Budget Rental to move east to Kellogg and Greenwich - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Budget by the end of July will leave its location at Centraland Webb, where it has been for five years. It will take over 3.1 acre s now occupied by The property recentlywas sold. Rob Budget's vice president and general manager, says the firm ran out of room on Webb where it hasa 1,600-square-foot Its new site features a 4,000-square-foo t building and ample parking. "We'l get increased visibility. that (intersection) has grown," says Kellogg and Greenwich is anchored by aand . But it has also drawj a fair number ofcar dealerships. , which sellse high-end vehicles, and a new Suzuki dealership for sit next to each othere atthe intersection.
Steven's roughly 20,000-square-foot building is expectecd to openin September. Next to that is the new Budgetr site. "Great neighbor. I like to keep it in the car says ownerBrandon Steven. The Carkansas location -- owned by , a distributor of headlight -- had been on the market for several It keeps a relatively low profiled as an older usedcar lot. Tall flags line its fronr entrance. The acreage finally sold last week forabout $1 millionb to , a local investmengt group. ' Bradley Tidemann represented the whose partnersremain anonymous. A grou by that name, using the Weigand office at 150 N. is registered with the state. Developer Steve Barrett is its representative.
Barrett couldn't be reachedx for comment. KBT will leass the site to "It's kind of taken off," Tidemann says of the "You try to find ground on Kelloggband there's not any." He says that has causes companies to look for grounde to redevelop. "It's a timing thing on East Kellogg," says selling broked David Leyh, of "The time is righr for that to develop andchanger hands." Steven opened his Suzuki dealership in a temporary building five monthas ago. He says he was lureed by the traffic counts and activity surroundinvgthe intersection. Along with and are within abouta K-96 highway also is nearby. "The car business is movin g east.
Everything's going that way," Steven says. But Steven is wary of the upcoming expansioj ofEast Kellogg. The city of Wichitaw in 2011 is tentatively planning to extend the Kellogg flyover from the Kansas Turnpikseto K-96, encompassing both the Webb and Greenwich road The city council has yet to approvde construction, however. "That's definitely going to chang thewhole atmosphere," Steven says. Budget was on East Kellogg beforr moving in 2003 to Webband Central. The firm has 40 vehiclexs in its fleet, as well as 10 to 15 movinfg trucks.