The UMKC Bloch School of Business and Public Administration’s Lewis White Real Estate Center and the Allen and Gloria Block Family Foundation recently announced the formation of the Allen J. Block Scholarship Fund to support students at the Bloch School wishing to pursue a real estate career. Above, back row, from left are Stephen Block, [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Block scholarship formed, Aron in the Crossroads, Forecast for Lawrence
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Q&A with Ora Reynolds, new President of Hunt Midwest
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Ora Reynolds is the new President for Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development. Her responsibilities include overall management of Hunt Midwest’s residential, industrial and commercial properties — including SubTropolis, Hunt Midwest Business Center, and 12 master-planned residential communities. In addition, she focuses on expansion opportunities and strategic planning. Ora took over as President of the company [...]
BOMA program recognizes excellence, Power Partners ahead of trends
Thursday, January 21st, 2010The Building Owners and Managers Association of Kansas City held its regular monthly luncheon meeting recently at the KC Club featuring speaker Jim Peck (above), chair and chief elected officer of BOMA International. The mission of this association is to promote realization of the full value of the human, intellectual and physical assets of the [...]
January Deal Sheet
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010OFFICE
Uhlig LLC leased 77,828 square feet at Six Pine Ridge Plaza in Lenexa, KS. Kenneth Block, Gene Elsas, and Brian Bock of Block Real Estate Services represented the landlord. Rollie Fors, Tom Volini, Ed Elder, and Tom Haverty of Grubb & Ellis, The Winbury Group represented Uhlig.
Ferrellgas, LP renewed their lease of 28,582 square feet [...]
C.R.E.S. Management CEO focuses on retention, reducing expenses
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Teresa Lippert is CEO of C.R.E.S. Management, L.L.C. (C.R.E.S.), a Missouri-based limited liability company. C.R.E.S. is a well-known leader in the real estate industry, with expertise in acquisition, development, renovation, condominium conversion, and management of multi-family properties throughout the country.
CRES has received various recognitions for leadership, management and renovations, including 2009 Project of [...]
Real estate conference offers insights into various markets, trends
Thursday, January 14th, 2010From national real estate trends to discussions on the industrial and multi-family markets as well as the challenges of working with troubled assets, the eighth annual Integra Real Estate Conference at the Kansas City Convention Center this week hit all the hot topics.
More than 400 professionals attended the “Real Estate Trends & Investment Criteria Forecast [...]
Q&A with Walt Clements on real estate trends
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Walt Clements, CCIM, MRCM, is the Director of the Lewis White Real Estate Center in the Bloch School of Business at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. He is also a broker and developer with Grubb and Ellis, Winbury of Kansas City.
Walt has been in the brokerage business since 1971 and received his CCIM [...]
Lane4 to lease Merriam Village, MainCor discusses Main Street progress
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Developers Diversified Realty (DDR) has appointed Kansas City-based LANE4 Property Group, Inc. to lease Merriam Village in Merriam. LANE4 will immediately begin a leasing program focused on the Center’s available retail space and development parcels.
“LANE4 is pleased to be associated with an international owner and manager of shopping centers with significant holdings in Kansas City,” [...]
Q&A with top producer Keith Baker
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010Keith Baker, CCIM, has been a commercial real estate agent in the Kansas City area since 1985. At CB Richard Ellis just east of the Country Club Plaza at 47th and Grand, he specializes in representing tenants/landlords and buyers/sellers of office and medical office properties. In 2009, he was the top producer in the office.
Currently, [...]