structure permit for 4596 S. Industrial Ave. AMF Electrical Contractor [...]
Fans of CoCo Pies are still waiting for another opportunity to purchase the decadent desserts in Springfield, and while owner Connie DiCenso recently moved out of state, she says she hopes to bring her pies back to the capital city even if she’s not living here. Last October, DiCenso closed Café Coco, a restaurant she [...]
Tony Leone’s Innkeepers Café opens in January By Cinda Ackerman Klickna In the midst of parking lots along Madison Street, across from the Department of Revenue Willard Ice Building, sits a home built in 1918 by Italian immigrant Peter Leone. It has now been transformed into a coffee shop scheduled to open in early 2019. [...]
The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce’s annual Small Business Awards will be held on Tuesday, June 18 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Springfield. The awards program recognizes area small business owners for their outstanding achievements in five different categories: a nonprofit business director; a new and emerging business owner; small business owner [...]
All Star Kutz, a basketball-themed barbershop currently located on the lower level of White Oaks Mall, is moving to a new location. Saturday, June 8 will be the first day of business at 2504 S. MacArthur Blvd. in Springfield. All Star Kutz will occupy a 4,000 square foot suite adjacent to Ace Bicycle Shop that [...]