2016

Work in Progress: American Campus Communities U Centre

Purpose: Student housing apartments. Size: Five-story apartments with five-story garage. 3.8 acres, over 700 residents. Dates: August 2017 completion. Nestled snugly into a 3.8-acre pocket of land surrounded by MU campus and Providence Road, two new student housing buildings are being constructed from the underground up by Texas housing company American Campus Communities. Set […]

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A man in a light blue shirt and glasses sits on a beige sofa reading a book. Behind him are shelves filled with books and a flat-screen TV. The setting appears cozy and studious.

Caring for the Aging

Features

Retirement communities expand to meet the needs of a growing senior population.

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Broadway, Downtown Columbia

Flashback

Broadway has always been an integral part of the Downtown Columbia Historic District, one of the areas on the National Register of Historic Places. This western view shows that, at one time, vehicles parked in the middle of Broadway. A historic building of note is part of the original Stephens Publishing complex at 1020 to

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Mike Matthes: So, Why a City Manager?

Community, Voices

Almost three score and ten years ago (no kidding), Columbia voters discarded the political party system and adopted a council-manager form of government. In 1949, we were categorized as a city of the third class — meaning 3,000 to 30,000 citizens, much smaller than today — but experiencing post-World War II growing pains, as the

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Starr Properties: Bookends of Broadway

Business Update, Working

Starr Properties expands with second commercial development. From their office on West Broadway, three of Starr Properties’ leaders joke that, in May, they will have both ends of Broadway covered. They’re opening their second commercial development, Old Hawthorne Plaza, on East Broadway. Their first commercial development, the 90,000-square-foot Broadfield Center on West Broadway, hosts the

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360-degree StorySphere: Patriot Place Construction

Daily News

At CBT, we want to immerse our readers in the stories we tell about Columbia’s business community. That’s why we’re debuting our first StorySphere, a 360-degree multimedia picture (Forgive some of the stitching issues, like that telephone pole floating in mid-air). Explore the construction site of Patriot Place, an apartment complex dedicated to ending veteran homelessness.

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The Greenest House on Earth

Features

Local architect Nick Peckham leads the passive build industry. I turn onto Country Club Lane looking for the “greenest house” I can find. I’m imagining a house made entirely of glass, or one with a large sculpture made of recycled soda cans built into the shape of Mother Earth. The only thing architect

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PYSK: Karen Brown, Boone Central Title Co.

PYSK, Working

Karen Brown President | Boone-Central Title Company | Age: 60 “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. That is especially true of the people that work with you.” Job description: Whatever it takes to make BCT and BCT’s employees successful. Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: My whole life, minus one year. Original hometown: Columbia,

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John John, RE/MAX Boone Realty

11 Questions, Columbia Business Times Archive

What’s your specialty and why? Columbia is too small to be overspecialized, but I tend towards investment properties. My background is finance, and I have a great deal of experience with determining a sound investment. Each investor has different needs, so it isn’t one-size-fits-all. What’s the most interesting way that development has changed

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Reshaping Real Estate

Business Improvement

Over the past year, I have had more than a few startup ideas and pitches thrown my way. I have to say, the market that I have found most interesting and intriguing has been real estate. We have obviously moved past the days of the 2008 housing market crisis, and I think it’s fair to

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