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Minority Owned Contractor, Developer Form Partnership To Strengthen Local Communities

Posted February 18, 2025 Kansas City-based minority-owned firms, Grayson Capital LLC and Vazquez Commercial Contracting, have entered into a new partnership to combine the full-service contractor with a developer. Vazquez Grayson JV LLC, aims to create projects that drive economic… more

Report: KC Industrial Market Sees Pipeline Growth in Q4 2024

Posted February 18, 2025 An industrial market report from CommercialCafe shows that KCMO ranked fourth in the Q4 industrial market rankings. This is due to decreasing vacancy rates and a growing pipeline. In the fourth quarter of 2024, Kansas City… more

Lockton Announces New Digital Office, Led By Claude Yoder

Posted February 17, 2025 Lockton announced it has established a new Digital Office to drive innovation in data, analytics, and technology strategies across the company in addition to naming the office's new leader. The Digital Office initiative aims to elevate… more

Park University Fills CFO Role, Promotes Scott Fergerson

Posted February 17, 2025 Park University announced it has promoted Scott Fergerson to the role of chief financial officer. Park University named Fergerson CFO of the institution, effective Feb. 2., according to a release. As CFO, Fergerson now leads the… more

UMKC Achieves National Top-Research University Classification, Ahead of Goal

Posted February 17, 2025 The University of Missouri-Kansas City has achieved a new designation from Carnegie, becoming Kansas City’s first university to reach the classification. UMKC became Kansas City’s first Carnegie R1 (Research 1) institution. This new classification placed UMKC… more

Populous Promotes Company Veteran Bruce Miller to CEO

Posted February 14, 2025 Kansas City-based Populous has named Populous the firm’s next chief executive officer and global chair. With more than 35 years of experience working at Populous, Miller will transition from his current role as managing director of… more

Alabama Developer Seeks to Build 300 Apartments in Overland Park

Posted February 13, 2025 Alabama-based LIV Development plans to build a nearly 300-apartment complex across from the Overland Park Convention Center. Livano Overland Park is a 12.2-acre development consisting of 298 apartments in six buildings located at the southwest corner… more

Lockton Names Paul Rodriguez National Surety Practice Leader

Posted February 12, 2025 Kansas City-based Lockton has added Paul Rodriguez as the leader of its National Surety Practice. Rodriguez succeeds Patrick Pribyl who took the role in 2020. Pribyl will transition to the role of Chairman of the National… more

Prime Capital Financial Announces Expansion In Southeast Region, Adds $1B In Assets

Posted February 12, 2025 Overland Park-based Prime Capital Financial has entered into a partnership with the Duluth, Georgia-based Sugarloaf Wealth Management marking the firm’s first expansion into the Atlanta metro area. Headquartered in Duluth, Sugarloaf also operates another office in… more

MO, KS Institutions at Risk of Not Receiving NIH Grants

Posted February 12, 2025 Universities and hospitals in Missouri and Kansas could lose funding if the Trump administration successfully reduces the indirect cost limit for grant recipients from the National Institutes of Health. On Monday, a federal judge placed a… more