The Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City received a third-party analysis establishing the need for public financing to back Lux Living's high-rise project at 14th and Wyandotte. But then the developer wanted commissioners to consider TIF for a greater amount than assessed in the analysis. That has the TIF Commission hitting pause on the request.

Developers George Birt and Taylor McKee hope to break ground next year on an 88-apartment complex in Kansas City's River Market area.

A joint venture on Monday began tearing down the historic building. The owners for some time had described the 121-year-old structure as too far gone to restore and now think its underlying 6.23-acre land site will draw greater interest from prospective buyers.

A joint venture on Monday began tearing down the historic building. The owners for some time had described the 121-year-old structure as too far gone to restore and now think its underlying 6.23-acre land site will draw greater interest from prospective buyers.

As of last week, Andy's Frozen Custard has opened 14 dessert shops in the Kansas City metro since 2015. That number may increase further in coming years, including with a potential location in a redevelopment of a former Northland mall site.

A three-story office building in south Kansas City is part of a 3.5 million-square-foot real estate reduction initiative announced by the General Services Administration.