The longtime home of one of Wichita’s once-favorite restaurant and bar spaces is being sold through an online auction next week, and on Thursday afternoon, several prospective buyers stopped by to tour what’s left of The Anchor, 1109 E. Douglas, which was seized in late April by state tax officials.
McCurdy Real Estate & Auction, which on Wednesday, July 9, will auction off the three-story Anchor building plus the buildings attached to it at 1113 and 1115 E. Douglas, put on an open house from Thursday afternoon so that interested bidders could get an in-person look. The auction will be conducted online.
McCurdy has split the auction into two parts: The Anchor building plus the buildings that previously held Anchor Meat Market and Hell Bomb Tattoo make up Lot 1. The buildings’ contents, including all “trade fixtures and business assets” — tables and chairs, kitchen equipment and outside signage — are part of Lot 2.
Bidding opened on Tuesday and closes at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday for the property and at 2:45 p.m. for the business assets. As of late Thursday afternoon, the high bid listed on the properties was listed as $500,000. The reserve price of $75,000 for the trade fixtures and business assets had not yet been met.
People who visited the open house were asked to sign in at the bar then were given a 26-page property information packet that included a detailed history of the properties and stipulations of the auction. They also got a four-page list of business assets in The Anchor and in The Anchor Meat Market, which operated at 1113 E. Douglas…