Northpoint Development started demolishing a blighted former hospital in Midtown to make way for a luxury apartment complex along the southern streetcar extension.

Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman issued an open letter on Tuesday saying when the team hopes to announce its preferred site for a proposed new stadium and entertainment district. Competing are the East Village in Downtown and a collection of properties in North Kansas City.

The Unified Government temporarily paused a recent request for qualifications seeking developers for the former Indian Springs Mall property and two other sites after a minority-owned firm's lawsuit alleged "unexplained technical glitches." The episode represents just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the UG's economic development dysfunction, the group argued in a letter to Mayor Tyrone Garner.

The office lead for Cushman & Wakefield in St. Louis now also takes over as top executive with the firm's Kansas City office. She'll travel between both offices as her predecessor, local real estate veteran Gib Kerr, remains with Cushman as a full-time broker.

A Lenexa developer has seen tenants lease most industrial space in the Southpark Commerce Center in Olathe about seven months after its completion. The industrial park's brokers say its activity is a testament to local demand for small- to midsize manufacturing and distribution spaces.

EPC Real Estate Group secured Port KC's expression of intent to provide incentives for 74 Broadway, a $90.3 million, 278-apartment complex on a full Waldo neighborhood block.