Community benefits, public financing sources and ownership of a new ballpark remain open questions, as Jackson County lawmakers prepare to consider an April ballot question on the Royals and Chiefs' existing sales tax.

Thomas "Buzz" Willard, who for years led Tower Properties, retired from the company at the end of 2023. He hopes Kansas City officials will continue building on the urban core revitalization he and other downtown advocates worked to advance.

CBRE's workplace app aims to give tenants a tool to help employees feel more engaged when they're at the office, providing info on goings-on in and around the building, plus other features. The firm's metro office says the app has been a differentiator for Overland Park properties where it's in use.

Movement on a new Kansas City Royals stadium and other big development projects should come, and fairly early, in the new year.

Here's a look inside the Child Protection Center's freshly renovated offices along Kansas City's southern streetcar extension, where the 27-year-old nonprofit relocated this summer.

Bondholders were notified that the Overland Park project had missed its first maturity date for a tranche of nearly $65 million in STAR bond debt.