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.

The Royals previously have said they winnowed potential downtown stadium sites to two finalists: the East Village and North Kansas City. But now the team also appears to be talking to The Cordish Cos. about a site at the Star's former printing press and offices — just across Interstate 670 from the Kansas City Power & Light District.