Chicago Title Trust As Trustee TR 800236605 received a commercial remodel permit for 601 Bruns Lane. Contractor is Santosha Inc. and the project is valued at $250,000. Blackstone Group-Vehovic LLC received a commercial remodel permit for 2349 W. Monroe St. Contractor is Jeremy Mizeur and the project is valued at $24,000. Bridge Real Estate LLC […]
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Q&A With Marion Richter
Marion Richter moved to Springfield in 1973 and began her long career at Springfield Marine Bank. When Bank One purchased Springfield Marine she was named community market retail manager for the Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin area before becoming city executive for the Springfield offices in 1998. She retired from that position in 2001, which was […]
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Nicholas Koch joins Troxell
Nicholas Koch has joined Troxell as an insurance consultant. “I know Steve Hewell through the United Way (board of directors), and he had talked to me about it casually,” Koch said. “Then Jake Rourke introduced me to a lot of people here to have those conversations.” Koch most recently spent five years working for TechGuard […]
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Lincoln Memorial Hospital names CEO
Tamar Kutz has been named president and CEO of Lincoln Memorial Hospital, effective Oct. 27. Kutz, a Lincoln resident, has been with Memorial Health since 2010, most recently as vice president for quality and operations at Decatur Memorial Hospital. She had also served earlier this year as DMH’s interim president and CEO. As LMH president […]
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Quiznos closes
Springfield’s only freestanding Quiznos has closed, although the sandwich shop still has a satellite location on the Lincoln Land Community College campus that operates under different ownership. The Quiznos at 2701 W. Lawrence Ave. had been in operation since 2004 before closing last week. When the restaurant first opened, the space at the corner of […]
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Building permits – Oct. 13 to Oct. 19
Be Neighbors Affordable Housing For Veterans Inc. received a commercial permit for 2835 Stanton St. Contractor is R.D. Lawrence Construction Co. Ltd. and the project is valued at $4.26 million. Illinois Prairie Properties LLC received a commercial remodel permit for 2475 W. Monroe St. Contractor is Illinois Prairie Properties LLC and the project is valued […]
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New owner for White Oaks Plaza
White Oaks Plaza, a shopping center on the west side of Springfield, has been sold for nearly $50 million. The center is situated immediately west of Veteran’s Parkway and across from White Oaks Mall. The 320,933-square-foot retail development is anchored with Kohl’s and a Harvest Market grocery store. It includes more than 50 retailers, including three […]
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New restaurant for Prairie Crossing
Longtime Springfield restaurateurs Mike Monseur and John Leskovisek have a new project in the works. The duo is seeking approval from the Springfield City Council to transfer the liquor license for the Dew Chilli Parlor Pub and Grill located at 301 North Grand Ave. W. to a new restaurant in Prairie Crossing that will be […]
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Heartland Credit Union hires CFO
Patrick Smith has joined Heartland Credit Union as its new chief financial officer. Smith most recently worked at Kerber, Eck & Braeckel LLP where he specialized in financial institutions. Prior to that, he spent four years with Ernest & Young, where he focused on assurance services for a range of clients in the financial sector. […]
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NUDO hires VP of sales and marketing
NUDO Products has hired Mark Munley as vice president of sales and marketing. Prior to joining NUDO, Munley held several senior sales and marketing leadership positions within the construction, architectural, specification and building products industries. He most recently spent nearly four years with FALK Panel-USA, a Michigan-based wholesale building materials company. “I’m excited to join […]
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New west-side restaurant in the works
The former Tacology 201 space in the West Iles Business Center has been vacant since the popular Mexican restaurant closed its doors in June, but now a new venture is in the works to take its place. Emanuel Lopez told SBJ he plans to open his first restaurant, Los Altos Cocina y Cantina, although he […]
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Building permits – Oct. 6 to Oct. 12
Dirksen Parkway Ventures LLC received a commercial permit for 3118 S. Dirksen Parkway. Contractor is Velocity LLC and the project is valued at $1.5 million. Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois received a commercial remodel permit for 927 S. Second St. Contractor is Evans Construction Co. and the project is valued at $850,000. Moffat Street Property […]