Real Estate and Development
Bottled-water company Niagra Bottling is building a $68 million, 420,000-square-foot production facility in CenterPoint Intermodal Center, at the corner of Highway 71 and Missouri Route 150, which is expected to create about 50 jobs. CenterPoint Intermodal is owned by Oak…
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Peak Resorts, the owner of the Snow Creek ski park in Weston and 15 other facilities across the country, is getting purchased by Vail Resorts for $264 million. Tim Boyd, president and chief executive officer of Wildwood-based Peak and one…
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The end of the 'border war' in the the Kansas City metro area that gives tax incentives to businesses to cross the state line could soon come to a close if Kansas government adopts a proposal to stop the practice.…
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Co-working, or office spaces used by multiple different companies, is an international trend that has taken off over the last few years, and Kansas City has experienced its impact. Possibly the two most visible examples are Plexpod Westport Commons, in…
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A massive mixed-use development in the northern part of Kansas City, straddling Clay and Platte counties near highways 169 and 152 has a second anchor tenant. B&B Theatres is planning a 74,000-square-foot cinema-entertainment facility at what is being referred to…
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MErhP0mr6Ek&feature=youtu.be[/embed] Tomorrow is the official opening of the new J. Rieger & Co. distiller in the East Bottoms neighborhood. The 60,000-square-foot facility will also have three bars and a jazz club. With that, we thought we'd share a tour of…
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Eldorado Resorts, which is in the process of buying Harrah's North Kansas City as part of its bigger agreement to purchase Caesar's Entertainment, is now selling Isle of Capri Casino. The sale is to Providence, R.I.-based Twin River Worldwide Holdings,…
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Wichita-based Occidental Management has closed on its purchase of the Sprint headquarters in Overland Park, according to an announcement on its Facebook page. The deal, which closed for an unspecified amount (it is appraised at $342 million, according to Johnson…
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Chateau Avalon, a 61-room hotel near the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., with uniquely themed suites such as "Camelot" and "Tuscany," has entered into a partnership with Rockville, Md.-based Choice Hotels, in which the latter lists Avalon under its…
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[caption id="attachment_22285" align="alignleft" width="246"] Mikos[/caption] John Mikos, chief operating officer of YMCA of Greater Kansas City since 2013, is the organization's new president and chief executive officer. He has been in an interim position in those roles since March, when…
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