Comings & Goings – SiouxFalls.Business

Aug. 19, 2025

Here’s a look at recent changes in the business landscape in the Sioux Falls area.

OmegaQuant is the first business to open at the USD Discovery District. It’s a tenant in the first building at the innovation park in northwest Sioux Falls. The biotech company specializes in clinical laboratory testing for omega-3s.

Gemini Data Center SD LLC, which acquired 160 acres from Xcel Energy near Veterans Parkway and Rice Street late last year, is seeking approval to develop a large-scale data center there. The next steps for the project include annexation into Sioux Falls and rezoning. Assuming those are approved, construction would start in 2026 with a facility becoming operational in 2028.

Jennifer Miles is opening J Miles Design & More at 1714 S. Minnesota Ave. in September. Miles closed her longtime business Consignor’s Designs at the end of last year because she planned to move out of state, but she decided to stay here. J Miles Design & More will offer home design services and sell consignment furniture and decor.

Tre Ministries is hoping to move forward with a scaled-down development in central Sioux Falls on a vacant block between Minnesota and Dakota avenues from 18th to 19th streets. The concept would combine retail, expanded space for its young adult programming and apartments for those connected to its programs. The original redevelopment plan had called for up to a five-story building on Minnesota with a parking ramp to support the development and about three dozen apartments along Dakota. The adjusted plan keeps the apartments, eliminates the parking ramp, adds a stand-alone retail site on the corner of 18th and Minnesota and adjusts the office building to two stories. It primarily would be used by Tre Ministries for its programming but also could lease out space.

Claire’s and Icing jewelry and accessory stores in The Empire Mall have started liquidation sales after Claire’s Holdings LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The two stores are among 1,372 locations that will be closed by Oct. 31 if a buyer isn’t found.

After almost a decade in business, JuLiana’s Boutique La Femme is closing in September. Owners Julie Haagenson and Lana Olshove plan to close the doors for their store inside the Harvester Building at 196 E. Sixth St. A final date has not been set.

Sioux Falls building products wholesaler Sprenger Midwest Inc. has been acquired by a Minnesota-based distributor. MacArthur Co., parent company of distributor Weekes Forest Products, has acquired the Sioux Falls company, which has been in business for more than 40 years. The company will continue to operate under its existing name for the foreseeable future as integration planning moves forward, according to a statement. Sprenger Midwest’s headquarters is at 523 E. 14th St., and there are other locations in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Moorhead, Minnesota.

A new event space has opened in Tea. Wynn + Wonder hosts smaller celebrations, events and workshops at 200 N. Heritage Parkway. It’s owned by Sidney Borrill-Patch.

A national kids training program is coming to Sioux Falls. KidStrong is a franchised concept with 160 locations that was founded in 2015 and is designed to help children develop a sense of independence, strength, confidence and character. It’s being franchised locally by Jonelle Clow, who plans to open her location in the Lake Lorraine development by the end of the year. Along with weekly classes for kids from walking age to 11 years old, KidStrong hosts camps and can be rented for parties.

The USD Sanford School of Medicine will begin offering its entire doctor of medicine program from Sioux Falls in two years. The four-year program already includes 30 months outside of Vermillion — most students are located in Sioux Falls during that time — and beginning in the summer of 2027, the first 18 months of medical education also will be delivered in Sioux Falls. In addition to the existing USD Sanford School of Medicine campus at 1400 W. 22nd St., Sanford Health will provide temporary space for the program. USD hopes to construct a permanent building in seven to 10 years at a location to be determined.

Filipino natives Carlo and Katrin Palafox have started Lumpia on Wheelz. The food truck features cuisine from the Philippines, drawing its name from its signature lumpia, or egg rolls. They’re typically out for parking lot pop-ups Fridays through Sundays. For locations, follow Lumpia on Facebook or check Street Food Finder.

A business owner will be making his dream come true when he brings a reptile-focused zoo and pet shop this autumn to Sioux Falls. Andrew Adam plans to open Reptile Adventure Zoo at 2501 W. Russell St., which most recently was a South Dakota Driver License Exam Station. The zoo will feature more than 100 exhibits, including interactive ones like a tank of turtles that can be touched and tortoises that will roam about the area. The pet store will include reptiles for sale and adoption, supplies and souvenirs.