Daily Archives: Jan. 26, 2012

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Jan. 26, 20124:42 p.m.

“If the motley crew of patrons is any indication, the draw of the perfect donut is universal.”

– A AAA lodging and restaurant inspector’s review this week of Wichita’s Donut Whole, which she says makes the world “a happier, more joyful place”

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Dondlinger and Sons Construction to open Williams Ace Hardware stores in Goddard and Andover

Jan. 26, 20124:17 p.m.

WICHITA — The Dondlinger family may best be known for its construction company, but now it’s expanding its hardware store business, too.

Dondlinger and Sons Construction is opening two Williams Ace Hardware stores in coming months.

The first will have a March 30 grand opening, with a soft opening about a week before, in the former White’s Foodliner building in Goddard.

The family bought the former grocery at 199th and U.S. 54 in November. At the time, Raymond Dondlinger, who is in operations and business development for the construction and hardware companies, told Have You Heard? he wasn’t ready to share plans.

The Dondlingers also are working on a second store in the former Ace Hardware in Andover at 642 N. Andover Road. That store should open about a month after the one in Goddard.

This is in addition to the Williams Ace Hardware the Dondlingers bought at Central and Woodlawn in May.

The business was started by the family’s maternal grandfather, Jim Williams, in 1958 and most recently was owned by his namesake son.

“It’s still a family-owned business,” Raymond Dondlinger says. It’s one he says the family would like to grow.

“We saw … a need out in Goddard,” he says. “Being in Goddard, it will probably be … more agricultural based.”

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BRIC Development sues Yellowbook over rent

Jan. 26, 20125:10 a.m.

WICHITA — BRIC Development, the group that owned the former Feist Publications building near K-96 and Webb until December, is suing former tenant Yellowbook.

“It’s just a failure to pay rent,” says Eric Metz, BRIC’s attorney.

Metz says in 2001, Feist signed a lease with BRIC, which built the building for the company. In 2004, Yellowbook acquired Feist and eventually took over the lease.

“Basically, there’s unpaid rent for approximately 16 months,” Metz says.

No one with Yellowbook could immediately be reached for comment.

This isn’t the first time BRIC sued Yellowbook. In 2007, BRIC filed a lawsuit over what it claimed was Yellowbook’s failure to pay almost $200,000 in property taxes, which the group said was holding up refinancing of its loan on the property.

Yellowbook also faced a lawsuit from Feist in 2009 for what Feist claimed was a violation of the purchase agreement that set a five-year period allowing Yellowbook to use the Feist name.

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