Kansas
AMC Theatres, headquartered in Leawood, Kansas, is now the world’s largest theatre exhibitor, having completed its acquisition of Carmike Cinemas. The deal, reported by AMC at approximately $1.1 billion, including the assumption of Carmike debt, puts AMC in control of…
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Paul Holewinski, CEO of Dickinson Financial Corporation announced today that Dickinson will acquire Community Bancshares of Kansas, owner of Merit Bank—a $104 million community bank with centers in Overland Park, Olathe and Goff, Kansas. Upon completion of the of the acquisition…
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Kansas City’s reputation as an up-and-coming technology hub with today’s announcement that Contegix—a provider of application hosting, cloud, and managed IT infrastructure solutions—has acquire KC-based Admo.net Web Services, LLC. Admo is a local provider of cloud, servers, storage, and other…
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The Missouri Department of Economic Development released seasonally adjusted data today, indicating that Missouri’s nonfarm payroll employment grew by 1,900 jobs in November, reaching a new record state-high of 2,842,200 jobs. The month’s employment increase was in addition to the…
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Confident that their acquisition of Westar Energy, Inc. will be completed on schedule in spring 2017, Great Plains Energy (NYSE: GXP) announced today the leadership that will be in charge when Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) and Westar have…
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Kansas City loves sports and, as a World Series championship town, it has a special place in its heart for baseball. Counting on that, the team at Block & Company commercial real estate has announced that they’re helping D-BAT—a baseball…
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The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas is celebrating an economic achievement. The STAR Bonds that funded the Village West Shopping and Tourism district were paid off, five years ahead of schedule, as of December 1. STAR bonds allow…
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that labor productivity in the nonfarm business sector increased at a 3.1-percent annual rate during the third quarter of 2016, the first increase in that measure after three consecutive declines. An Associated…
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Foxhill Medical Center, a 52-thousand square foot, 3-story medical office building at 4601 West 109th Street in Overland Park, has been purchased for $9 million by Everest Medical Core Properties—an institutional real estate manager focused high-quality medical office properties throughout…
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Harris Enterprises, Inc.—a Kansas-based publisher of local publications for Central Kansas and Eastern Iowa—has been acquired by New Media Investment Group Inc. (NYSE:NEWM) for $20.4 million after being privately held for over 100 years. Among the titles included in the…
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