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T’ähä Mexican Kitchen Will Open in Former Jax Fish House Space
T’ähä Mexican Kitchen will take over the recently closed Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar at Welsh Plaza, 900 W 48th Place in Kansas City, MO. T’ähä Mexican Kitchen is a new concept from owner and chef Fidel Gomez, of Little Hacienda. Little Hacienda has 2 locations in...
AREA’s Women in Commercial Real Estate 2023
Midwest Real Estate News is honoring the Midwest Women in Commercial Real Estate for 2023, and AREA is proud to be a part of this impressive group of women! AREA's Tiffany Ruzicka and Rachel West are an integral part of our retail team, and our company as a whole....
Sporting Kansas City Relocates its Office to River Market
Sporting Kansas City has signed a 30,000 square foot 10-year lease at 3Y, relocating the team's offices to The River Market. The Class A Office building is located at 300 Wyandotte and is owned by SomeraRoad. Sporting currently offices out of the Marietta Chair...
Banksia Bakehouse & Café Will Relocate and Expand Down(town) Under
Banksia Australian Bakehouse & Café will relocate their flagship restaurant a few blocks south to the first floor of Town Pavilion at 1111 Main Street downtown. The new location will take the former Plowboys Barbeque space on the southeast corner of 12th &...
KCBJ’s 2023 List of Top Commercial Property Managers
AREA's property management division has made the Kansas City Business Journal's list of top Commercial Property Managers, up 5 spots from last year. The list is made up of area companies ranked by local gross leasable square feet in 2023. AREA manages more than 4...
Romanelli Shopping Center’s Retail Revamp
Romanelli Shopping Center joined the Kansas City landscape in 1925. The center, designed by J.C. Nichols Company, sits at the southwest corner of Wornall Road and 71st Street. Its original retailers included a grocery store, pharmacy, cleaner and barber shop. Today,...
Hemma Hemma Expands with First Restaurant Concept
Ashley Bare, the chef behind the premiere meal delivery service, Hemma Hemma, will open her first restaurant concept later this summer. The 4,200 SF restaurant will take the former District. Pour House + Kitchen space in Waldo's Romanelli Shops. Hemma Hemma's fresh...
Circadian Intimates Fills Market Void with New Prairie Village Bra-Fitting Boutique
Circadian Intimates has announced a late May opening of its bra-fitting and intimate apparel storefront in the Corinth Quarter shopping center of Prairie Village, Kansas. After multiple Kansas City bra stores closed in the last year – including Victoria’s Secret –...
AREA makes KCBJ’s Largest Commercial Real Estate Firms
AREA has made the Kansas City Business Journal's list of Largest Commercial Real Estate Firms in the metro area. The list is made up of area companies ranked by dollar volume of sales and leases in 2022. AREA is ranked number 15 amongst the 35 companies included. AREA...
Hello Big Idea Signs New Office Lease off The Plaza
Hello Big Idea has signed a ten-year lease for 2,251 square feet of creative office space within American Century's Parkside Plaza in Kansas City, MO. They are currently located in the Mainmark Building in the Crossroads, with a lease that is up this May. The...