Category Archives: Spa

Massage Envy Spa to open at the Waterfront in May in space that Irvin Jacks is vacating

Feb. 13, 20135:00 a.m.

WICHITA — East Wichita no longer has a reason to be envious of west Wichita, at least when it comes to Massage Envy Spa.

The first Wichita Massage Envy opened in NewMarket Square at 21st and Maize Road in 2010.

Now, one is moving into the Irvin Jacks space at the Waterfront in early May.

It’s not clear what’s happening with Irvin Jacks, a “barber spa” for men. Owner Felicia DeSpain didn’t return calls for comment.

Massage Envy franchisee Amy Gilliland, who also owns the Lawrence Massage Envy, says she’d actually hoped to open on the east side first.

“There was just no place to go that we wanted to go,” she says of when she looked previously.

She says she’s excited about the 3,290 square feet that’s coming open at the Waterfront.

“I love how upscale it is. I love the aesthetic. I like the tenant mix. I like the landlords a lot. They’re really great.”

Don Piros of Landmark Commercial Real Estate handled the deal.

Gilliland says Massage Envy is an affordable, approachable business that offers therapeutic massage and healthy skin facials.

The chain, which started in 2002, now has 854 stores.

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Trove Total Body Studio to move to Renfro

Nov. 2, 20126:00 p.m.

WICHITA — A year after opening at the Finn Lofts, Janelle Robertson has decided to move her Trove Total Body Studio to the new Renfro at 612 E. Douglas.

“I am on the move,” she says.

Robertson is the first commercial tenant in the building, and she’s taking one of the live-work spaces but will use both areas for her business instead of living there.

Developers Robert Eyster and Michael Ramsey, in collaboration with Farha Construction, recently finished converting the former Victoria Park Apartments into the Renfro.

The building, which is named for a hotel that was once there, has 20 apartments, including several live-work units.

Robertson says she thinks her expanded space at the Renfro will be ideal.

“Just the configuration for me and what I’ve been doing here so far just fit better,” she says.

Trove offers facials, massage, chemical peels, body treatments and micro dermabrasion.

“Really just about everything you’d want in a spa,” Robertson says.

On the second floor of her studio — what typically would be the bedroom in the live-work arrangement — Robertson will have massages and facials.

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Essential Touch Therapeutics opening on East Douglas above Allure Salon

Nov. 1, 20123:39 p.m.

WICHITA –  After more than two decades of working for others, Randy Wiley is opening Essential Touch Therapeutics at 2915 E. Douglas above Allure Salon.

“This is the first time I’ve opened my own location,” Wiley says.

He’s worked in a range of other places, including medical settings, chiropractic offices and holistic health centers.

Wiley specializes in stress relaxation, pain management, myo-fascial release and sports therapy, among other things. He plans to add another therapist in 2013.

In addition to helping a new group of clients, Wiley says he’s excited to be on that part of East Douglas.

“I love the feel of the area.”

 

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Child Care on Call to move within Clifton Square; Loving Touch Health & Beauty Spa to open at center

Nov. 1, 201210:50 a.m.

WICHITA — Clifton Square at 3700 E. Douglas is seeing some activity with a couple of businesses.

Child Care on Call, which has been at the development for more than two years, is moving within Clifton Square to Suite No. 45.

“We’re moving to a location that’s going to be a lot better for us,” says owner Angela Bitker.

She says the new space won’t be larger but will be reconfigured to allow for more room.

That’s important because Bitker has a lot of training classes in such things as first aid, CPR and child development.

Her business also provides child care substitutes when places such as day care centers need extra workers. Bitker says child care providers have to have certain qualifications, so not just anyone can fill in when regular works are on leave.

“It’s a very specific kind of person you need to fill in when somebody is sick or is on maternity leave or on vacation.”

Bitker is in the process of moving her business now.

Lisa Love is preparing to move her business into Suite No. 52.

Her Loving Touch Health & Beauty Spa will open in late November or early December to offer massage, body treatments, nail care and hair removal.

Love has previously either worked for others or had her business in someone else’s salon. She’s thrilled to now be opening her own place.

“It’s been a lifetime goal of mine.”

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A Massage Palace & Spa moves to west side

Oct. 25, 20121:34 p.m.

WICHITA — A Massage Palace & Spa owner Laney Grady is moving her 2-year-old business from near Douglas and Grove to 900 N. Tyler near Central and Tyler.

“We had … two break-ins over there,” she says of her previous location. “It was … a really, really bad area as far as for business.”

Grady says the break-ins were seven days apart. In the first one, she says, all her electronics were stolen. Once she replaced them all, that’s when she says the second break-in occurred. Grady says her place was then trashed and had more than $30,000 in damage.

“The insurance company was like, look, if something else happens over there, we might not be able to cover it. It was that bad.”

The new space is 1,472 square feet.

Cory Harkleroad of KW Commercial and Rod Stewart handled the deal.

The business, which offers massage, facials and body treatments such as a body wrap, officially reopens on Nov. 1.

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Annabeth’s Day Spa to move to Clifton Square

Feb. 23, 20125:00 a.m.

WICHITA — Beth-Ann Welty is making a short hop across East Douglas to move her Annabeth’s Day Spa from Happiness Plaza to Clifton Square at 3700 E. Douglas.

“I would like to expand my business,” she says.

Welty wanted to make sure she stayed in the College Hill area because she says so many of her clients have told her they like having a spa near their homes.

“I hope to be able to open over there March 14,” she says.

Instead of having one room, she’ll have two or three rooms to offer facials, waxing, body wraps and massage. She’s also adding a nail tech, lash extension services and couples facials. Welty says the new space will allow for waxing parties, too.

The move also will give her a chance to have a new design, she says.

“The environment won’t be as busy,” Welty says. She says she’s looking forward to creating “more of a spa, relaxing atmosphere.”

 

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CJmassage Health Center to open second location

June 14, 20114:11 p.m.

WICHITA — Less than a year after opening its first spa, CJmassage Health Center is opening its second site.

The first 1,200-square-foot spa opened near Central and Oliver in September.

The second will be near 31st and North Rock Road on the west side of the street. This location will be 1,700 square feet.

The spa offers a range of massages, including deep tissue, Swedish, hot stone and chair massages along with reflexology and accupressure.

The new CJmassage should open within a couple of weeks.

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Ageless Medspa to open in former Healing Waters space

May 25, 201111:21 a.m.

UPDATED — Medical aesthetician Lynne Silver is opening a new medical spa in part of the former Healing Waters space next to Il Vicino on East Douglas.

“It’s kind of a branded place,” Silver says. “It was already set up for someone to go in there.”

Ageless Medspa will have 1,850 square feet, which is less than what Healing Waters had.

Healing Waters is now at Bradley Fair.

“We’re focusing more on the lasers and aggressive skin care,” Silver says.

She won’t offer massages, though she will have what she calls a signature facial.

The medical spa will specialize in laser rejuvenation.

Silver, who formerly worked at Spa Md at Innovative Vein, has hired her former coworker there, Kasia Matthews, to be her laser technician.

“We’re very lucky to have her.”

In addition to laser rejuvenation, Silver will offer laser hair removal, Botox and derma fillers, chemical peels and microdermabrasion via a hydra facial.

Silver plans to open in about three weeks and be fully operational by the end of June.

Initially, she looked at opening on the east side but decided against it.

“There are seven med spas in a one-mile radius,” Silver says. “Midtown really is pretty wide open.”

Also, she says, “The College Hill people are really loyal to their area. That’s another big reason we chose to go there.”

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Salon Teased to open at Eaton Place

May 23, 20115:09 p.m.

UPDATED –There are signs in the window at 509 E. Douglas at Eaton Place that tease a new business coming there.

It’s part of a little double entendre for Leslie Way’s new Salon Teased, a salon and spa that’s opening next month.

Way is a Wichita native who now lives in Los Angeles.

Her daughter, stylist Tiffany Tajchman, will manage the business. Her mother, Rachel Klein, is helping open the business as well.

They’re all three members of the Emerald City Chorus.

“I would eventually like to move back here,” Way says.

She and her husband, Van Snow, have a California company that builds electronic test equipment for aerospace satellite communication.

“That allows us to pay . . . to do other stuff,” she says.

Downtown was a natural choice, Way says.

“We like the historical value,” she says. “We wanted to be part of the up-front development of this Wichita (downtown) district that’s happening.”

She stopped in to see the Wichita Downtown Development Corp., her next-door neighbor, and saw the city’s plan for redeveloping downtown.

“I looked at everything, and I’m like, wow, what great growth.”

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Serenity Mind Body Spa to expand to Derby

Nov. 22, 20105:26 p.m.

WICHITA — Lezlie Miles is planning to bring a little serenity to Derby in the new year.

Miles has had Serenity Mind Body Spa in Wilson Estates Medical Park for six years and has been considering ways to expand.

Then, she started getting calls from Derby residents saying they need her services, which include massage, body treatments, facials and waxing.

So Miles investigated and has decided to open near the corner of K-15 and Buckner next to Verus Bank.

In addition to the city needing spa services, Miles says part of what makes Derby attractive is “it’s a community that supports their businesses very well.”

She’s opening in 2,800 square feet, which is bigger than the 2,600 square feet she has at Wilson Estates. Miles, who has already expanded there once, plans to expand again in the coming year. The west side is a possibility one day, too.

“It’s a goal.”

For now, though, Miles is concentrating on Derby.

“We’re looking at first of all what the need is in Derby before we decide what services to expand into.”

Miles says possibilities include nail care, spray tanning and medical aesthetics.

“If everything falls into place as we hope, we’ll be open at the beginning of January.”

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