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To improve supply performance and provide members with more retail-level support, service and solutions, Associated Wholesale Grocers, the cooperative food wholesaler and second largest company in Kansas City, has realigned its leadership. Below are the two most notable changes: Dan…
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Adventist Health System has officially changed its name to AdventHealth. With this name change, Shawnee Mission Hospital, one of the system’s 47 hospital campuses in nine states, was also rebranded. The change is not a result of a merger or…
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With each new year comes new businesses to the region, and already this week, Raymond James announced that it is expanding to Kansas City. Located on Walnut St. in Downtown Kansas City, Greg Vahrenberg will be the managing director of…
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Three thousand tech jobs went unfilled in Kansas City during 2018 - In response to this apparent tech talent shortage, Prime Digital Academy is set to open its second campus in KC with the hope of “[bringing] more diverse talent…
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The former Silpada Designs headquarters in Lenexa will soon be the new office and warehouse of Heart to Heart International. A worldwide humanitarian aid organization, HHI credits recent growth for the need to move to this expanded facility. Just this…
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When Ingram’s hosted its 2018 Commercial Real Estate Industry Outlook assembly in November, major players in the field likened growth in the Kansas City market to a baseball game, one that was probably in its latter innings. A slowdown could…
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Wichita-based Vantage Point Properties has officially made its move into the Kansas City market. This week the real estate company closed on a plot of land around I-435 and Renner Blvd in Lenexa. Dubbed Reflections at City Center, this site…
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Dentsu Aegis Network of the UK announced today that it had acquired Overland Park-based DEG, one of the region's most consistent fast-growth companies over the past 15 years. Terms of the deal were not announced, but The Wall Street Journal…
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With a mission of revitalizing infrastructure nationwide, Elaine Chao, the U.S. Transportation Secretary, has announced $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding to 91 projects in 49 states and Washington D.C. Five of these projects are in Missouri, and two of…
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Burns & McDonnell officially unveiled a new position, just today. As the second-highest ranking officer, John Olander will now serve as the first chief operating officer in the firm’s history. Olander, who first came to Burns & McDonnell in 1991,…
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