Annual MGA event draws crowd
It was a packed house for the Missouri Growth Association’s fourth annual Kansas City Networking Event earlier this month inside the Hart Associates Showroom in downtown KC. Guests mingled and talked up some business as they enjoyed an open bar and buffet. Above, Amber Kuhnert with LANE4′s marketing team and John Hassler with Zimmer greeted guests. Hassler is new with Zimmer and works on the industrial side of the business.
Host Ann Auer mingled with Michael Nguyen of IronStone Bank and Jack Hanrahan of Hanrahan Investments.
Chris Sally with Development Initiatives joined his wife, Julie Sally, with Clear, a public affairs firm representing MGA for this event. Chris Sally recently leased 4,000 square feet at the First & Main office building, where two condos are currently for sale.
Mitch Reiber with Terracon, Jeff Placek with McCown Gordon Construction, MGA President Wendy Timm with Conrad Properties Corp., and Brett Gordon with McCown Gordon. Timm took advantage of the networking event as she discussed a few deals under her belt, such as the sale of luxury condominiums.
Jim Potter with Development Initiatives and Shelly Doris with CAM enjoyed the buffet. Below, Austin Baier with LANE4 and Richard Bennesch with Novogradac & Co., a firm that offers market analysis and evaluation for developers appplying for low-income tax credits. Over at LANE4, Baier is keeping busy with property management, including the new Longview Park buildings.
Steve Gasperi with Block & Co. Inc. Realtors secures deal for Noodles & Company
Steve Gasperi of Block & Company, Inc., Realtors, who exclusively represents Noodles & Company in Kansas and Missouri, negotiated a lease for the restaurant’s seventh restaurant in the metro area at 7600 State Line Road in Prairie Village. The restaurant (above) is already under construction and should open by mid-September. Westwood Financial represented the landlord in the transaction. Gasperi said Noodles & Company won’t stop with this new addition. “Noodles & Company is still looking to open 14 more restaurants in Kansas and Missourin the next three years,” he said. We see lots of noodle dishes in Gasperi’s future.