William/Lawrence & Associates to move to the Market Centre

WICHITA — After more than two decades at the Wichita Executive Centre — under several names and building owners — William/Lawrence & Associates is moving to the nearby Market Centre at First and Market streets.

“They’ve really upgraded the building, and they’re really bending over backwards to make the tenants happy,” William/Lawrence CFO Pam Coons says of Market Centre owners Bob and Judy Abbey.

Adam Clements of Grubb & Ellis/Martens Commercial Group handled the deal.

William/Lawrence is a Wichita-based management consulting firm, which does recruiting, leadership awareness training and consulting.

It has clients in all but two states.

Coons and her husband, CEO Larry Coons, own the business, which opened downtown almost 30 years ago.

The company will open in the new space June 1.

Pam Coons says the office will have 4,000 square feet, which is about what it has now.

“It will be a great environment,” she says.

Market Centre has two more leases

marketWICHITA — There are a couple of new tenants at the Market Centre at First and Market.

“We’re doing exceptionally well,” says Adam Clements of Grubb & Ellis/Martens Commercial Group.

Since Bob and Judy Abbey bought the building in January, Clements says they’ve averaged about a lease a month, which he thinks is good for this economy.

“We think we’re positioned well,” Clements says. “We can accommodate anyone from somebody that just needs a couple of offices to someone who potentially needs up to two floors.

“We have a lot to play with,” he says, in “some really cool office space.”

The newest leases are for Shawn Jacobs Real Estate and KLH Consulting.

Jacobs, a residential real estate agent, is taking 1,600 square feet. KLH, an oil consulting company, is taking 2,200 square feet.