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Overland Park Approves Next Step For Oslo Marketplace Retail Center

Posted February 4, 2025 The Overland Park City Council has approved a revised preliminary plan to construct a retail development site at 135th Street. Plans for the Oslo Marketplace, a 3.5-acre retail redevelopment, were approved during a city council meeting… more

Private Equity Firm Buys Country Club Plaza Apartments for $33.6M

Posted February 4, 2025 The Pennsylvania-based private equity firm PPR Capital Management has purchased an apartment complex near the Country Club Plaza, marking its second investment in the KC area. PPR has purchased Infinity at Plaza West, located at 4440… more

A.L. Huber Construction Enters Employee Stock Ownership Program

Posted February 3, 2025 Overland Park-based A.L. Huber Construction announced its 122 year-old firm has become a 100% employee-owned company. As a 100% employee-owned company, the 60-person staff now own shares that will continue to grow in value as the… more

UMB Closes Heartland Financial Acquisition, Largest In Bank’s History

Posted February 3, 2025 UMB Financial Corporation has officially closed its $2 billion acquisition deal with Heartland Financial, the largest acquisition the bank has made in its 111-year history. The deal, effective Jan. 31, has raised UMB’s asset size to… more

Compass Minerals Finds Next COO, CFO

Posted January 30, 2025 Overland Park-based Compass Minerals announced Patrick Merrin and Peter Fjellman will be appointed to the roles of chief operations officer and chief financial officer respectively. Merrin’s appointment is effective March 3 and fills the COO while… more

BARR Advisory Names Noelle McMullen as Chief Operating Officer

Posted January 30, 2025 BARR Advisory has added new leadership to its C-suite, with Noelle McMullen as the firm’s new chief operating officer and integrator. With more than a decade of experience in sales, client relationships, operations and business management,… more

Platform Ventures Investment Arm Expands in Georgia

Posted January 29, 2025 Vertical Cold Storage, a developer of temperature-controlled distribution centers and unit for Kansas City-based Platform Ventures, has expanded its footprint in Georgia with the purchase of a frozen distribution center near the Port of Savannah. The… more

Terracon Promotes Kevin Green to Chief Information Security Officer

Posted January 29, 2025 Olathe-based Terracon has named Kevin Green as chief information security officer, leading a team to defend against cybersecurity threats. As chief information security officer, Green will lead a team responsible for defending against cybersecurity threats, monitoring… more

HCA Midwest Health Names Jeff Ardemagni as CFO

Posted January 29, 2025 HCA Midwest Health has appointed 30-year healthcare veteran, Jeff Ardemagni, to the role of chief financial officer. HCA Midwest Health announced that Ardemagni will take on his new role as CFO and will be succeeding Miah… more

Kansas Tuberculosis Outbreak Largest Recorded in History

Posted January 28, 2025 Updated 11:06 a.m., January 29, 2025 Kansas is experiencing an outbreak of tuberculosis, the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, according to Kansas health officials. As of Jan. 24, Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials… more