Archive for July, 2010

Stone Canyon boasts Greg Norman golf course, Brookside charmer, stats show bargains

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

Golf course living and a wide variety of choices when it comes to home-building has made the Stone Canyon community a popular draw in eastern Jackson County.  Boasting a picturesque, Greg Norman-designed golf course (above), Stone Canyon also features panoramic views in the rolling hills of Missouri.  Stone Canyon offers two distinct communities: The Retreat, with [...]

IREM members enjoy T-Bones win, CREW event focuses on networking

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

The Kansas City Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management hosted its annual night at the T-Bones last week. Over 50 friends and members (above) were in attendance for the T-Bones win, with four home runs before the 7th inning stretch.  

The warm night of baseball was preceded by a BBQ cookout in the parking [...]

Wednesday Profile w/ Orion Property Group

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Orion Property Group is about working as team. Principals Michael Napovanice, Nick Moos and Bill Charcut (below) describe their company as being “boutique-type management style,” meaning that all clients get the assistance, perspective and expertise from an entire team of professionals.

Charcut, Moos and Napovanice formed a partnership and transformed the Neighborhood Group into Orion Property [...]

Clements starts new club, Embassy Landscape provides curb appeal on a budget

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

A new President’s Club formed by Walt Clements (above), director of the Lewis White Real Estate Center at UMKC,  reads like a who’s who list within the local commercial real estate industry — and that’s exactly what Clements wanted. “We really want to capitalize on the synergy of the various commercial real estate groups in [...]

New trend: evening open houses, stats show suburban bargains, off-Plaza living at low price

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

When most of us hear about an “open house,” we think about a Sunday afternoon or those great Tuesday lunch tours, but a new trend is emerging. This new trend, especially among upper bracket properties, is to have an evening open house, complete with drinks and hors d’oeuvres. This week, agents at three upscale properties combined forces [...]

July Deal Sheet

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

July Deal Sheet
Industrial
Cole Harford sold 50,000 square feet of industrial space to Linen King, LLC located at 2600 Maguire Boulevard, Columbia, MO. D. Edward Elder, SIOR of Grubb & Ellis|The Winbury Group represented the Seller in the transaction, and Paul Land of Plaza Real Estate represented the Buyer.
The Industrial Fumigant Company, LLC leased 10,436 [...]

CREW fast forwards to 2040, SubTropolis expands, Design Mechanical launches ‘University’

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

What will Greater Kansas City look like in 2040? CREW members got a quick look into the future at their monthly luncheon, thanks to guest speaker Frank Lenk, Director of Research Services, Mid-America Regional Council (above with KC CREW Chapter President Diana Ennis with Stewart Title and program coordinator Jenni Glass with the Overland Park Economic [...]

909 Walnut going condo, stats show home resale gains on Kansas side, 68th Street Tour features stunning homes

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

Adding to the progressiveness of downtown Kansas City, 909 Walnut (center above), one of the tallest residential buildings in the Midwest, announced that it’s undergoing a condo conversion after five years of rentals, which was required when the building was developed with historic tax credits. The change will take effect in October, said Alan Waterman, [...]

Wednesday profile w/ RED Development

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

MetroWireKC sat down with (above) Dan Lowe, managing partner, and (below) Dave Claflin, vice president of marketing, over at RED Development, LLC, to get their take on the commercial real estate market and to hear about projects and developments RED is working on. Both Lowe and Claflin said though times weren’t exactly easy at RED [...]

IRS center moving to Station, Johnson nabs awards, IREM enjoys day on the links, Openings in Park Place 95

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Add the IRS to the list of tenants moving to Union Station.  The IRS will relocate its Taxpayer Assistance Center from Bannister Road to a new space inside Union Station this fall. The IRS will occupy 4,400 square feet of space near the west lower-level entrance. Zimmer Real Estate Services, L.C. represents Union Station and the [...]