Missouri


Liberty Logistics Center adds growing Kansas City tenant

One of The Scarbrough Group's business units will start operations this summer at a new industrial facility in Liberty. Scarbrough Warehousing announced it will move into 226,000 Class A square feet within Liberty Logistics Center, a 62.42-acre industrial park at… more

Kansas City in running to land AssuredPartners’ headquarters

Kansas City could potentially land the headquarters of Florida insurance company, AssuredPartners. AssuredPartners is an operator of a mid-market insurance brokerage firm. The company offers property and casualty insurance as well as employee benefits brokerage services. The company is seeking… more

Amazon to open additional center in KC metro, bring jobs

Amazon.com Inc. plans to open a new delivery center in a vacant former Haldex Brake Products Corp. building in Blue Springs. The e-commerce titan anticipates full operations will begin late this year at the facility, located at 2400 NE Coronado… more

AMC investor sells controlling stake, $220M in stock

AMC investor Wanda America Entertainment Inc., a unit of Chinese company Wanda Group, gave up its controlling stake in AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Stock sales totaled over $220 million. Wanda America Entertainment Inc., a unit of Chinese company Wanda Group,… more

SBA opens economic relief grant application for venues

On Thursday, the U.S. Small Business Administration opened the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) application portal. The SVOG program was appropriated more than $16.2 billion for grants. Those eligible for grant funding include operators of live venues, live performing arts… more

In a Nutshell: Getting Back to the Fundamentals

Most February economic data, released in March, was weaker than expected, probably because economists were more focused on stimulus checks than the weather. But considering how much of the country was affected by extreme cold and storms in February there’s… more

Kansas City labor market conditions chart suggests increased activity, momentum through March

The Kansas City Fed Labor Market Conditions Indicators (LMCI) suggest the level of activity increased modestly in March while momentum accelerated sharply. The level of activity indicator increased by 0.06 in March from −0.25 to −0.19. Meanwhile, the momentum indicator… more

Compass Minerals sells portion of assets to Koch Industries

Overland Park-based Compass Minerals International Inc. has sold a portion of its North American Micronutrient assets to Wichita-based Koch Industries subsidiary, Koch Agronomic Services LLC. "Compass Minerals has been proud to grow the Wolf Trax product line and introduce both… more

Weekly jobless claims rise

In the week ending April 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 744,000, an increase of 16,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 9,000 from 719,000 to 728,000. The… more

Three Light to break ground in May

Long-time talk on the addition of another downtown luxury apartment from The Cordish Companies will come to fruition, the company announcing plans to begin construction of Three Light next month in May.  To the tune of $140 million, Three Light… more