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Waddell & Reed HQ Move Gets Final Council Approval




The city council of Kansas City recently gave final approval Waddell & Reed’s headquarters move from Overland Park to Downtown Kansas City.

In January, wealth-management firm signed a lease to go into a new 18-story 260,000-square-foot building at 1400 Baltimore Ave. The measure could bring 1,000 new jobs Downtown.

The property owner is Financial Holdings Corporation, a unit of Merriman. Burns & McDonnell is developing the exterior of the new headquarters, while HOK will design the interior.