The Platte County Economic Development Council celebrated its 28th Annual Business Excellence Luncheon on Friday, December 7th at the Embassy Suites KCI. The main event sponsor was the Kansas City Aviation Department, Bank of Weston sponsored a gift item to all guests, Five Star Lifestyles was the award sponsor, Platte Valley Bank sponsored the event program, Zona Rosa was the …

The Platte County EDC is proud to announce its’ newest staff member.  Molly Ramirez has joined the PCEDC team in the Marketing/PR position.  She started on December 3rd.  To read more about Molly and her contact info, please click here.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Sept. 17, 2018) – Zona Rosa, a 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use town center in Kansas City, Mo., is now under the management of Trademark Property Company, a full-service real estate firm based in Fort Worth, Texas. The mixed-use center includes 983,016 square feet of retail space, 112,615 square feet of office space, 73 residential units, and over 100 …

Lincoln Rackhouse, a division of Lincoln Property Co., has acquired a data center campus in Platte County’s AirWorld Center. Located at 11155 NW Airworld Dr. in Kansas City, the two-building campus totals 259,111 square feet and is located on nearly 17 acres just west of KCI International Airport. To read Lincoln Rackhouse’ faull press release, click here, or click here …

The Platte County Economic Development Council held its Quarterly Member Luncheon on September 7, 2018 at the KCI Hilton. The luncheon was sponsored by TranSystems, and features a panel related to the theme of “All Things Transportation.” PCEDC Treasurer Mike Duffy, City of Riverside, served as emcee and kicked off the luncheon by recognizing elected officials, high-level PCEDC investors, board members, …

KANSAS CITY, MO – CVS Health officially announced the opening of a new retail distribution center in Kansas City, MO, located at 10711 North Congress Avenue in the Skyport Industrial Park.  When fully operational, the new distribution center will add more than 360 new jobs to the Kansas City area, as well as an additional 70 to 100 jobs through work with …

City of Kansas City leaders gathered in Kansas City, Platte County  to kick off a reconstruction project on NW Prairie View Road. 2nd District Councilmembers Dan Fowler and Teresa Loar  joined project representatives and partners at the August 6th groundbreaking. “This project is another example of patience and tenacity; a project many years in the making,” said Alicia Stephens, PCEDC Ex The  Prairie …

City of Kansas City and Platte County elected officials gathered in the Platte County on Friday, July 30th to attend a groundbreaking for the reconstruction project on Old Tiffany Springs Road. This project will upgrade Old Tiffany Springs Road from N. Congress Avenue to NW Skyview Avenue. Improvements include: new four-lane roadway with a median curb and gutter new sidewalk …

Office: Platte County’s office vacancy rate was 24.5% in Q2 2018, up from 21.6% in Q1 2018 but consistent with vacancy in Q2 2017, according to Costar statistics. The county currently has 911,055 SF of direct space available, and the average rate is $16.13/SF. Overall in the Kansas City metro area, the average lease rate is $19.50, according to CBRE’s …

234 Boardwalk-Antioch: Map – Schedule RideKC’s 234 Boardwalk-Antioch will be expanded to serve jobs in East Tiffany Springs and West Tiffany Springs, beginning Monday, July 2, 2018. New service will be added north of Boardwalk Square Park & Ride. The route will expand to add hourly service throughout the middle of the day on weekdays. See the map below for the new route. To travel …