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Rehab Efforts Are Driving a Comeback in Real Estate

Residential, retail or office, the momentum is clearly behind rehabilitative efforts. Over the past 10-15 years, commercial real estate has seen a lot of changes. Rehabilitation, or repurposing, has been a buzzword for many multi-family, retail and office projects. With… more

Year-End Tax Strategies for Business Owners

Time to act on 2015 taxes is drawing short. As the year comes to a close, small business owners should keep a close eye on several tax planning issues. With only a month remaining before year-end to make necessary changes,… more

KU Hospital, Rehabilitation Hospital of OP Align Services

The Kansas City region's largest medical center, The University of Kansas Hospital, announced today that it was launching a partnership with Rehabilitation Hospital of Overland Park to provide services for patients throughout the Midwest. In a news release announcing the move, the… more

MarksNelson Acquires Marsh & Co.

One of the biggest accounting and consulting firms headquartered in the Kansas City area is getting bigger: MarksNelson this morning announced its second acquisition of 2015, with Overland Park-based Marsh & Co. being absorbed effective Jan. 1. "This acquisition is right… more

Investment Firm to Acquire Houlihan’s Parent

An iconic company on the Kansas City restaurant scene is about to be under new management: HRI, the parent of Houlihan's Restaurants and other fine and casual-dining concepts, announced today that it would be acquired by York Capital Management, a global private investment… more

Garmin Expansion to Double Olathe Work Force

A proposed 700,000-square-foot expansion that would double the work force at the headquarters of Garmin is on the agenda tonight for the Olathe Planning Commission. If approved, the facility would be built on the  northwest corner of 151st Street and… more

Financial Engines Buys Mutual Fund Store for $560 Million

Financial Engines, a California-based independent investment advisory firm, has agreed to pay $560 million in cash and stock to acquire The Mutual Fund Store, the Overland Park firm founded in 1996 by Adam Bold. The Mutual Fund Store, which sold majority… more

Big Donations Propel UMKC Closer to Downtown Campus Goal

Recent donations, including three totaling $3.5 million, have pushed the University of Missouri-Kansas City closer to its goal of raising $48 million in private funding for its planned  Downtown Campus for the Arts, expected to be the future home of… more

Kansas City, You’ve Got a World Champion!!

Where do we begin?   Six innings of gutsy pitching from a guy who buried his father just days before?  An extra-inning rally keyed by a player without a plate appearance since October 4th?  Two innings of hitless relief from a… more

2015 Class of Top Doctors

Nearly a generation ago, Ingram’s launched the Top Doctors recognition program to spotlight the best of the hands-on physicians who made up what was then—and still is today—regarded as a highly sophisticated medical community for a metropolis of this size.… more