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Report: KCMO Home Prices Surge by 46% Since Pandemic

Posted February 27, 2025 Five years following the pandemic the price of homes across the nation has grown more than a decade’s worth. A new report from Zillow published Thursday found home values in the U.S. increased 45% since the… 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

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

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

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

Report: Home Prices Soar in Kansas City, All 50 Most Populous Metro Areas

Posted January 28, 2025 A new report from Redfin shows home prices have been increasing in the Kansas City metro, along with every major metropolitan area, since 2022. Home prices have risen from a year earlier in all 50 of… more

Macy’s to Close 66 Stores Including Northland Location

Posted January 13, 2025 Macy's is shuttering over 60 locations across the U.S. including its retail store in the Metro North Crossing. The store closures are part of a plan to return the company to sustainable, profitable sales growth by… more

Prime Capital Financial Adds Partner to San Antonio Branch

Posted January 9, 2025 Overland Park-based Prime Capital Financial has added John Cervantes as a new partner to its San Antonio, Texas-based arm Crossvault Capital Management. Cervantes joins Prime Capital Financial with nearly 20 years of experience in financial planning… more

Ford Axes Hauling Contract with Kansas City-based Jack Cooper

Posted January 9, 2025 Kansas City-based automobile hauler Jack Cooper is losing its contract with Ford, with layoffs looming as a result. Ford informed Jack Cooper of its intentions to end the contract between the two companies on Jan 2,… more

Lathrop GMP Enters 2025 with 11 New Partners

Posted January 3, 2025 Kansas City-based Lathrop GPM LLP announced the firm added 11 attorneys who became partners effective Jan. 1. "This deep and talented class of new partners, located coast-to-coast in a wide range of practice areas, embodies the… more