Tag: real estate

$20M project expected to remove key barrier to unlocking 18th & Vine vibrancy: parking

admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 18:28:19 +0000

It’s more than just a parking garage, said Pat Jordan, revealing a plan to develop a state-of-the-art, transit-oriented parking facility in the heart of the historic 18th & Vine District is about opening a gateway to the entertainment and cultural hub.

It’s Hot. It’s Mysterious. It’s on the Upper East Side?

admin — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:55:00 +0000

Photo: Paolo Cruz

I suppose I should know at this point that if you want prime real estate — say, a townhouse on East 74th — you should be prepared for a bidding war. So it goes lately with Chez Fifi, a 1920 townhouse turned pocket-size French bistro on 74th and Lex. Since its opening in January, Fifi has been, by seemingly universal agreement, both unbookable and unmissable.

Rooftop Austin’s Bar & Grill just one step in unlocking Olathe’s ‘downtown renaissance’

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 23:33:58 +0000

A century-old building in downtown Olathe will get new life as an indoor/outdoor restaurant complex known as County Square Commons — anchored by the popular Austin’s Bar & Grill.

Blackhole Bakery plans bodega-style expansion for second location: a West Plaza ‘blank canvas’

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:00:02 +0000

During his five years operating on Troost, Jason Provo said real estate agents often approached him, asking, “When are you going to leave and get a big boy spot in Leawood?”

Now the owner of beloved Blackhole Bakery is planning his second location. But not in Johnson County.

Bird Flu Wiped Out His Entire Farm

admin — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 12:00:22 +0000

Photo: George Etheredge for New York Magazine

At the beginning of the year, Doug Corwin’s duck farm was thriving. By January 13, one of his barns held 12,000 two-week-old ducklings. It was cold, but they looked healthy. Another flock of 800 birds, six to seven weeks old, was doing well too. “They were absolutely beautiful,” Corwin says, sitting at his desk in Aquebogue, just east of Riverhead.

Cook to CEO: Chad Offerdahl sticks to Big Biscuit basics as breakfast industry trends funky — ‘That’s not us’

admin — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:55:10 +0000

Chad Offerdahl’s journey with The Big Biscuit didn’t start in an office — it began in the kitchen, explained the CEO of the fast-growing, locally owned breakfast brand. That’s where he first learned the classics that define the company, its mission and the menu.

“I started as a cook,” said Offerdahl. “I trained in the original two restaurants for months, cooking, serving, rolling silverware, and setting tables.”

‘Invest with women we know’: This $1.4M wellness hub project is redeveloping one neighborhood from within

admin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 20:45:51 +0000

It’s an old real estate adage: “Buy the worst house in the best neighborhood.”

Longtime Kansas City commercial broker Sheryl Vickers said it also applies to business properties, “one thousand percent.”

Like twin mid-century office buildings just over the Missouri/Kansas state line in Prairie Village.

Entrepreneurship is the path to freedom; how Black business pioneers’ legacies still stand today

admin — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:08:54 +0000

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Brandon Calloway is CEO and Co-Founder of Generating Income For Tomorrow (G.I.F.T.), and now writes a weekly blog, The Equity Advocate.

Tractics partners with UK software company to ground heavy construction market with powerhouse cloud platform

admin — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 01:34:00 +0000

Integrating a Kansas City startup’s construction management tech within a global software provider’s solutions for small businesses builds on both brands’ strengths and trusted products, said Tyler VanWinkle.

Houston-based fund leads effort to restore KC’s iconic Garment House with $3.2M already invested

admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:19:00 +0000

A strategic investment in Kansas City history is expected to bring new purpose to a downtown building known locally as The Garment House — creating what developers envision as an eclectic, but contemporary experience.

Irish favorite won’t reopen after chef’s killing; Brady & Fox could never be replicated, building owner says

admin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 21:01:53 +0000

The restaurant space previously home to East Brookside’s Brady & Fox is now available for lease, its owner confirmed, noting the building has been dark since the shooting death of beloved Kansas City chef Shaun Brady, a steadfast leader within the local Irish community.

“We’ve been working with the family and we have all agreed that it is time to lease the space to another restaurant,” said Butch Rigby, owner of the building at 751 E. 63rd St.

Could 2025 Really Be Lure’s Last Year?

admin — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:00:50 +0000

Photo: Courtesy of Lure

Within the frenzied world of mid-aughts digital media, an industry centered for the most part in a few blocks of Soho, there may as well have been only two restaurants: Balthazar, for breakfasts, and Lure, for lunch. At Keith McNally’s brasserie, one rubbed shoulders with tourists and children over omelettes and fruit plates.

New Texas BBQ spot cooking in Westport; pitmaster says he’ll have the best brisket in KC

admin — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:10:09 +0000

Five years after a one-time Westport ice house was renovated for food operations, Kevin Bulgerin wants to bring a taste of Texas barbecue to the site — and potentially add a new BBQ favorite from within Kansas City’s historic entertainment district.