From the Ground Up: Arby's

General contractor: MoDoCo Inc.

Architect: Erdmann Street Architecture & Planning Inc.

Engineer: Smith-Goth Engineers Inc. and JS Smith Consulting Engineers PC

Size: 3,275 square feet

Estimated cost: $500,000

Lender: Signature Bank

Estimated completion date: end of January

Project description: This project at the northeast corner of Republic Road and Kansas Expressway is the fifth Arby’s restaurant owned and operated by Gilbert & Sons. Company principal Bill Gilbert owns and operates all of Springfield’s Arby’s locations, according to architect Tom Street of Springfield-based Erdmann Street Architecture. It is not the only new restaurant in that area, however; Subway is the anchor tenant of the new Kansas Plaza, built and developed by Straus Brothers LLC, and located just north of Arby’s.

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