Monarch Place preps fountain, Starbucks location, for rebuilt plaza in downtown…
The fountain at Monarch Place in downtown Springfield will flow again on the day Starbucks opens its new coffee shop with outdoor dining on the adjacent plaza. Monarch is shooting for May 29 as the big day, said Paul Picknelly, president of Monarch Enterprises and owner of both the office building and adjacent Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel. But the decision as to when to open is up to Starbucks, Picknelly said. Starbucks executives will visit the new store Wednesday and inspect it, he said. “They always have a punch list of items they will need taken care of before we can open,” he said Friday.