Construction


Housing starts, building permits and housing completions up in June

New home sales have risen a significant amount amid the coronavirus shutdown, shining through as an encouraging sign in a recovering economy. June housing starts rose 17.3% from May, to 1,186,000 (SAAR), and were down 4 percent from a year ago,… more

Kansas City listed among most attractive cities for new development projects

Companies looking to move and expand in the future were surveyed by the Site Selectors Guild in partnership with Development Counsellors International. Conducted on June 29, the survey found that many companies are taking preference in mid-size urban regions and… more

Transformation in Troost business district set to finish Spring 2021

As work continues along Troost Avenue, three historic buildings being renovated - Michelson, Shankman and Tycor - will be restored as office and retail space and a proposed museum of regional Native American culture, according to CityScene KC. Called the… more

Missouri-based StorageMart adds new facility to Kansas City area

The completion of its newest facility in Olathe has allowed StorageMart to add 784 climate-controlled storage units in the area. This follows the acquisition of Go Storage on 8th Street in Downtown Kansas City in April, where the company added 310 units of storage… more

GO Topeka announces plans to develop large-scale animal health innovation campus

An economic development group called GO Topeka has announced plans to develop a large-scale animal health innovation campus in Kansas’ capital city. Two national real estate developers, Clark Enersen Partners and BioRealty, Inc., have been chosen to identify and evaluate… more

Construction begins on million-dollar medical complex

In the last week of June, U.S. Army officials, legislators and others met to celebrate the start of a $295 million, 52-acre hospital complex project, according to a news release from the U.S. Army. With an expected completion date in… more

Housing market sales reach an unexpected 16% increase despite COVID-19 regulations

During the month of March sales were declining rapidly for home market sales, yet new numbers reported from the Census Bureau saw growth and will predictably continue for the following month. Just before numbers were released showing new sales, the… more

Developers of luxury hotel attempt for supermajority vote in city council

After an unsuccessful attempt to approve development from the City Council last year in 2019, a five-star luxury hotel by the Kauffman Center hopes to win supermajority in efforts to build a $63 million dollar establishment. While the hotel would… more

Permits show home building is solid in Kansas City region

The good news for home-building nationwide? New Census figures that show housing starts in May were up 4.3 percent over April. But the statistics are even better for a Kansas City market starving for housing inventory: Figures from the Kansas… more

Federal funding granted to Leavenworth penitentiary

Full funding has been approved by Congress to go toward construction of a new Federal Correctional Institute (FCI) and a satellite Federal Prison Camp (FPC) in Leavenworth, according to a Tuesday news release from U.S. Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran’s office.… more