IFF's office in Kansas City, which serves all of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Southern Illinois, wants to put $1 billion to work over the next four years.

The bones of SomeraRoad's $526.7 million West Bottoms redevelopment are emerging. Builders are working on sidewalks, roads and a central public square with food and beverage offerings.

The company provides professional development training and sends its proceeds to fund student scholarships at Graceland College.

Plans submitted to the city officially confirm what store employees, neighbors and Kansas City officials have been saying for months.

The collaboration will add eight to 10 jobs over three years and help doctors faster identify qualified patients for treatments targeting rare genetic disorders and aggressive cancers.

Overland Park is weighing a four-step investment strategy to support mobility and infrastructure improvements along College Boulevard, which is seeing a run of large-scale projects such as Black & Veatch's proposed $1.34 billion mixed-use campus.