Comings & Goings

Malibu Jack’s, an indoor theme park, is under construction in the west wing at White Oaks Mall. The last long-standing tenant in that space, Bergner’s, closed its doors in August 2018. Bergner’s had been an anchor store at White Oaks Mall since 1978. In December, Indoor Theme Park Builders LLC obtained a commercial remodeling permit […]

The Wakery, a late-night coffee shop and dry bar, will open in downtown Springfield on Saturday, April 1. A ribbon cutting will be held at 4 p.m. Owner Elizabeth Wake said, “The back bar is completely built, we’re just getting the furniture put in and everything cleaned up and ready to go – we’re down […]

Dabble Springfield, a do-it-yourself arts and crafts studio, has brought a new concept to the capital city. Sisters Ashley Striplin and Amanda Terry launched their new business venture on March 3 with a location at 616 North Grand Ave. East. “My sister was the one who came up with the idea,” said Striplin. “She lived […]

Amy Wolf has operated her mobile veterinary service for more than a decade, but will soon add a brick-and-mortar location to focus on urgent care for cats and dogs.  Her first business, Wolf Veterinary Services, launched in 2011. “I work out of my SUV, seeing dogs and cats in a home setting, mostly for wellness […]

Trustwell Living has begun an extensive remodel and renovation project at its 67-unit senior living community in Springfield. Trustwell Living acquired the property located at 2451 W. White Oaks Dr., which formerly operated as Bickford of Springfield, in May 2022.  Trustwell Living is a senior living operating company based in New York City that was […]

Walgreens is closing its location at 1310 S. Fifth St. in Springfield as of March 29, according to a sign posted on the door. CVS closed its nearby store at 611 South Grand Ave. in February 2017. Closures for both drugstore chains increased in 2022. Walgreens had more than 8,800 stores as of October 2022, […]

Springfield coffee shop Grab-A-Java has officially opened its third location at 300 Chatham Road. “We opened on Saturday and didn’t even tell anybody, because we wanted to work out any kinks,” said owner Bill Legge. “This was a new design, new layout, my first time building a new store. But we were very pleased; it […]

Tuesday Morning, a discount home goods store, is closing more than half of all its stores nationwide, including the Springfield location. On Feb. 14, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in three years. In 2020, Tuesday Morning filed for bankruptcy and reduced its stores from around 700 to just under […]

Anchors Away, a Cajun seafood restaurant located in an iconic building in downtown Springfield, has closed. Sandra Cabbell and Jeff Moore opened Anchors Away in May 2018 in the historic Hickox building at 518 E. Capitol Ave. that previously housed various incarnations of Norb Andy’s Tabarin, dating back to 1937. Moore previously operated an Anchors […]

Club Car Wash has a third Springfield location in the works, this time at the site of the former Applebee’s Bar & Grill on Veterans Parkway. “I can confirm they have it under contract to purchase but it has not closed yet,” said Blake Pryor, a broker with Coldwell Banker Commercial Devonshire Realty, who represents […]