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Gladstone Fire Station No. 2 renovation, expansion coming

GLADSTONE — Roughly two years ago, Gladstone voters approved a half-cent city sales tax aimed at improving police and fire facilities while aiding in recruiting and retention of personnel. One of the biggest areas of focus is the outdated Fire...

Developer and architect selected for North Jacksonville VA clinic

Kansas City-based architect Hoefer Welker and Kansas City developer US Federal Properties announced March 1 they were selected to design and build...

Hoefer Welker launches Engineered Performance Solutions, in-house MEP engineering service

On the heels of its 25th anniversary, Hoefer Welker – a multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm – has introduced mechanical, electrical...

Architecture firm will move to OP as first new tenant at Aspiria campus

About two years from now, one of the Kansas City area’s foremost architecture firms could become one of the first newcomers to the former Sprint...

Editor’s Briefing: Firm’s designs on growth reshape its operations and the KC landscape

“Big plans” was the headline of the 1998 story written by my late, great colleague Jim Davis about Hoefer Wysocki Architects. The firm, then two...

Hoefer Wysocki rebrands to reflect president’s ‘instrumental’ role

Despite a rebrand, a Kansas City-area architecture firm won’t have to update initials on any monogrammed towels. Leawood-based Hoefer Wysocki...

Hoefer Welker debuts on firm’s 25th Anniversary

Founder/partner Mitch Hoefer and president/partner Rob Welker announced a company name change – from Hoefer Wysocki to Hoefer Welker – at an internal...

Announcing our new name – Hoefer Welker

New name focuses on partner leadership, coincides with 25th anniversary We are announcing our firm’s new name Hoefer Welker, effective February 15,...

Preliminary plans surface for redevelopment of former Sprint Corporation headquarters campus

Transformation plans of former Sprint acreage in Overland Park have been brought before the City Planning Commission by its new owner, Occidental...

COVID-19 almost stopped medical project, but a doctor was determined to move forward

The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t stopping Dr. Jeff Livingston from moving ahead with his long-time dream of building a state-of-the-art medical facility...

MWM panelists agree: 2020 inspired new opportunities, perspective

Nearly 100 Kansas City-area commercial real estate professionals gathered at Stone Pillar Vineyard & Winery on Wednesday for MWM’s annual KC Market...

Streetcar Land Rush: Apartment Plan Would Keep Iconic Katz Drug

Main Street Apartment Boom In The Works The iconic Katz Drug Store at Westport Road and Main Street would be saved as the centerpiece of a 192-unit...

Historic Katz Drug building could see 192-apartment addition under new owner

The St. Louis developer eyeing apartments in place of a former Faultless Healthcare Linen industrial building in the Crossroads Arts District...