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Sealy & Company Buys Raymore Building, Expands KC Market Presence

Posted June 16, 2026 Sealy & Company, a commercial real estate investment firm with an established presence in the Kansas City market, has purchased an industrial distribution facility in Raymore. Sealy & Company announced it had acquired Raymore Commerce Center… more

QII Hires Mark Rainey as EVP of Development Services

Posted June 15, 2026 Overland Park-based Quality Infratech Intelligence announced it has hired Mark Rainey as executive vice president of development services. In his new role, Rainey will help guide the company’s development activities, working closely with Eric Hanson, vice… more

EducationDynamics Boosts Marketing and Enrollment Offerings with UK Acquisition

Posted June 15, 2026 Lenexa-based EducationDynamics has acquired Net Natives, a marketing agency that is headquartered in the UK. The combined organizations serve more than 400 institutional clients across more than 50 countries, backed by almost six decades of collective… more

Lockton Reports $4.5 Billion In Revenue, Six Years of Double-Digit Growth

Posted June 15, 2026 Kansas City-based independent insurance brokerage Lockton reported its sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth for fiscal year 2026. The company reported a 12% year-over-year increase in global revenue to approximately $4.5 billion, including 11% organic growth,… more

Ace Retail Group Makes Company Veteran Robert Massengill New President

Posted June 12, 2026 Ace Retail Group has named longtime veteran of the company, Robert Massengill, as its new president. Massengill has been with Ace for over 20 years. As president, Massengill will lead enterprise-wide strategy, operations, and growth across… more

Mariner Acquisition of Atlantic Wealth Partners Adds $218M in AUM

Posted June 12, 2026 Overland Park-based Mariner announced it has expanded its presence in Florida by acquiring Atlantic Wealth Partners, a firm with about $218 million in assets. Based in Jupiter, Florida, Atlantic Wealth Partners specializes in practice around serving… more

Dubai Company Seeks Approval for $860M Data Center in Edgerton, KS

Posted June 9, 2026 Updated on June 12, 2026, at 11:51 a.m. DAMAC Digital Solutions Kansas, LLC is seeking approval to repurpose an existing warehouse building into a $860 million data center in Edgerton. The Heartland Data Center project would… more

Digital Realty Wants to Build 600MW Data Center Campus in De Soto

Posted June 9, 2026 Texas-based Digital Realty presented plans to the De Soto City Council about a new data center campus. The proposed data center campus would be located at Astra Enterprise Park, located near the Panasonic electric vehicle battery… more

McCownGordon Promotes Justin Hamilton to SVP

Posted June 9, 2026 McCownGordon announced the promotion of Justin Hamilton to senior vice president as the company plans to expand its national industrial and manufacturing business. Now, as senior vice president, Hamilton will continue to lead all industrial and… more

RPS Benefits by Design Sells to Utah-based Insurance Brokerage

Posted June 8, 2026 Overland Park-based employee benefits agency RPS Benefits by Design, Inc., has been sold to the Leavitt Group. RPS Benefits by Design will rebrand to Leavitt Strategic Benefits. As part of this partnership between the Leavitt Group… more