An international battery maker based in Slovenia looks to open a $15 million facility to support battery assembly, distribution and sales in Liberty, the Kansas City Area Development Council announced Wednesday.

Red Oak Capital Holdings officially has listed a pair of parcels at 14th and Wyandotte streets for sale through Hilco Real Estate, after multiple closing extensions with Lux Living last year did not yield a successful transaction. A "world-class" mixed-use, multifamily or hotel project could take the place of Lux's 14 Wyandotte plan under new ownership, recent listing materials say.

In a new interview, Mayor Quinton Lucas addressed sites and potential city ownership for a Royals ballpark in Downtown, as well as the improvements that could follow the Country Club Plaza's planned sale.

Block & Co. Realtors Inc. recently sold an approximately 1.2-acre infill property between Brookside and the Country Club Plaza. The buyer looks to finish a renovation by midsummer.

In early December, Google secured city planners' conditional approval for a 315.3-acre data center campus in the Northland. A few weeks later, the search engine giant bought an even larger site for a data center several miles to the northwest.

Kansas City planners this week disagreed with the PIEA's finding that a half-block in the Crossroads Arts District last occupied by a commercial tenant about a year ago should be deemed blighted so future bank offices would be eligible for incentives.