Follow Kansas City Business Journal, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/feeds270 Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:39:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4O9lDitI9ZWuzdsCmHakzH Novel Capital, which provides an alternative financing option for entrepreneurs, is gaining traction in the current financial environment.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:39:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4O9lDitI9ZWuzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4O9lDitI9ZWl1cWWor9YPv Enterprise Bank hired Bethany Rambo Cleland as its new treasury manager for the Kansas City area, as well as its new Texas market.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:28:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4O9lDitI9ZWl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo53ARM2VLjosMb1naedg1wr Flaherty & Collins Properties got the go-ahead from the Federal Aviation Administration to build the City Harvest apartment tower at its desired 13-story height. The agency's finding comes after more than two years of review.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:34:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo53ARM2VLjosMb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo53ARM2VLjosKCY3L745TL_ UMB Bank shared details about it deposit based to show its diversification and how it contains many long-term client relationships.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:27:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo53ARM2VLjosKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo7NCAqoiN8dNOT5HJgy6HUf DHL plans to shut down its St. Louis-area facility, cutting 75 jobs, and relocate the operation and jobs to its Kansas City center. The shipping and logistics company said in a statement March 24 that the Kansas City operations will provide “a larger, fully owned distribution center that will allow us to process more volume,” according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It’s unclear how many jobs will be added to the metro-area operation.  Workers in the St. Louis suburb of Maryland Heights…]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:33:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo7NCAqoiN8dNOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4EcUU0Km7Pips0ohxaO6Yr A Kansas City man pleaded guilty to a scheme to sell stolen goods on eBay — the second time this month an area pawn shop operator admitted fencing stolen property online. Dennis G. Russell waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded Friday to one count of conspiracy to transport stolen property across state lines, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri. Prosecutors allege that Russell shipped about 14,670 stolen items, generating $744,222…]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4EcUU0Km7Pips0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4EcUU0Km7Pisb1naedg1wr A Johnson County city has an obsession with pickleball, according to a new ranking. A betting and online casino guide website, Offers.bet, says Overland Park is the top pickleball-obsessed city in the country. The game started becoming wildly popular during the pandemic. Offers.bet said that 83% of current pickleball players started playing in 2020 or later. They say it’s easy to learn, fun to play and affordable. Although the popularity of pickleball is skyrocketing, one of the problems is…]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:29:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4EcUU0Km7Pisb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4EcUU0Km7PiuT5HJgy6HUf City Rent a Truck has expanded to Houston, where CEO Jeff Schuetz expects the fleet rental company to tap into the Texas hub’s commercial and industrial activity. The Olathe-based company rents pickups, flat-beds, dump trucks, cargo vans and more, which will be attractive in a growing market like Houston, the company said in a release.  City Rent a Truck’s website lists four other locations, including three in the metro: its headquarters near Kansas City International Airport, one near the…]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:28:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4EcUU0Km7PiuT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo58As9NIepf8ezdsCmHakzH First Citizens Bank, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, has struck a deal to acquire the failed Silicon Valley Bank. Its collapse, along with that of Signature Bank, triggered consequences that rippled into Kansas City.]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:27:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo58As9NIepf8ezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4RGfwZCutUxl1cWWor9YPv With a new airport, the NFL Draft and FIFA World Cup coming to town, Kansas City has momentum, Kansas City Area Development Council CEO Tim Cowden said at a Friday event.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:43:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4RGfwZCutUxl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4RGfwZCutUxnn9ye8UNv30 Owner Marisa Monyakula says the Overland Park expansion is an opportunity to expand her well-known brand as well as to test two new restaurant concepts that have been on her mind for a while.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:25:05 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4RGfwZCutUxnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4RGfwZCutUxqCY3L745TL_ HCA Midwest is building a medical plaza near Corbin Park, along one of Overland Park’s busiest retail corridors.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 21:05:22 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo4RGfwZCutUxqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5uZURMP2qExl1cWWor9YPv Kansas City-based Dysart Taylor McMonigle Brumitt & Wilcox PC is 50% women-owned with the addition of two new partners.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 19:31:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5uZURMP2qExl1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo43WCWkDwU8jCejEQ2Mq9rY All that winning for Kansas City and the Chiefs — Super Bowl, NFL Draft, World Cup — keeps team President Mark Donovan's playbook pretty full. He sits for a Q&A to discuss all the balls he has in the air right now.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:35:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo43WCWkDwU8jCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5iwlu4WYTMp-zdsCmHakzH The team's worth rose 8% to $1.2 billion, but Major League Baseball's average growth was 12%. One prospect that could goose the team's valuation: a new downtown stadium and ballpark district.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:32:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5iwlu4WYTMp-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5iwlu4WYTMp11cWWor9YPv Great Range Capital acquires the Memphis-based business, which provides installation, cleaning and repair services to commercial and residential customers, focusing primarily on single-family and multifamily rental properties.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:28:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5iwlu4WYTMp11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5iwlu4WYTMp3n9ye8UNv30 A transaction involving the owner of an 80-person printing operation in Kansas City passes control of the company to a family's third generation.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:22:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo5iwlu4WYTMp3n9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo772vIdbcu5VCejEQ2Mq9rY Author and futurist Richard Florida shares his outlook on downtowns, cities' keys to success in the post-Covid-19 world and more in an interview for our Future of Cities project.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:17:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo772vIdbcu5VCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo6pQ-ctwkcp0OzdsCmHakzH The National Association of Insurance Commissioners picked COO/Chief Legal Officer Andrew Beal to be interim CEO in the wake of Michael Consedine's resignation.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:16:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo6pQ-ctwkcp0OzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo6pQ-ctwkcp0ClmFkX7M1Jw The Kansas City Council voted 9-1 to approve the City Harvest project, which will add a 13-story, 300-apartment building. Neighboring businesses worry that it won't provide residents with enough parking.]]> Fri, 24 Mar 2023 14:15:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/xqeiVMZ2jo6pQ-ctwkcp0ClmFkX7M1Jw