My man Elon Musk, the real life Tony Stark (Iron Man) is one of those individuals that come along every century that enjoys “eating glass and staring into the abyss of death” and changes the world. If you don’t know much about Elon, or want to see what true human potential look like, check out… Read More “ obsession’ has a bad rap.”
CREDIT MATT HODAPP / KCUR Kansas City Council has approved a $15 million agreement with San Francisco based Cisco Systems Inc., to turn a two mile stretch of the streetcar line into a “Smart City” network. The project calls for the creation of interactive digital kiosks that share information about events and city services with… Read More Kansas City To Become The Largest ‘Smart City’ In North America
Original Post Curbed.com Today, April 22, 2015, is Earth Day and throughout the day Curbed is going to be bringing you news from the worlds of sustainable design, architecture and general innovation awesomeness. The E+ Highland Street townhouses in Boston, MA—All photos courtesy of the AIA Earth Day comes once a year, but rest assured… Read More Earth Day Edition: Stylish 2015 Sustainable Buildings
Source: Bloomberg Post Laurence D. Fink (Founder & CEO of Blackrock Inc.) says the wealthy are ditching gold as the traditional safe haven and investing in apartments in cities like New York, London, and Vancouver. “Historically gold was a great instrument for storing of wealth,” the chairman of BlackRock Inc. said at a conference in Singapore on Tuesday.… Read More Investing in Apartments & Art is the New Gold
Ron Beit is the developer who is leading the charge in revitalizing the once distressed city of Newark, New Jersey. Ron was able to bring the innovative AeroFarms to be developed with the help of the prominent ‘Homeless Billionaire’ Nicolas Berggruen, Goldman Sachs, and Prudential Financial. The new 69,000-square-foot complex will also contain labs, offices and a cafe… Read More Abandoned Factory Transformed to Vertical Indoor Farm
I had the pleasure of attending TEDxKC in 2014, there were many great speakers, however this presentation had the biggest impact on me. The presenter was Jase Wilson a Kansas Citian, MIT Graduate, Founder of many successful tech companies, and an urban advocate. Feel inspired?
Pretty graphs & charts indeed, I am not an economist, but in layman’s terms I would say that we are in the middle of HOT warm Kansas City economic market. Best Industries Construction, Lodging and Mining +9.7% Professional Business Services +4.5% Financial +4.4% Worst Industries Government Services +1.8% General Service +0.7% Information -1.3% Unemployment Trends Seasonally Adjusted Employment Job Postings… Read More A Little Kansas City Economics (Pretty Graphs & Charts Ensued)
According to research done by Zillow, Kansas City saw an increase 8.5% in annual growth in rent prices, at a medium monthly rent price of $1,214. Kansas City ranked number 4 in year-over-year change in price of rent, we know that this is happening because the demand is higher than the supply of desired downtown apartments. You… Read More Kansas City Makes List of Highest Rent Price Increases in America
ORIGINAL POST –> UBER’S IMPACT ON KANSAS CITY MARCH 24, 2015 POSTED BY ZACK SLEZAK Uber has completed hundreds of thousands of trips in Kansas City since launching here in May, 2014. We’ve taken a look at what this means for the entrepreneurs providing those rides. But what does it mean for riders? Transportation as reliable as… Read More Does UBER Prevent Potential DUI Fatalities??
“Downtown Kansas City is getting to the level, in terms of economic activity and development, of markets like Nashville and Portland and Austin, and that’s a pretty exciting statement for Kansas City.”Two Light is on. –Nick Benjamin (Executive Director at The Cordish Co.) The plan for Two Light has been accelerated due to a waiting… Read More “Downtown KC getting to the Economic/Development Level of Portland and Austin” -Nick Benjamin
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