A corporate chain restaurant in Lawrence is closing, a rooftop bar is temporarily closed and a downtown gym will soon close its doors and move out of state.
Buffalo Wild Wings on Iowa Street in Lawrence appears to be closing after local rumors circulated Friday and staff members confirmed to Times reporters that the location would cease operations on Sunday.
On Monday, Buffalo Wild Wings employees were seen loading a U-Haul and multiple vehicles with fixtures and items from the restaurant. A manager told a Times reporter they would not comment on the closure.
The Nest on Ninth at The Oread, a rooftop bar and event space on the hotel’s ninth floor, is currently closed to the public, but hotel staff members say the closure is temporary.
Logan Shinn, general manager of The Oread, said the public closure is due to an extensive elevator repair that affects ADA accessibility, and the hotel expects the rooftop to reopen to the public in the next few months when the repair is complete.
He said the space remains available for private rentals and for guests who bring food and drinks from the hotel’s lobby-level restaurant, Rock & Hawk.
Climb Lawrence will close its 714 Vermont St. location on May 27 and relocate to St. Joseph, Missouri, the gym said in a social media post.
The business said monthly memberships will remain active through May 27, annual passes will be prorated and refunded, and punch passes will not be reimbursed.
The gym also listed final class dates in May and said its last new set of routes will be installed on May 15.
Alarm.com plans to renovate the building at 714 Vermont St. into office space and move its offices there.
Attorneys for the company filed an application for tax incentives from the city, first to redevelop a portion of the former Lawrence Journal-World printing press at 630 Massachusetts St.
“Following further evaluation, the building at 630 Massachusetts Street was determined not to be a suitable fit for the proposed project,” according to a memo to the Lawrence City Commission. “During this time, a property at 714 Vermont Street became available, and the applicant has requested to relocate the project to that address.”
The company is seeking the creation of a neighborhood revitalization district and industrial revenue bonds to finance construction. The incentives have not yet been approved.
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