Local builders took out permits for 433 single family homes during June, the highest June number since 2007, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. With 433 single family permits issued during June, the year-to-date total for 2015 is 2,148. Multi-family construction continues to grow as June recorded 120 units making a year-to-date total of 1,528.

CBRE, Inc., the property management and leasing company for Hawthorne Plaza, announces the grand reopening of the neighborhood shopping destination located on the southwest corner of 119th Street and Roe Avenue in Johnson County, after a multimillion dollar renovation.

Dougherty will be responsible for ensuring all technology needs for Unbound are met in an efficient and secure manner. He’ll also be in charge of establishing the systems support necessary for both the network infrastructure and the application software for the sponsorship and donor system.

The U.S. Department of Labor released a draft regulation on June 30 that would increase the regular overtime salary threshold from the current $23,660 to $50,440. NAHB estimates more than 110,000 construction supervisors in the U.S. would be overtime-eligible under the proposal

Hope Faith Ministries, a Christian ministry dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of homeless and impoverished men, women and children in Kansas City, today announced the appointment of Brian Blevins as Executive Director and Katie Eck as Development Director.

Walz Tetrick Media was awarded Media Agency of the Year at the annual 2015 KC Media Mix Awards. The award was given to the “agency showing consistent growth and outstanding accomplishments in the industry and community.

Today, AT&T* expanded U-verse with AT&T GigaPower to residential and small business customers in parts of Independence, Mo., and surrounding communities.** Customers have a new choice for ultra-fast internet access from AT&T – delivering the speed customers need to power all of their devices and connect them to the content that matters most

Originally established in 1998 as KC CREW, new chapter bylaws approving the name change were adopted at the organization’s annual membership meeting held on Tuesday, June 23. The Kansas City chapter’s membership represents nearly every discipline within commercial real estate including law, brokerage, leasing, property management, finance, title/escrow, development, engineering, architecture, construction and more

The extremely rainy May weather caused delays in homes under construction and is reflected in a slight decrease in permit activity throughout the metro area as the number of permits issued decreased from April’s total.  With 392 single family permits issued during May 2015, the year-to-date total for 2015 is now 1,715 for the eight county metropolitan area.

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II released a statement on two historic rulings from the Supreme Court: the decision to affirm the availability of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act to individuals in States with a federal healthcare exchange, in King et al. v. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.; and the decision to affirm the use of disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs et al. v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. et al.

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) today passed the Ratepayer Protection Act, providing states relief from the EPA’s attempt to unilaterally regulate states’ electricity systems, and protecting Missourians from continued federal overreach that would raise utility rates for everyone

The bill would delay implementation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants until after federal courts have an opportunity to rule on the controversial regulation. It also grants states the flexibility to neither submit nor adopt plans to comply with the regulation and would relieve states from fulfilling plans deemed to have a potentially “significant adverse effect” on consumers’ utility rates.

The Country's leading real estate agent safety trainer lives in Kansas City, MO. According to Tracey Hawkins, a former agent who has spent over 20 years traveling the country teaching real estate agents how to work safely, the rape of the agent in Rolla, MO, has hit close to home. Rolla is 3.5 hours from KC. She says the recent spate of crimes against agents nationally, proves that a key component is missing in agent training.

Hannon brings to CBIZ 30 years of experience in all areas of insurance, including sales, claims, property and casualty, life, health, employee benefits and risk management consulting. Prior to his employment at CBIZ, he worked as a commercial and personal lines sales producer for White, Grego & White Insurance Agency in Kansas City

More than 192,000 people took to Facebook and cast 6.2 million votes vying to bring a $25k grant to their neighborhoods. State Farm is proud to announce the top 40 vote-receiving causes that will receive the grants to improve their communities.