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Clean-up in Aisle 3 Could Hy-Vee be planning additional stores in Columbia? And could those additional stores be positioned near existing Wal-Mart Supercenters? Rock Bridge Shopping Center? Payback...

Commercial real estate agent Paul Land of Plaza Realty has his work cut out for him. Rents have risen significantly in Columbia, largely because of escalating construction costs,...

As Columbia builds a technology-led economic-development strategy, many see a key component falling into place: a business incubator to support the development of early-stage technology companies linked to...

Owners of the downtown Regency Hotel are close to securing the $17 million they need to raze the structure and build an upscale hotel that will be run...

When your job is pet waste disposal, it pays to have a sense of humor in your marketing. Scoop-N-Doo in Columbia popularized the “Got Poop?” slogan, modeled after...

As Columbia moves toward the rededication of the renovated Wabash Station this fall, it seems appropriate to look back at how the city wound up with the building...

Late last year, Tom Shimmens, longtime senior vice president and manager of Central Bank’s real estate department, looked into the phenomenon of subprime mortgage lending and saw it...

There is little doubt that the first component is in place for a technology-driven economic development strategy to take hold in Columbia. The University of Missouri-Columbia is a...

The time has finally arrived. Your child soon will enter college. You’ve been dreaming, planning and saving for this day since your child could barely walk. Now that...

Veteran developer Rob Wolverton’s analysis of the local real estate market and the city’s breakdown of sales tax revenue illustrate how the sharp decline in residential construction has...