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Eight-story downtown office building sells to new owners
A prominent 105-year-old office building in Downtown recently came under new ownership. Expansive, a Chicago-based flexible office company, last month sold the Kessler Building at 1301 Oak St. to a new entity, Oak KC LLC, for an undisclosed sum. The...
Labconco selects new president
Labconco promoted Executive Vice President Ryan Gound to president. He succeeds Jeff Stanton, who retired after nearly 32 years at the company. Gound joined Labconco in January 2023 and has been a board member at the company for nine years. Before...
Check out KC's wealthiest ZIP code
A small ZIP code in the heart of Kansas City landed the No. 1 spot for its combination of well-to-do residents and population density. Roughly six miles south of the Central Business District and within a mile of the Country Club Plaza, 64113 is an...
Demise of KC law firm begets two new ones
After previous firm Miller Schirger LLC disbanded in January after 16 years, John Schirger partnered with Kansas City trial lawyer Joe Feierabend to form a new business. Schirger Feierabend LLC focuses on complex business litigation and plaintiff-side...
Westlake Ace's parent acquires 13-store chain in Illinois
Lenexa-based Westlake Ace Hardware’s parent company will acquire the 13 stores that Bishop Ace Hardware owns throughout Central Illinois. Ace Retail Holdings expects to close on its deal for Bishop Ace on July 28, the company announced in a release....
Kansas City's Wealthiest ZIP Codes
Editor's Note: The Business Journals evaluated almost 33,200 ZIP codes to compile its new wealth index, which is focused on the concentration of wealth in these areas. ZIP codes with populations less than 1,000 or a land area of less than 0.5 square...
Olathe gives first green light to 300 apartments, mixed-use plan
Despite pushback from surrounding property owners, a Lenexa developer won a key rezoning for a project that seeks to add more than 300 apartments to Olathe. On Tuesday, the Olathe City Council approved a request from Oddo Development to rezone roughly...
Why a hedge fund risked millions on near-bankrupt Yellow
As Yellow Corp. executives warned of imminent bankruptcy last July, Boston-based hedge fund MFN Partners was gobbling up all the shares it could buy. At the time, Yellow executives were telling everyone that a Teamsters deal had failed, tanking Yellow's...
These are KC's 25 up-and-coming NextGen Leaders [PHOTOS]
Our NextGen Leaders judges had their work cut out for them this year, saying it was tough to narrow the pack due to the number of worthy candidates. “This was really hard in a great way,” one judge said. This year’s 25 honorees include CEOs,...
Hospital system CEO will retire
Children’s Mercy CEO Paul Kempinski will retire after more than five years at the helm of the Kansas City system and four decades in health care. Kempinski will remain CEO until the system finds his successor. The board is searching for a new CEO...
Workers forfeit hundreds on a popular workplace benefit. Here's why.
Workers are losing out on hundreds of dollars in flexible spending account money. A new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute analyzed more than 3.2 million flexible spending accounts in 2022. It found, while workers are contributing more...
As supply shifts, here's how home prices are trending in KC
Home prices continue to rise nationally, but several metros that once ranked among the nation's hottest housing markets are now seeing price cuts. That’s according to new data from residential real estate brokerage firm, Redfin, which revealed year-over-year...
OP software company hires marketing exec
Overland Park-based Onspring Technologies hired a chief marketing officer who brings more than a decade of marketing experience in the technology industry to the role. Michelle Randall now leads the software company’s marketing department and customer...
Former H&R Block corporate counsel joins Husch Blackwell
Kyle Russell, a 23-year attorney, now is a partner at Husch Blackwell LLP and member of the firm’s Labor & Employment and Higher Education practices in Kansas City. Russell earned a political science degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia...
Liens and Bankruptcies Leads - Collected week of May 3, 2024
Federal Tax Liens and Releases The latest information available concerning unpaid tax levies filed by the Internal Revenue Service against individuals and businesses. -State Tax Liens Business or Person: B, Name: Roundabout Inc., Address: 2001 E. Prairie...
Real Estate Leads - Collected week of May 3, 2024
Building Permits Identify the individuals and developers securing the largest commercial and residential building permits in the area, with details on the date, location, dollar value and parties involved. -Commercial Mortgages Permittype: C, Contractor:...
Court Records - Collected week of May 3, 2024
Lawsuits Extended Plaintiff: Ibrahim Zantout/Sara El Habash, Def1: Capital Vacations Global Exchange LLC, Def2: Capital Resorts Group LLC, Def3: Capital Vacations Resort Management LLC, Caseno: 2416 CV 11423 CC, Recdate: 2024-04-25, Jurisdiction: Jackson...
New Business Leads - Collected week of May 3, 2024
New Businesses New business licenses and corporate formations. -New Business Licenses Company: Zachary Herring, Address: 8515 Marty St., City: Overland Park, State: KS, Zip: 66212, Type: all other professional or scientific and technical services, Sic:...
After $391M retooling, KC car plant will swap out sedan for an EV
General Motors' Fairfax Assembly Plant will swap out the Chevrolet Malibu for the Bolt electric vehicle after a $391 million retooling set to start in November in Kansas City, Kansas. The automaker (NYSE: GM) has produced the Malibu at Fairfax since...
$150M Margaritaville hotel in KCK hits construction milestone
It's one step closer to 5 o'clock at the $150 million Margaritaville hotel in Kansas City, Kansas. Sunflower Development Group is developing the hotel in partnership with Homefield KC and the Margaritaville brand. The 229-room hotel sits at the center...
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