Archive for the ‘Commercial Friday issue’ Category

Downtown tour next week, ECA prevents power problems

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

A panel of Downtown residential experts recently gave the Downtowners group a preview of next weekend’s “Downtown Homes Tour.”  The panel, Gary Hassenflu, Christina Boveri, Alan Waterman and Glenn Solomon, talked about the latest trends and developments in living in condos, lofts, homes and apartments from the River Market to Martini Corner. 

Babette Macy with Kissick [...]

CCIM members party at The Cashew, Zimmer wins award, City Center Lenexa welcomes Lifetime Fitness

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

KC CCIM hosts networking event at The Cashew
The CCIM crowd packed the upstairs party room at The Cashew last week for a fun-filled evening of drinks and appetizers. Above, Dave Anderson and John Thellman with Thellman Financial Corp.
Vince MigLiazzo with Mark One, a sponsor of the happy hour,and Kirk Sherman with Zimmer enjoy the view from the [...]

CCIM talks growth, Freight District auction nears, City Market property manager nabs top award

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

 CCIM talks growth

CCIM & Missouri Growth Association presented “Government Affairs and its Effect on Kansas City Real Estate” recently at its monthly breakfast meeting at Mission Hills Country Club. Above, event speakers Brian Grave, lobbyist for Missouri Growth Association, with Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Jeff Kaczmarek, CEO of the Economic Development Corp., and Luke Bell, [...]

CREW hears from LANE4, Downtowners hit Boulevard Brewery

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

 
Hunter Harris with LANE4 gives update on project near KU Med Center
Hunter Harris, Director of Development with LANE4 Property Group, Inc., was the guest speaker at a recent CREW luncheon. Harris gave a presentation on LANE4’s latest development, 39Rainbow. 39Rainbow is a 140,000 square foot mixed-use project located adjacent to Wyandotte County’s largest employer, the University [...]

CCIM event focuses on finance, Harbinger crowns ping pong champ, Block wins high honor

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

CCIM breakfast speakers explore financing issues in today’s economy
Bess Kessinger with Q10 | Triad Capital Advisors, and David Kenner, Levy and Craig, PC (above with Bill Fair) along with John Parker of  Q10 | Triad, (below with Steve Coon of Rapid-Built Properties, LLC)  gave an update on the real estate debt markets – how we got [...]

Commercial Realtors nab awards, Troy Schulte at ULI event

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

It was the best of the best who gathered at Plaza III recently for the 2010 Commercial Realtor Awards and Networking Reception, presented by The Realtors Commercial Alliance of the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors.  The group opted for a more casual venue this year to make the evening more laid back and entertaining. Above, Ken Block (with Gene Elsas [...]

Happy Hour benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Earlier this month on Thursday, March 11th MetroWireKC hosted its first real estate happy hour benefiting the 2010 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man of the Year Campaign. MetroWire’s very own Charlie Nielsen is a candidate for this year’s Man of the Year Campaign.  The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society plays a fundamental role in helping to provide financial and [...]

Rose breaks ground, Lane 4 welcomes BRGR, CCIM member heading to Haiti

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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 [...]

Point Commercial makes its mark, author talks urbanism, BOMA in Washington

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Last March wasn’t the best economic climate to be launching a new business, especially in commercial real estate. But with more than a decade of commercial real estate experience behind him,  Jared Frost forged ahead and founded Point Commercial.
And now that he and the other company principals, Erik Murray and Jeff Dozier, are approaching the company’s [...]

KCIC gives out ‘Brick by Brick’ Awards, B2B gathers at Pitney Bowes building

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

The Kansas City Industrial Council (KCIC), the voice for infrastructure, recently awarded its ”Brick by Brick Awards” to industrial businesses that have made significant investment and contributions to Kansas City’s economy. The awards luncheon was held at the College Basketball Experience, where guests, including Rachel Norton with Tetra Tech and Gerald Smith with Kansas City, Mo., (above) tried out [...]