Industrial demand around the Kansas City metro has remained strong, though low vacancy and a decrease in speculative construction probably will drive more build-to-suit projects. In this Q&A, a Newmark Zimmer associate director walks through how the sector will change.

Independence officials said that renovating the former GEHA offices as a new home for city utilities, then moving police operations from "unsafe" current facilities into the utilities' center, would be the most financially responsible way to address significant outstanding public safety needs.

Long neglected and now highly favored, a steady stream of new apartment, office and retail developments will start flowing into the area, reshaping the one-of-a-kind slice of Kansas City. The effort is led by SomeraRoad's half-billion-dollar-plus vision for redeveloping the neighborhood's central core.

Farm Fresh Market is preparing to occupy a 35,000-square-foot space that for decades housed Sun Fresh within the Red Bridge Shopping Center in south Kansas City.

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.