Daily Archives: Sept. 17, 2012

You don’t say

Sept. 17, 20122:50 p.m.

“It’s after Labor Day. They got it wrong.”

– Bill Gardner, secretary of the downtown Rotary club, joking at Monday’s meeting at Botanica about the white chairs and white-draped tables left over from a weekend wedding

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Unveiled, a bridal accessory shop, to open in Eaton Place in January

Sept. 17, 20122:24 p.m.

WICHITA — Another new business is coming to Eaton Place at Douglas and St. Francis, and it’s almost as sweet as the bakery that used to be in the building.

Sarah Brooks is opening Unveiled, a bridal accessory shop, in the approximately 800 square feet where the Eaton Steakhouse’s bakery once was.

“The accessories are just a personal love of mine,” Brooks says. “It changes the whole dynamic of the dress.”

She sells dresses, too, at her McPherson bridal shop, Kari Lynn’s, but that won’t be her focus at Unveiled.

“Everything but the dress I guess is a good way to say it,” Brooks says. “That’s where all your bling is. … We felt like it was a niche that we could really provide beyond the dress.”

Brooks says she wants to create a shop where brides can bring in dresses and “then we can just deck them out.”

She’ll sell headpieces, tiaras, jewelry and shoes along with a few other items.

“I haven’t nailed it all down.”

Brooks is keeping her McPherson shop but moving to Wichita, where she has family, to start the new one in January.

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BNC National Bank to move west-side office

Sept. 17, 201210:16 a.m.

UPDATED — BNC National Bank is moving its west-side branch from 7200 W. 13th St. to the campus near 29th and Ridge where J.P. Weigand & Sons has its west-side residential office.

“I outgrew the space,” branch manager J.R. Rohr says of the 3,800 square feet he has at 13th Street.

The new space, which is in the east building on the campus, has 5,200 square feet.

“We’re hoping to be moved in by the beginning of the year,” Rohr says.

Remodeling the new space will take about eight weeks once the lease is done.

“We’re still working out some details on the lease,” Rohr says.

Weigand’s Patrick Ritchie and Leisa Lowry are handling the deal.

The Bismarck, N.D.-based BNC, which handles only residential mortgages in Wichita, has three branches here.

In addition to the west-side branch, one is inside Andover State Bank at the Waterfront, and another is within the Andover State Bank in Andover.

Rohr says finding good west-side office space can be a challenge since much of the available space is for retail.

“Having real, true office space in west Wichita is a big plus for me,” he says.

Rohr likes the access to K-96.

“I feel that part of Wichita … is growing right now,” he says. “There’s all kinds of businesses up there. It’s close to NewMarket Square.”

Rohr says he’s looking to add three or four loan officers. He doesn’t have any other changes planned.

“There’s been talk about … maybe expanding in the Derby market,” Rohr says. “That thought has just been brought up. I haven’t really got too far into that yet.

“This is it for right now.”

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