Comings & Goings

Turasky Meats has announced plans for a second production facility that will add 15,000 square feet of space for meat processing and create 25 new jobs in the first year, with room for additional growth. Prairie Sky Snacks, as the new product line will be called, will focus on private labeling and co-packing items in […]

After just three years, Meraki Salon and Spa has already outgrown its current location and owner Jacqueline Goleash says plans are in the works to move to a new building nearby. Goleash worked as a stylist on her own for a year before moving into the current location at 2815 W. White Oaks Dr. and […]

Construction is now complete for the new building at 2401 W. Wabash Ave., an outlot of White Oaks Mall, but Springfield-area residents will have to wait a bit longer to dine at Mission BBQ or MOD Pizza. “We’ve reached an agreement with the tenants; the building will sit vacant for the rest of this year,” […]

New signage for Sweet Basil Café recently appeared at the former O’Charley’s building in Prairie Crossing. The location at 4241 Conestoga Dr. has been vacant since O’Charley’s closed in March 2019, although the Sangamon County circuit clerk shows that a lease was recorded on June 19, 2020. While many restaurants are closing or cutting back, […]

RSM US, part of a global network of independent audit, tax and consulting firms, is preparing to move to new location on the southwest side of Springfield. The firm, which is currently located downtown at 1 N. Old State Capitol Plaza in the PNC building, will be moving to a suite at 3161 W. White […]

Nothing Bundt Cakes is opening a Springfield location on Saturday, Aug. 8 at 2476 Wabash Ave. in the Sherwood Plaza shopping center. The husband and wife team of Theo and Kristen Spilman are new franchisees for the bakery chain based in Las Vegas. Nothing Bundt Cakes started in 1997 and currently has more than 300 […]

A space in the West Iles Business Center is currently undergoing renovations in preparation for a new tenant, Tacology 101, although it’s unclear whether this will be an expansion or relocation of the existing downtown restaurant. Ben Call, a broker with The Real Estate Group, was the developer for the strip center, which was completed […]

Springfield will soon have three Spaghetti Shop locations again, although the ownership has changed. Brian Carter, a Navy veteran whose background is in construction, purchased the business last December after a chance encounter with his former employer, Calvin Kirk. “I worked for Calvin when I was 16 years old at the Sangamon location,” said Carter. […]

By Michelle Ownbey Despite the business interruptions resulting from recent stay-at-home orders, Emily Lewis has not been slowing down over last few months. She and her husband, Tim, the owners of Three Twigs Bakery at 1370 Toronto Rd., kept that location operational with deliveries and pickup orders and moved forward with opening a new café […]