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The recent buzz that the region's largest private company, Dairy Farmers of America, would river-hop to new offices in Wyandotte County was spot-on: The milk cooperative confirmed today that it would build its new global headquarters in Kansas City, Kansas. With…
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Just days after a state-ordered review determined that UMKC's Bloch School of Management could justify its national rankings of graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship programs as among the Top 25 in the nation, the Princeton Review has withdrawn the designations it bestowed in…
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Olathe Medical Center announced today it will be undergoing the largest expansion in its history. Four significant construction projects will be underway this year across OMC’s 250-acre campus: a new four-story obstetrics wing with a Level II neonatal intensive care…
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There's not timetable yet, no final cost estimate and no major tenant announced but the vision for a massive makeover at 95th and Metcalf in Overland Park–one of the region's busiest intersections–is firmly set. Co-developers LANE4 Property Group of…
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An independent review released this morning by the University of Missouri System Board of Curators concludes that UMKC's Bloch School of Management's 2012 ranking as the nation's top program for innovation management research met the standards for generally acceptable professional practices.…
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McCownGordon announced today that it had completed implementation of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, making the Kansas City construction firm 100 percent employee-owned. The move was effective Jan. 1. In a news release, the company said the move was part of a succession…
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Epiq Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of integrated technology solutions and services for the legal profession, today announced that the majority of its New York City operations will move to new centralized offices located at 777 Third Avenue by…
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Officials with BATS Global Markets said this morning that the equities-trading firm would acquire Hotspot FX, an institutional spot foreign exchange market, from KCG Holdings for $365 million. The deal, which expected to close before summer, would give BATS greater capacity for non-equity trading businesses and a…
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Any branding or marketing professionals worth their salt can tell you what defines the value of an organization’s brand, and how public perception of it entails more than what one discerns beyond the optics of a logo, a television commercial…
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Starting the year right takes time, planning and anticipating how the construction industry will evolve and shift over the coming months. Legal departments face challenges with the ever-changing construction industry landscape and legislation affecting how companies do business. So let’s…
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