Missouri
A real estate project that could potentially deliver more apartments is seeking incentives to build. Opus Group and Balboa Real Estate Partners revealed plans to build a 256-unit apartment complex on a former Kansas City Power & Light District dump…
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The Kansas City industrial sector ended the year displaying strong market fundamentals with 1.2 million square feet of total net absorption during the quarter. Net absorption in 2020 totaled 5.9 million square feet, a 16.3% increase over the average for…
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New legislation sponsored by Sen. Bill Eigel, would phase out personal property tax assessments to a much smaller percentage by 2026. The proposal passed during a Missouri Senate committee hearing last week. During the hearing, Eigel said only 21 states collect…
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News of Tiffany & Co.'s permanent closure of its location on the County Club Plaza has been reversed. On Jan. 7, 2021, Paris-based LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE acquired Tiffany & Co. for $15.8 billion, stepping in as its…
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A northland project in the works since August 2020 is expected to complete in the next few months. Located near the Kansas City International Airport (KCI), the Congress Logistics Center is scheduled to complete in early Q2 of 2021, and…
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Former Kansas City Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer died on Monday at the age of 77, less than a week after his family announced he had been moved to hospice. Schottenheimer served as a head coach in the NFL for 21…
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Nearly one year since closing on its merger with Sprint Corporation on April 1, 2020, T-Mobile US is seeing sizable revenue gains. In Q4 of 2020, T-Mobile’s total revenue rose 71 percent. Adding 1.7 million new customers in Q4, the…
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A new tool added to the Missouri COVID-19 vaccine website will serve residents by allowing them to sign up for the vaccine and provide updates on vaccine eligbility. The online tool is called the Missouri Vaccine Navigator and allows individuals…
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A lasting workforce theme over the last several months has been the decline of women in the labor market. January 2021 saw an estimated 275,000 women exit the workforce according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a significantly larger…
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In 2020, union members accounted for 9.4 percent of wage and salary workers in Missouri, compared with 11.1 percent in 2019, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. While Missouri experienced a drop, Kansas saw a…
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