Soon, the downtown HomeGrown will no longer have to carry the weight of being the only restaurant in the Naftger Park area.
On Thursday, a Florida-based pizza chain called Stoner’s Pizza Joint confirmed that it would be expanding into the Wichita market and would open a restaurant in one of the buildings near the park.
Zach Zerbe, who handled the deal for Landmark Commercial Real Estate, said that the restaurant would take over a Douglas-facing space on the northeast corner of the Naftzger Square development. Its spot is suite 107, which is two doors east of the Eric Fisher Studio that opened in early 2020.
Construction on the new restaurant should start sometime next month, Zerbe said, and the franchisee hopes to have the restaurant open this summer. It will utilize the space in front of the restaurant for patio seating…