Tag: real estate

New deal with lightwell keeps WeWork in Kansas City after closing Corrigan Station space

admin — Tue, 07 May 2024 16:02:21 +0000

A freshly negotiated lease agreement with the developer behind the lightwell building in downtown Kansas City means WeWork will continue its two-floor coworking and flexible office space operation in the heart of the city’s central business district.

The Magazine Staff That Bought Its Favorite Restaurant

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:30:49 +0000

New York Magazine

For New York’s anniversary, we are celebrating the history of the city’s restaurants with a series of posts throughout the month. Read all of our “Who Ate Where” stories here.

What Is Alex Jones Doing in This Tiny Far West Texas Town?

admin — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:40:00 +0000

Startup Weekend winners could have a billion-dollar solution for struggling taxpayers

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 18:16:29 +0000

Organizers of Missouri Startup Weekend predicted this year’s winner could be poised to be the competition’s next billion-dollar alumni.

Solvtax presented the weekend’s winning pitch: a solution for avoiding financial implications through better business and personal property tax management.

The idea struck a chord with entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs in both the audience and judge’s panel — earning the first-place prize of $15,000 and an opportunity for $150,000-plus in investment resources.

Advocate knocks mayor for Troost renaming delay; calls slave owner tie KC’s ‘dirty laundry, reeking from the basement’

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:16:46 +0000

Kansas City can no longer whitewash its history to pretend Benoist Troost — an early KC doctor, slave owner and the namesake for Troost Avenue — was anything other than a monster, said Chris Goode, pointing blame at Mayor Quinton Lucas for a stalled effort to change the east side corridor’s controversial name.

Passing the keys, passion: How a new wave of small biz owners plan to preserve beloved local brands

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:27:40 +0000

Some have been customers; some employees. Now they’re the new owners of popular local restaurants and retail shops. As founders step aside, fresh sets of entrepreneurs step up in hopes of carrying on the goodwill and loyal following these brands have built up, some for decades.

John McClelland and his brother-in-law, Johnathan Griffiths, work together at Liberty Fruit Co. One day, they Googled “best sandwich near me” and Breit’s Stein & Deli came up.

WeWork closing Corrigan Station, once a core hub for Kansas City’s startup community

admin — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:18:52 +0000

Coworking giant WeWork on Thursday confirmed the planned closure of its Corrigan Station location in Kansas City — a space once closely intertwined with the local startup scene and its flourishing culture of innovation.

“As part of WeWork’s strategic restructuring efforts, we have made the difficult decision to end our operations at Corrigan Station,” a WeWork spokesperson told Startland News.

“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”: A Veteran East Texas Legislator Reflects on Getting Rolled Over by Greg Abbott’s School-Voucher Crusade

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Troost entrepreneurs laying cornerstones of east side’s emerging restaurant row

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 21:42:37 +0000

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Kansas City PBS/Flatland, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, The Kansas City Beacon, and Missouri Business Alert.

Click here to read the original story.

Plexpod Westport closing Feb. 29; offices to remain but under new management, branding

admin — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:09:04 +0000

The spacious classrooms-turned-offices retrofitted for large startup teams at a site once billed as the world’s largest coworking space never regained their pre-pandemic demand, said Gerald Smith, confirming the sudden closing of a Plexpod location that for years epitomized Kansas City innovation culture.

$60M investment for Urban Outfitters’ clothing rental sister brand expected to create 750 KC jobs

admin — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 21:46:32 +0000

RAYMORE, Missouri — The opening of a 600,000-square-foot fulfillment center for Nuuly, a women’s clothing rental brand, is an exciting moment for the region, said Chris Gutierrez, buoyed by company officials’ plans to create 750 new jobs over the next five years.

Nearly $500K in renewed MTC funding for LaunchKC expected to empower early-stage tech startups for years

admin — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:14:59 +0000

A popular entrepreneur support program is getting fresh funding from the State of Missouri to continue its competition for non-dilutive grants, along with offering winning companies office space, educational programs, and access to mentors.