Pottawatomie County resident Todd Konkel hopped on the Topeka development scene in 2019, and since then, he has made a splash. Konkel and his wife opened the Topeka Vendors Market, 528 S.E. Adams St., late last year, after purchasing the warehouse and its five adjacent buildings on that block at the end of 2019. About a year later, he closed on more property, buying the former Topeka Capital-Journal building, at 616 S.E. Jefferson St. Konkel has big plans for both projects, and he said his past real estate experience in such areas as Houston and the U.S. Virgin Islands have prepared him to take on the new endeavors.