Kansas City Business Journal

The grand opening is expected to include two public events — a workforce appreciation event and a community open house — and a private formal gala celebration.

The Leawood-based company has been sold to Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., which got its start as a three-employee St. Louis startup in 1969.

With 15 years of health care roles in the U.S. Army under his belt, Richard (Wes) Hoyt will take the reins at Saint John Hospital in Leavenworth. Hoyt, who will take over as CEO on June 1, has served in medical leadership positions from the local to international levels. Most recently, he has been the COO at Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System in central Kansas for more than five years.

This week's The Playbook Edition looks at the bleak outlook for more Covid-19 small-business funding, why return-to-office plans are stumbling and the challenges women are facing in the Covid-19 labor market.

Two former Clemons real estate agents who developed expertise in 1031 exchanges have co-founded a new real estate investment services firm focused specifically on the tax-saving transactions.

For the first time in two years, entrepreneurs from across the Midwest traded their Zoom conferencing garb for black-tie attire at the Pipeline Innovators 2022 Gala. The gala was held Friday evening at the Abbott on 1901 Cherry St. in the Crossroads Arts District, honoring the Innovator of the Year from both the 2020 and 2021 classes, the 2022 Fellows class and the 2022 Pathfinder cohort.

The end of the SBA's last big Covid-19 small business relief program was an abrupt end to some business owners' long quests for a loan.

The surging Hawaiian Bros restaurant chain has brought on board a new CFO with years of industry experience. Kansas City-based Hawaiian Bros hired Breck Templeton as its CFO. The company announced the hiring on Thursday, although Templeton’s LinkedIn profile says he’s been on the job since March. The...

Building mixed-use projects in existing downtown areas presents challenges, but the developer of The Vue is ready to take up another such project.

Employers are adapting their policies at a rapid pace in the pandemic era — particularly on high-stakes topics that could have long-term effects on their businesses.

J. Rieger & Co. will add Kansas City-made, bottled in bond straight bourbon to its lineup starting June 2, with a release of 5,500 bottles in Missouri and Kansas.

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that Gene Bicknell was a Florida resident at the time of the $165 million sale of NPC International, so the state erred in charging him $48 million in income taxes.

New Century Commerce Center kicks off phase one — two industrial spec buildings totaling more than 1 million square feet — and has confidence the planned second and third phases will follow soon after work on the first concludes. And waiting in the wings: potentially adding a 300-acre "fourth phase."

Ebony and Daniel Edwards bought a Kansas City lumber yard with the hope of reinvesting in the East Side and strengthening trust between neighbors and developers.

Will there be another effort for more Covid-19 relief funding? Here's a closer look at the future of small-business funding efforts.

More than 200 people gathered Thursday evening to honor and celebrate the 16 companies chosen as the Kansas City Business Journal’s Champions of Business for 2022. The dinner event was held at the Loews Kansas City Hotel. Companies are selected for the Champions of Business award by a panel...

The past 40 years have seen the population and housing stock in Lee's Summit grow by 250%, and development has followed that growth. This installment of Turning Points takes a look at the metro's sixth-largest city through the lens of key data.

Raff Sadun had an eventful five years at SelectQuote, helping steer it through plenty of growth and awards, as well as the first all-virtual IPO in the middle of the pandemic.

Autonomous vehicle company Gatik and its customers, including retail giant Walmart, now will be able to put medium-duty driverless delivery vehicles on the road in Kansas after Gov. Laura Kelly’s signing of a bill last week. The law allows fully autonomous trucks — meaning without a human safety driver...

Acendas Travel is a 2022 Champions of Business honoree. Read on to learn more about the company.