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Bill Gates-Backed Venture Moving HQ to Lenexa City Center

Oak River Farms, an agribusiness company reportedly backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is moving its headquarters from Louisiana to Lenexa City Center, reported trade publication REBusiness. The report says that Oak River will take up just under 4,600 square… more

A Death Punch for WeWork?

Office co-working company WeWork has some very prominent spaces in Downtown Kansas City. It has a location in the Crossroads' Corrigan Station development and recently took 101,000 square feet in what is now known as the Lightwell Building, at 1100… more

Year-Over-Year KC Home Listings Plunge

New-home listings in the Kansas City area plunged 35.7 percent year over year as of April 5, according to Zillow. That number exceeds the national average drop of 27.1 percent. It is a strong contrast to March 1, when they… more

KCMO Issues $28M in Infrastructure Improvement Bonds

Kansas City has issued just under $27.79 million in improvement bonds  that would make infrastructure repairs to City Hall, Liberty Memorial, street reconstruction in the City Market area and parking garages. A $9.1-million portion would also be used to fund… more

Unemployment Filings Top 6.6 Million

Unemployment claims were in excess of six million for the second week in a row, due to COVID-19, bringing the numbers to nearly 17 million over the last few weeks. For the week ended April 4, claims were 6.06 million,… more

CDC Issues Worker Guidance for COVID-19 Exposure

The CDC has issued guidance for critical infrastructure employees who might have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 to return to work. Critical-infrastructure employees are considered those who work in 16 different sectors, including those in law enforcement, janitorial staff,… more

Building Permits on the Decline

Despite a rise in new building permits issued metro-wide for the month of February, early signs show that numbers will decline for the month of March as people and company’s heed government issued stay-at-home orders. In the greater Kansas City… more

Local Housing Inventory Declined, but Prices Remain Steady  

  With stay at home orders and social distancing putting a wrench in most normal activities, the U.S. housing market began slowing down in the second half of march and the Kansas City area was no exception.  “We've seen the… more

Q&A with: John  Petersen, Polsinelli

John Petersen of the Polsinelli law firm in Kansas City is one of the biggest names in real-estate development law. He took some time to chat with Ingram’s about current megatrends shaping the market before the COVID-19 outbreak, but addressed… more

KC Casinos, Bars Close. U.S. Unemployment Claims Up

Casinos in the Kansas City Metro area are closed, as well as bars in Kansas City, Mo., creating what will likely be a serious unemployment situation. The Department of Labor said this morning, for the week ending March 16, total… more