Biederman Redevelopment Ventures aims to provide a boost for Lee's Summit retailers and private developers with new public spaces near City Hall, under the Downtown Market Plaza effort, similar to the firm's programming for projects like Bryant Park in New York and Salesforce Park in San Francisco.

SERV, the next portion of Launch Development's $97.5 million remake of the former Glenwood Plaza shopping center in Overland Park, is on deck for a sales tax exemption on construction materials.

The Power & Light District's new president covered multiple major Kansas City projects, both in the works and in concept stages, during a presentation last week.

Pembroke Hill School is expected to complete a nearly $52 million effort to build several new academic and student facilities while renovating others in early 2022.

Contingent on coming city approvals, Mac Properties could be on track for a first quarter 2023 groundbreaking on a $100 million mixed-use development at Main Street and Armour Boulevard.

In the last of our stories this year exploring 20 people to know in five industries, we turn to commercial real estate. These 20 people keep one of Kansas City's most vital industry sectors chugging along.