The former Quaker Steak & Lube restaurant in Legacy Pointe has a new owner, although not a new occupant as of yet. Fadi Rehan, manager of Auto Mall of Springfield, confirmed to SBJ that he purchased the property as an investment. He currently has the 8,500-square-foot building listed for lease. “It’s completely turnkey, everything is [...]
Paul’s Paradise, a new event venue in Pleasant Plains, is opening on Sept. 3. The location on State Route 125 is already well-known as Paul’s Tree Farm, a business that Danny and Sherri Paul have operated for the past 15 years. “People from all over the state come out every weekend, and they see our [...]
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church obtained a commercial building permit for an addition and renovations at 2477 W. Washington St. The contractor is O’Shea Builders and the project is valued at $1,300,000. Marla Wilson obtained a commercial fence permit for 1522 S. Fifth St. Goodman Fence, Inc. is the contractor and the project is valued [...]
Signaling a new era in local nursing education, Lincoln Land Community College, in partnership with Memorial Health System, has opened a state-of-the-art facility aimed at addressing the regional nursing shortage. The new Nursing Education Center on the LLCC campus will allow 90 additional students to enroll in LLCC’s nursing program each year, for a total [...]
Apricot Lane Boutique has returned to Springfield, but with a new owner and a different location. Nicole Cravens said she used to shop at the previous location in The Gables, so when she and her husband decided to open a boutique, she was already familiar with the concept. Country Visions, Inc., the parent company based [...]
Tanya Rolfe has opened Timeless Beauty MedSpa, a business that she hopes will help people improve their confidence and enhance self-care and wellness. A nurse practitioner, Rolfe said, “This is something that I’ve always wanted to do, and I started looking into it before COVID hit. But I was pregnant and in school, so I [...]
Local First is holding a back-to-school social on Thursday, Aug. 26 at 5:30 p.m. Whether you are celebrating the kids being back in school, a return to a more normal routine or just want to get back to networking, join Local First at the Jane Hay Team’s staging showroom, 3001 W. White Oaks Dr., for [...]
Brad Leonard is returning to his roots at Bank of Springfield, this time to help launch a property and casualty insurance division. “It was a natural fit to come back to BOS; this is where I started my career after college,” said Leonard. “They put me through the management training program when I was younger.” [...]
A local ownership group has purchased Sangamon Reclaimed from founder and former president, Brian Frieze, with an eye toward growth and further community engagement. Sangamon Woodworks, LLC, is managed by Gregg Harwood, who has owned several businesses over the years, including Thermionics Corp. and Tele-Sav Communications. Sangamon Reclaimed, which uses wood from old buildings to [...]
Brad Zara started Zara’s Collision Center, originally known as Zara’s Auto Body, in 1987 and was initially the sole employee. On Aug. 13, the company was sold to Caliber Collision, the largest collision repair consolidator in the country, with more than 1,400 locations nationwide. Brad Zara and his brother, Mike Zara, who served as the [...]