Marx Commercial Properties and Development Company
QUINCY — A spokesman for the company that owns the former Sears building on the east end of the Quincy Town Center confirmed Wednesday that Dunham’s Sports plans to be open in that space before the end of the year. Dunham’s Sports is one of the largest sporting goods chains in the country, operating more than 250…
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QUINCY — Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, a retailer of closeout merchandise and excess inventory, plans to open a store in Quincy in November. A customer service agent with Ollie’s, headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., recently told Muddy River News the store will be at 3003 Broadway — next door to the west of Planet Fitness. The property at…
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QUINCY — The Quincy City Council agreed to a retail redevelopment agreement with one local developer but chose to table for one week a retail development agreement with an out-of-town developer. After Monday’s meeting at the Quincy Regional Training Facility, Quincy Mayor Mike Troup said the tax plan used to work with the local developer…
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QUINCY — The owner of the Jersey Mike’s franchise coming to Quincy hopes to have a staff in place to start making submarine sandwiches by the end of July. Scott Miller of SamCo Management, based in Champaign, owns seven Jersey Mike’s throughout Illinois. The first stores were in East Peoria and Springfield in April 2021. He since…
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QUINCY — Less than two years after starting work on building a 6,000-square-foot retail building on the northeast corner of 30th and Broadway, Marx Commercial Properties and Development Company is going to develop a similar facility across the street. Demolition work began Thursday on the former VIP Lounge at 2929 Broadway. Tory Kaufmann, a Marx Commercial…
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There were many new business developments in Quincy in 2023 and Muddy River News told you about most of them. Here are the ones that interested you the most, based on our analytics. 1. Quincy City Planner Chuck Bevelheimer said in August (without personally saying it was Raising Cane’s) the prospective restaurant must work within Target’s…
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QUINCY — A resolution on the agenda for Monday night’s meeting of the Quincy City Council asks for aldermen to approve a $15,000 success fee to NextSite, LLC, for the recruitment of Planet Fitness to Quincy. However, the developer of the property and a Planet Fitness representative both say NextSite was not involved in bringing…
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QUINCY — A spokesperson for Marx Commercial Properties and Development Company confirmed Tuesday that Planet Fitness will move into a building at 30th and Broadway, with a projected opening in the fourth quarter of 2023. Chuck Bevelheimer, director of planning and development, said in October that property owner Tom Marx planned to convert the former County…
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