The Kansas City Royals' due diligence for a $2 billion new ballpark and baseball district has included 14 prospective locations in or close to Downtown.

A development team proposes remaking the 178.5-acre Shamrock Hills Golf Club in Lee's Summit into a sports entertainment venue, multifamily and single-family residences, and other mixed-use elements, on top of new public sports facilities that the parks department has touted as a need.

Sustainable Development Partners proposes a 100-apartment community outside the Plexpod Westport Commons coworking facility in Midtown. The newly filed plans would require relocation of an organic urban farm operated by Cultivate Kansas City.

Local developers Andy Mackey and Brian Mertz have started on the first of two Class A multifamily phases planned within Chapel Ridge Business Park in Lee's Summit. The Chapel Ridge Apartments will deliver almost 400 as the city projects thousands of new residents in decades to come.

California-based Farallon Capital Management LLC recently sold Ward Parkway Shopping Center to a Texas-based commercial real estate developer and investor. The highly visible shopping center is anchored by tenants including AMC Theatres, Old Navy and Ulta Beauty.

In the works for more than a year, the North Liberty Logistics Park could see a prolific Kansas City builder start construction next year on the first among nine industrial buildings across 360 acres, just northeast of a future commercial area that will be reserved for automotive sales.