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Kara Manuel, left, owner of Lillians of Appleton, assists Rachel Lau of Kaukauna with a fitting. Lillians unveils its expansion Thursday in downtown Appleton.(Photo: Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wis, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo
If store openings and groundbreakings signal spring is on its way, this week brings an abundance of warmth.
•Lillians of Appleton unveils its expansion Thursday, doubling its space at 115 E. College Ave. in downtown Appleton. The affordable, multi-generational women’s clothing boutique is owned by Appleton residents Kara and Tom Manuel. The expansion adds on to the east side of the store and gives them room to add shoes, new clothing brands and extended sizes from XS to 3X. The expansion space had previously been part of The Vintage Garden, a store that downsized and is still operating next door. See Lillians of Appleton on Facebook for more information.
•Aldi, a low-price, private-label grocery store, is scheduled to open its Appleton eastside store Thursday. The location at 2310 S. Kensington Drive was the site of a previous Aldi store torn down in the fall. The new larger store was built on roughly the same footprint. It’s part of Aldi’s $18 million remodeling and rebuilding plan for its 10 Fox Valley locations. The store will hold grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremonies March 15.
•Cobblestone Hotel & Suites breaks ground in Fox Crossing Monday. As mentioned in last week’s Buzz, the hotel will be at 1460 W. American Drive, which is midst of the village’s growing business hub. New businesses in the area include Community First Credit Union and the future Secura headquarters. The village is also home to Pierce Manufacturing, McMahon, Neuroscience Group and Miron Construction.
•Wissota Chophouse will be built inside the new Cobblestone Hotel & Suites breaking ground in Fox Crossing. It’s an upscale steakhouse similar to sister Wissota Chophouses in Chippewa Falls and Stevens Point. Two more are in the works in Janesville and Hartford. “People are familiar with Morton’s and Fleming’s. This is a smaller town version of that. It has an average ticket of $54, $55 a person,” said Cobblestone CEO Brian Wogernese who created the Wissota Chophouse brand.
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