A local real estate and development firm has purchased the former Briman s Leading Jewelers building at the corner of S.E. 8th and Kansas avenues in downtown Topeka.
Seth Wagoner, CEO of Topeka-based AIM Strategies, confirmed Monday that the local firm has purchased the former Briman s building, at 734 S. Kansas.
Briman s Leading Jewelers vacated the building last year after announcing in July that the business would close.
Wagoner said AIM Strategies closed on the property March 29, paying about $178,000 for it.
Since the purchase, he has been working to secure potential tenants for the space, which has three floors a basement area, first floor and second floor offering a total of more than 5,500-square-feet.
January 8, 2021
As I do every year, I would like to start 2021 by paying tribute to all the jewelers who closed their physical stores over the last year.
Some worried that a unprecedented number of jewelry stores would close in 2020, given the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting strain on the economy. Yet, like the Jewelers Board of Trade, I didn’t find as many closures this year as I had in the past, and I am not sure why.
Perhaps some retailers decided it just wasn’t a great time to shut their doors. Maybe it was a little easier to make deals with landlords. And, most of the information here is gathered from local news sources; a store closing isn’t always a big story these days, especially with so many other businesses going under. It’s also a little tougher to determine who is closed, given so many stores have limited hours, and people, including reporters, are staying home.