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People could live at the Legends Outlets if officials approve a new eight-story multifamily development there. The building would be built on top of a new parking garage along Parallel Parkway, according to The Kansas City Star. The project won initial approval…
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Waddell & Reed broke ground earlier this year on an 18-story headquarters at 1400 Baltimore Ave., though a recent sell of the company and planned 2021 acquisition could throw off its local relocation plan. The breakup of Waddell & Reed…
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Wichita-based commercial real estate developer Occidental Management Inc. will rename the 200-acre campus Aspiria, effective Jan. 1. "(Aspiria) is a place where businesses aspire to be, and people are inspired to grow," Occidental CEO Gary Oborny said. Occidental acquired the…
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The Kansas Department of Labor announced Friday development with the state's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program (PUA). Funded through the CARES Act, the program pays unemployment insurance benefits to those who wouldn't typically qualify for it such as self-employed and gig…
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Olathe-based Terracon Consultants Inc. acquired a Williamsburg, Va., company with 15 employees that will expand the engineering firm's reach in Virginia and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. TAM Consultants Inc., which also has offices in Newport News and Richmond, Va., offers…
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The city of Independence has established its own health department after eliminating some services in 2018. Mayor Eileen Weir made the announcement Monday. “The year 2020 has shown all of us the importance of public health and we have been…
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After a few days of declines, the number of active COVID-19 patients being treated at The University of Kansas Health System is back up today. Ninety-four people with the active virus are hospitalized, up from 82 yesterday. Fifty-two patients are…
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Kansas City-based Evergy Inc. has announced David Campbell as the company's new CEO, president and director. Campbell will replace current CEO Terry Bassham in January 2021, who announced plans to retire in August 2020. The board voted unanimously to bring…
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Kansas laborers in the grocery and meatpacking plant areas of the food industry are second up to receive the COVID-19, according to a Friday announcement from Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly. The decision arrives shortly after the announcement that healthcare workers…
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The Children’s Place will formally open its new building on Monday — a move the nonprofit said will let it serve 30% more children and families. The nonprofit will celebrate the opening of its new building at 6401 Rockhill Road in…
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