Rose Construciton broke ground recently on a 9,000-square-foot office/manufacturing center at Parkside Business Center near Ridgeview and Kansas City Road in Olathe. Above, owner Morgan Rose with project manager Michael Doran, owner Chris Herre, and architect Chris Bell. “We expect completion to be the middle of August, weather permitting,” Herre said. “The concrete wall panels should start construction in about 30-45 days and take about two weeks to complete. ” The building is the new home of Delka Designs, LLC, a custom interior design/build company that specializes in custom furniture, interior architectural pieces and hand-made trophies and awards. According to The CoStar group, this project represented the only industrial building in the five-county area to begin construction in the second half of 2009, and the third industrial building start for the full year. Russell Pearson and Nathan Anderson of Harbinger Property Group represented Rose in the transaction.
BRGR opens in Prairie Village’s Corinth Square Shopping Center
Jeff Berg, senior vice president and principal of Lane4, owners of the Corinth Square Shopping Center, came to the VIBE (very important burger eater) opening of the new BRGR Kitchen + Bar restaurant with his wife, Jamie Berg. They talked with owners Alan Gaylin and Bridget Grams (above) as the evening got underway with free-flowing food and drinks for all VIPs. Below, Bob Fagan (right), Senior Vice President at CB Richard Ellis, brought a group of family and frends to the party.
Shirley Harpool heading to Haiti
Shirley Harpool, CCIM, Varnum/Armstrong/Deeter, (above left ) is heading to Northwest Haiti on April 23 for mission work, and she’s getting lots of support from her colleagues. When she made her first trip lin 2008, “As a commercial realtor specializing in site selection for national retailers, corporations and institutions I first checked in with my clients. They all told me to go ahead. As part of the preparation, I then found out that each of us were allowed two 50 lb. crates to take with us to Haiti. One crate was to hold over-the-counter medicine. The other crate contained necessary medical supplies for the doctors. But things changed suddenly! Haiti got hit hard by hurricanes. Food and water became scare. We stopped collecting medical supplies and started accepted food donations. Many began donating food for me to take to Haiti, including those where I work.” For her second trip, she’s getting that same support and more, especially from her friends at CREW. Her list of needs includes adult, child, and prenatal vitamins, antibiotic ointment, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, gauze and bandaids. To give, contact Kathy Lapp at Kessinger/Hunter & Co., 816-936-8534, or klapp@kessingerhunter.com.