KC SmartPort Blog

KC SmartPort officially elected Jim Roy, Vice President of Business Development for QPS Employment Group, as chairman of the KC SmartPort Board of Directors. Roy is joined by 30 additional members of the 2020 board of directors.

Q4 2019 in the Kansas City region ended with 1.4 million sq. ft. of positive net absorption, bringing the 2019 total net absorption to 6.2 million sq. ft.

Vanpooling helps groups of coworkers who live near one another to save time and money by commuting to work together each day

2019 industrial real estate deals are in the box but continue to be out of capacity with a shortage of supply. Kansas City continues to build.

Congratulations to our partners in Topeka on the announcement that Walmart is opening a new 1.8M-sq.-ft. Distribution center, joining its three existing distribution operations in the KC region.

Finkle + Williams Architecture provides planning, architecture and interior design services for clients throughout Kansas City, the United States and abroad.

PREP-KC improves college readiness and access to high-quality employment for students served by six of the two-state KC region’s urban school districts and four charter schools.

Two companies, Regal Art & Gift and Are You Game, have selected the Kansas City region for new distribution center operations with a combined $12.5 million investment.

Congratulations to our partners in Olathe on the announcement that Regal Art & Gift, a wholesale garden decor supplier, will open a new distribution operation, investing $5.48M.

Congratulations to our partners in Kansas City, Missouri on the announcement that University Games Corporation, a toy and game manufacturer, will open an eCommerce fulfillment, light assembly and distribution operation, investing more than $7M.