JOHNSON COUNTY, KS-The new mayonnaise and margarine production plant and distribution facility is 240,000 sf and one of 30 at the business park located at Interstate 35 and 175th Street.

KANSAS CITY, KS-The 150-room hotel at Fifth Street and Minnesota Avenue here is the first for Downtown in nearly six years. The Unified Government of Kansas City, KS and Wyandotte County is partnering with KCK Hotel Group.

KANSAS CITY-Talk in the Brookside neighborhood shopping district still swirls about national retail coffee chain Starbucks opening in the shopping district with the recent departure of Espresso Ah La Cart.

KANSAS CITY-The company will manage two Firstar buildings in the city--Firstar Tower at 1101 Walnut St. and a building at 4900 Main St.--and is negotiating to purchase Overland Park Trade Center.

KANSAS CITY-The city's TIF commission ends the developer's rights to create a $628-million project in the Power & Light entertainment district. The city claims Regent Partners defaulted in its obligations.

LEE'S SUMMIT, MO-A branch of the Kansas-based bank will be located in the Chapel Ridge Shopping Center, near Interstate 470 and Woods Chapel Road, by the end of spring.

OLATHE, KS-The outlet store in the Great Mall of the Great Plains closes as a result of the retailer's filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

LEE'S SUMMIT, MO-Planning commission recommends a plan by AMLI Residential Properties to build a 300-unit apartment complex near the historic Longview Farm property despite strong opposition from neighboring residents.