The building housing the renowned Arthur Bryant's Barbeque restaurant sold to a new ownership group headed by a growing local food and beverage entrepreneur.

Walt Disney's former Laugh-O-Gram Building along the Troost Avenue corridor for years has been slated to be remade with a digital learning training facility, interactive museum and coworking space, among other uses. Pending a recent bid for state tax credits, the approximately $7 million effort could begin in earnest next fall.

As The Cordish Cos. continues to build Three Light and sign tenants in the Kansas City Power & Light District, the developer conceivably could expand the entertainment zone's boundaries down the road, based on the limited number of sites remaining for future projects inside the current borders — and the city has agreed to provide incentives to more projects than there appears to be room for.

NorthPoint Development now can proceed with its 373-unit ArriveKC multifamily complex northwest of 31st and Main streets. The $130 million project will see portions of the oft-vandalized former Trinity Lutheran Hospital demolished, more than 20 years after the facilities were shuttered.

An ongoing lawsuit about Missouri's police funding mandates has given birth to a cross claim that Mayor Quinton Lucas says has the potential to force the city to breach all of its existing development incentive obligations.

An investor group that includes Exact Architects, Select Sites LLC and MR Capital Advisors looks to start advancing a $9.8 million, 39-loft conversion of the historic Carnival Building in the Quality Hill neighborhood before the year's end.