Recent ceremonies for projects like SouthPointe and The Mohawk marked progress. However, infrastructure needs and environmental remediation are delaying vertical construction.

While McCownGordon will work on its first Major League Baseball stadium, JV partner Mortenson has extensive experience with such projects.

The Country Club Plaza added multiple first-to-market tenants this year and has more on the way.

Hy-Vee will fill a spot in the Overland Park shopping center that until February held a Price Chopper store.

Wyandotte County leaders' chief concern was that Kansas could change the boundary of the stadium project's STAR bond district without UG approval.

The Kansas City Council on Thursday approved the Royals' $3 billion master plan for a mixed-use ballpark district in Crown Center, as well as funding mechanisms for nearly $1.4 billion in stadium debt service the city agreed to cover over 30 years. The critical votes leave mostly administrative steps before the team can start moving dirt.