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Posted July 30, 2026 Overland Park-based Mariner has promoted Brad Rollins to chief investment officer. Rollins has been with the firm for over 10 years and has more than 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. He first joined Mariner in 2025, where he began as the director of portfolio implementation. “I’m grateful for the opportunities I’ve had over the past 18 years in this industry.

Posted July 30, 2026 Gladstone-based Curry Real Estate Services announced it has completed a transfer of ownership to a family partnership led by its vice president, Matt Pepper. The transaction transfers ownership of Curry Real Estate Services and a majority of its real estate interests to a family partnership led by Matt. He will lead the ownership group alongside his brother, Ben Pepper, according to a release shared with Ingram’s.

Posted July 29, 2026 Kansas City Hickory Provisions, a barbecue meat distributor owned by the Fiorella-Dorman family, announced its plans to create a new distribution facility in Harrisonville, Missouri. Kansas City Hickory Provisions (KCHP) will occupy a former Walmart building located at 2000 N. Commercial St. in Harrisonville. The 72,000-square-foot facility is slated to open in early 2027 and be USDA-inspected and SQF-certified, according to a release.

Posted July 29, 2026 Kansas City Chiefs announced that Populous will be the lead design architect for the team’s new practice facility and headquarters in Olathe, Kansas. The $300 million practice facility is scheduled to open in 2031. Earlier this month, the team announced Burns & McDonnell will be the owner’s representative of the facility and will serve as the Chiefs’ advisor for the development.

Posted July 28, 2026 Mission-based SkillPath, a professional development training nonprofit, announced it has named Erica Jones as its first chief growth officer. In this newly created role for the organization, Jones will lead SkillPath’s enterprise growth strategy, with responsibility for revenue generation, demand generation and pipeline creation.

Posted July 28, 2026 The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced it will award $34 million to KC BioHub to accelerate biomanufacturing innovation and growth in the region. Kansas City BioSecure Manufacturing Tech Hub (KC BioHub) has been awarded $38.1 million; a four-year award will fund five projects designed to strengthen the region’s biomanufacturing ecosystem.

Posted July 28, 2026 The Kansas City Chiefs named Manica Architecture as the firm to design its new $3 billion stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, in 2031. Kansas City-based Manica was named the lead design architect for the Chiefs’ new stadium. The new state-of-the-art stadium will feature an enclosed roof with translucent UV-resistant solar panels. The new stadium is also expected to seat approximately 70,000 fans and have more than 20,000 parking spots.

We’ve paired this annual Corporate Report 100 edition, ranking and recognizing fast-growth companies based in this region, with the theme of wealth management, banking and financial services for decades, and for very good reason: Companies go through cycles, and nearly all firms included in this month’s edition of Ingram’s are going through a significant growth phase. Some are perennial players in this annual ranking now 41st iteration.

The wave of organized opposition spreading across the Kansas City metro—from Peculiar’s preemptive ban in 2024 to this year’s dust-ups with Independence’s tax-abatement fight, Gardner’s withdrawn proposal, Edgerton’s hold, Jackson County’s moratorium, the gathering pushback in Leavenworth County—has produced some legitimate scrutiny and some lazy symbolism. The work of distinguishing the two is overdue. Start with what the opposition has gotten right.

The conversion came quickly. I was driving south on Main Street toward the Country Club Plaza when I heard a ruckus coming from Mill Creek Park, site of the erstwhile J.C. Nichols Fountain. “What are they protesting now?” I asked myself. Turns out they weren’t protesting at all. They were cheerleading for Argentina’s national soccer team in anticipation of that evening’s game at the erstwhile Arrowhead Stadium.