LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — There’s no better time to clear out some old toys than after the holidays. Now one vintage toy collector is back in the Kansas City metro this week to buy them from you. Grocer opens Independence location where previous owner closed citing theft The Toy Scout is at the Fairfield Inn & … Read more
by: Connor Hart – Business Journal Posted: Dec 27, 2023 / 12:46 PM CST Updated: Dec 27, 2023 / 12:46 PM CST Missouri’s recreational cannabis market is poised to have a successful second year, Missouri Cannabis Trade Association Executive Director Andrew Mullins said. But the industry — which launched in February and in 10 months has grown … Read more
Kura Revolving Sushi Bar officially opened Friday on the Country Club Plaza, marking its first Missouri and Kansas City-area location. The high-tech sushi bar took over the space formerly occupied by health-focused eatery t.Loft, which failed to reopen after the COVID-19 shutdown in spring 2020. In a May city filing, Kura projected the buildout would … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The world’s smallest chef is cooking up a storm in one Kansas City kitchen. He’s called Le Petit Chef, and he started his career in Germany nine years ago. Now, the cartoon chef is cooking meals at the Hotel Phillips in downtown Kansas City along with 60 other locations worldwide. How … Read more
A team of Northland high school students hope a semester-long project will spark creative redevelopment ideas for Cerner Corp.’s former World Headquarters campus in North Kansas City, where more than 100 acres have remained vacant since the health care IT company’s departure last November. Five students in September began brainstorming campus concepts through the Northland Center for … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Easy in, easy out. Holiday demand at Kansas City International Airport feels more like a Christmas stroll. Airport officials said they’re pleased with the relaxed pace and steady flow in the airport’s new terminal, four days before Christmas’s arrival. They feel the terminal is passing a major test. The TSA projected … Read more
Bar K confirmed Monday that a deal to sell the Kansas City-based company has fallen through. In August, Arizona-based Diversified Partners — a commercial and residential real estate services company — issued a release saying that it was buying Bar K and planned to relocate the headquarters to Arizona. It also set an ambitious goal of … Read more
If you want to fly from Kansas City International Airport to Honolulu or one of these other U.S. airports, you’re going to have to make a connection. During the second quarter of 2023, all of the destinations below were drawing roughly 40 people daily from KCI even though they did not have meaningful nonstop service. … Read more
A global jeweler plans to open on the Country Club Plaza, taking over the former Himiway e-bike space. Los Angeles-based Himiway opened its showroom on July 17 at 230 Nichols Road in Kansas City, and it’s unclear when it officially closed. Founded in 2017, Himiway sells a variety of electric bikes with a range that’s … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City’s mayor said he’s more optimistic than ever about the future of the Country Club Plaza. Mayor Quinton Lucas and a delegation of city leaders returned Tuesday night from a visit to Dallas, meeting with developers planning to buy the Plaza. Projects that could break ground after potential Plaza ownership … Read more