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Kum & Go, an Iowa-based gas station and convenience store chain, submitted plans for a new downtown location to Colorado Springs Land Use Review last week. The chain announced plans this winter to expand into the Colorado Springs market with its larger-scale convenience stores, which are commonly Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified. Since [...]

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Gold Hill Mesa retail strategy panning out

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Gold Hill Mesa builders are making plans to add retail and restaurants to the mixed-use development under construction at 21st Street and U.S. Highway 24.

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A former manager of Xpedx paper store is betting, even as paper sales slow internationally, that there is still demand for a physical paper store in Colorado Springs. Mark Weingartner opened Springs Paper at 2427 N. Academy Blvd. in May to meet that demand. “I’m just trying to fill the void left by Xpedx,” Weingartner [...]

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More businesses are using Pinterest to attract consumers, according to a survey from shop.org.   According to the 2012 Social and Mobile Commerce study, Pinterest has become a huge player in social media – online consumers report that they follow and average of 9.3 retail companies on the site, compared to the average 6.9 retailers [...]

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Big R to build big box store in Monument

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Big R, a ranching and outdoor gear store, is expected to break ground on a 34,000-square-foot retail box store in south Monument in the next couple weeks. Mark Useman, senior managing director at Sierra Commercial Real Estate, sold a 10-acre plot at the northeast corner of Struthers Road and Spanish Bit Drive to the retailer. [...]

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Kum & Go, a national chain of service stations, will anchor a new four-acre shopping center across the street from the Sky Sox Stadium. Mark Useman, senior managing director at Sierra Commercial Real Estate, said he is marketing the new Shoppes at the Ball Park for Vista Equity Group. Kum & Go is the first [...]

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The franchise owners of a new Venice Olive Oil store expect to open their shop at 109 N. Tejon St. on Memorial Day. Matt Carpenter and Molly Martyn moved from South Denver to live and work in downtown Colorado Springs. They bought into the Venice Olive Oil franchise and are opening the brand’s first store [...]

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Dion’s Pizza, a New Mexico-based chain, will break ground on a pizza shop in the Springs near the corner of Powers and Dublin boulevards next week. The pizza shop, which also sells salads and sub sandwiches, expects to open in November and hire 75 people to operate its store. Dion’s is an owner-run chain. “We [...]

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Larkburger wants to add beer to menu

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Larkburger, a Colorado burger joint that recently opened a new location at 1904 Southgate, is applying for a liquor license. The new restaurant at the Broadmoor Towne Center will serve beer at its newest location if the city of Colorado Springs Liquor and Beer Licensing Board approves the application at its meeting Friday morning. “All [...]

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Downtown board delays Gasoline Alley issue

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The Downtown Review Board voted unanimously today to postpone the hearing on an application for a conditional use permit to expand downtown bar Gasoline Alley. The proposal to expand has become controversial because downtown business owners and residents say there are already too many downtown bars, bringing noise and crowds. Vince Lindon, an attorney representing [...]

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