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By FOSS FARRAR
Staff Writer

The year-old strip mall on North Summit Street may soon get a few new tenants, the project developer said Thursday.

They include a franchisee for a national submarine sandwich shop chain and an apparel retailer, said Nick Esterline, a Wichita project developer of the Ark City strip mall.

It is called Summit Place Retail Center and is located at 2401 N. Summit.

"Quiznos Corporate has approved the site and is actively searching for a franchisee," Esterline said. "We're talking to potential franchisees and we do have some in the market who are interested."

Another potential tenant besides the sandwich shop is an apparel retailer "who has agreed to terms with us to occupy 1,500 square feet" in the strip, Esterline said.

A meeting is scheduled with the retailer at a convention of the International Council of Shopping Centers to be held in Las Vegas next month, he said.

"A deal has been struck and once the legal documents are done, someone might move in," he said.

The apparel shop would be next door to a check cashing company at the mall, Esterline said. A cell phone retailer also is located in the strip center. Summit Place opened in early 2007.