The Kansas City streetcar's 0.7-mile extension from the River Market to Berkley Riverfront will cost approximately 75% more than the most recent previous figure project stakeholders had budgeted for.

BrandsMart vacated a prominent 20,000-square-foot brick building in Kansas City's Waldo neighborhood almost two decades ago. The structure's longtime local owners now are lining up a pair of new retail concepts after years of on-and-off renovation work.

Future development of three publicly owned properties in or near UMKC's Health Sciences District will help position the area as a world-class destination for health care service, research and education, Kansas City officials wrote in a recent request for proposals.

The Kansas City Royals may be continuing environmental due diligence — this time, in North Kansas City — ahead of a selection for where the team will pursue its $2 billion-plus stadium and ballpark district project.

The Plaza Tennis Center has been a fixture of the historic Kansas City shopping center for 95 years, but city leaders for some time have entertained ideas for relocating the courts to open space for a potential mixed-use project site.

The Discovery Park master plan, led by Intrinsic Development, has been in the works in Lee's Summit for more than two years. Site work for the project's first phase — which targets 585 apartments, two hotels, copious commercial space and a recreational lake — began recently.