Real Estate and Development

Housing market sales remain high

In August, housing market sales remained on the up and up, remaining strong despite ongoing economic challenges brought on by COVID-19. Sales of existing homes in August topped an already strong July, reports Zillow, sales revealing to be the strongest… more

Former Sprint campus to receive major redesign

Following a merger with T-Mobile, Sprint’s once-thriving Sprint World Headquarters Campus located in Overland Park is set for a major makeover by current property owner Occidental Management. Wichita-based commercial real estate developer Occidental Management has plans to renovate every building… more

The 2020 Ingram’s 250

Time for some Ingram’s 250 math: What’s i250 x 5? If you came up with 1,250, hats off to your grade-school math teachers—their lessons clearly took hold. But with this being the fifth year of our recognition of the 250… more

Construction of Raymore Commerce Center begins

Results for the Raymore Commerce Center could be seen as early as this time next year in Q3 of 2021, VanTrust Real Estate and Brinkmann Constructors recently breaking ground on the $105 million dollar project. Preparatory work has been in… more

Zona Rosa rolls dice on redevelopment project

This fall, the Northland area Zona Rosa outdoor shopping center will undergo several changes in a multi-million dollar redevelopment project set to begin over the next few months. Changes to be made include the demolishment of a building near Dillard’s,… more

Urban, suburban housing sales appear relatively even

Over the last few months, it would appear many individuals and families have left the urban living scene. While the trend has rung true for certain areas of the U.S., by and large data shows that suburban housing markets have… more

Creative Planning third building in the works

In a year’s time, Creative Planning may very well have a completed third addition to its Overland Park campus. Named Creative Campus III, the project which just recently broke ground will be the third office building for the campus developed,… more

End-of-August housing market report

The last week of August revealed that sellers are continuing to drive the housing market, according to a report from Zillow. Market supply remained on the low while the number of buyers remained high, buyers finding themselves with fewer options… more

Kansas City commercial real estate report reveals mostly-sound second quarter

Kansas City’s industrial market has been extremely active in 2020, according to a recent commercial real estate report by Newmark Grubb Zimmer. The industrial market report showed 2.8 million square feet of net absorption posted in the first half of… more

Metro executives seek bonds to redevelop Schlitterbahn site

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two former soccer club executives are hoping to help fund a planned $330 million redevelopment of the closed Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kan., with sales tax funds. Robb Heineman, Sporting KC’s former CEO,… more