Employment
Michael Sonnenberg is a commercial real estate realtor at NAI Heartland, in Overland Park, where he is primarily focused currently on office and medical office properties. Q: How does the COVID-19 situation compare to the Great Recession and the challenges…
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KC Tenants, a tenant-advocacy group, is calling on Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to institute a rent and mortgage moratorium, due to economic struggles residents are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization is calling on people to sign a petition…
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SVP Worldwide, the owner of Singer, Viking and other sewing-machine brands, has partnered with Rightfully Sewn, a Kansas City-based non-profit that provides seamstress training. SVP donated 30 sewing machines to the organization, which has made a switch from fashion apparel…
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Pinnacle Regional,in Overland Park, is apparently shutting its doors after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In a recent letter to employees, the company's Chapter 11 trustee said that it is closing due to “unforeseen and unexpected business circumstances, including…
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Kate O’Hara Gasper of Lathrop GPM represents clients in litigation and arbitration involving breach of contract, business torts, covenants not to compete, intellectual property, professional liability and insurance coverage. Q: The nation has seen a historic increase in layoffs over…
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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…
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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…
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Keely Schneider is the director of the Workforce Partnership serving Johnson, Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties for the Kansas Department of Labor. She talked about her views on the current labor market's challenges. Q: After a rough couple of weeks with…
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Johnson County is furloughing 264 employees and will cut its fiscal year 2020 budget by $18.8 million and deferring another $2.3 million in expenditures for at least a year. The furloughed employees are in Johnson County government, the Johnson County…
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As the nation’s banks continue to fine-tune the Paycheck Protection Program implemented by Congress to help avert layoffs during the COVID-19 crises, today looms as a key date in phase II of the $349 billion program. As of this morning,…
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