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Posted August 22, 2025 Overland Park-based wealth management group Mariner has announced a dual acquisition of Forté Capital LLC and Ultra Financial Partners. Combined, the Rochester, New York-based Forté Capital and Scottsdale, Arizona-based Ultra Financial Partners add approximately $1.7 billion…
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Posted August 22, 2025 Commerce Bancshares announced that it has received regulatory approval for its $585 million merger with FineMark, a Florida-based bank and trust company. The transaction has been approved by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and…
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Posted August 20, 2025 Meta’s $1 billion data center has officially opened and is now serving traffic. The facility is now working in conjunction with Meta’s global infrastructure that connects billions of people worldwide, according to a Wednesday release. The…
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Posted August 19, 2025 Research College of Nursing has appointed Dr. Amy Townsend as its new president. In her new role, Townsend will lead strategic academic planning and oversee all undergraduate and graduate programs for the institution, according to a…
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Posted August 19, 2025 Updated August 26, 2025, at 11:31 a.m. The University of Kansas City-Missouri has provided updates to three of its building projects. Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building UMKC’s 160,000 square foot Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building project…
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Posted August 19, 2025 The Lenexa City Council is reviewing a developer’s bond request that would support the next warehouse in the Lenexa Logistics Centre East. Rennlink, LLC, is requesting approximately $9 million in industrial revenue bonds for the development…
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Posted August 15, 2025 Children’s Mercy is expanding service throughout southwest Missouri as part of a partnership with Mercy Hospital Springfield. Children’s Mercy and Mercy signed a joint operating agreement to create seamless coordination between the health system’s pediatric services.…
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Posted August 14, 2025 Kansas City-based nbkc Bank announced its decades-long CFO will retire, with a successor stepping in later this year, and the addition of a new chief operations officer. Eric Garretson, who has been CFO for the bank…
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Posted August 13, 2025 David Booth has donated approximately $300 million to Kansas Athletics, marking the largest gift the University of Kansas has ever received. The Jayhawks football team will play its first game of the season on August 23.…
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Posted August 13, 2025 Atlanta-based Americold has opened its $100 million logistics facility in Kansas City, creating nearly 190 jobs in the south Kansas City area. The 335,000-square-foot facility is located in the I-49 Logistics Center. As part of a…
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