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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

Kansas collects more in August taxes than projected

On Tuesday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced that the state has brought in more taxes for August than originally projected. In the second month of the fiscal year, total tax collections have been performing above estimates, August collections coming in… more

Coping with COVID: Regional CMO COVID-19 briefing

More than a dozen regional hospital medical officers, educators, business leaders and elected officials gathered on-line this morning to issue a stark warning for the Kansas City area: A sharp increase in rates of people testing positive for COVID-19 is… more

Two Kansas City area airports to receive millions in grants

The Department of Transportation is making a big investment nationwide, an investment that will impact two local Kansas City area airports. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao revealed a list of airports in the U.S. that are to… 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

Proposed Urban Outfitters distribution center in Kansas draws closer to construction

Urban Outfitters is seeking industrial revenue bonds – about $403 million – to build a new distribution center on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan. met on Monday to further… more

No fans, tailgating at KU fall sports games

In a Monday announcement, KU said it will not be allowing fans into fall sports games, at least for the start of the season. Along with the note on fans, the university announced that it will also be prohibiting tailgating,… more

Coping with COVID: Clinical Reference Laboratory in Lenexa increases testing

One Kansas City metro facility has been hard at work processing COVID-19 samples, working with a different kind of sampling process that collects saliva rather than swabs. Lenexa-based Clinical Reference Laboratory has been testing around 6,000 saliva samples every day,… more

January 2021 Royals FanFest canceled

Originally scheduled for Jan. 29 and 30, 2021, the annual Royals FanFest presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City has been canceled, according to a Tuesday announcement from the Kansas City Royals. The decision comes nearly five… more

Lockton names new CFO

On Monday, Lockton announced that Troy Cook will soon take over as the company’s chief financial officer. Cook will start in his new role on Sept. 24, 2020, the company said, where he will, “...lead Lockton's strategic finance function in… more