Kansas City-area projects to watch in 2021 stretch across multiple property types and include multifamily, office, mixed-use and industrial developments.

Shawnee officials' bond plan will help finance a 35,000-square-foot mixed-use effort by Box Real Estate Development LLC at the "Nieman Catalyst" site, at the southeast corner of Nieman and Roger roads.

The Kansas City streetcar's southern extension officially has its federal ticket to ride, with the signing of the largest transit grant in the region's history. The Federal Transit Administration on Friday executed a $174.1 million Full Funding Grant Agreement, through its Capital Investment Grants Program, with the city. The move formally locks in the remaining federal contribution to stretch the streetcar 3.5 miles south along Main Street, from Union Station to the University of Missouri-Kansas…