Declining office values are making conversion projects more economically feasible. We look at that development as well as other trends that are poised to shape how companies do business in our coverage for The National Observer.

Black & Veatch's mixed-use project will unfold over multiple phases and include a new headquarters for the global engineering firm, apartments, townhomes, office space, retail and a hotel.

801 Restaurant Group, the holding company for 801 Chophouse restaurants, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 10, but its eight restaurants nationwide continue operating normally.

The Mallouk Family Foundation will back an inclusive "play block" in Roy Blunt Luminary Park — and $30 million in total metrowide under its new Ten Park Project initiative with Variety KC.

Local developers earlier this year shared plans for a 33-story apartment high-rise near the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Their full project scope calls for three times as many new towers.

Yellow had a $1.4 billion settlement approved to cover most of its pension fund liabilities, but that's more than the cash it has on hand, potentially leaving unsecured creditors and equity holders with a shortfall.