KANSAS CITY-Plans call for a new urbanism neighborhood, with 550 residential units, 50,000 sf of retail space and 16,000 sf of office space in long-blighted part of Downtown that once was the site of Municipal Stadium.

KANSAS CITY, NORTH, MO-Construction is underway on an additional 450,000 sf of warehouse space in Hunt Midwest Real Estate's SubTropolis. The new space will be a warm shellhouse warehouse that includes three buildings.

KANSAS CITY-Alternative newspaper Pitch Weekly is the newest tenant in the Crossroads. The Pitch inks a lease for a three-story building at 17th and Main streets, moving from the Congress Building at 3535 Broadway.

NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO-Operations will continue at the company's offices and warehouse on North Burlington Avenue, just north of Downtown. Parent company US Office Products Co., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

CLAYTON, MO- Charlesbank Capital Partners hires Colliers Turley Martin Tucker to manage a 650,000-sf class A office park with two multi-tenant buildings at Forsyth Boulevard and Hanley Road.

KANSAS CITY-International engineering firm Burns & McDonnell announces promotions of four employees to the rank of associate vice president while Junk Architects PC hires three architects and two interior designers.

EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY, MO- Anthony Barber's plan was to develop 2,400 acres between Lee's Summit and Lake Lotawana with residential and commercial projects. He blames lack of support from county legislators for the plan's demise.

KANSAS CITY, KS-Major improvements to Kansas City Kansas School District buildings are coming after passage of a bond issue. Commercial property owners will see increases --$235.25 for the owner of a $100,000 building.