Episodes

  • How One Commercial Real Estate Broker Built a Brand That Wins Business | Eddie Lopez
    Jul 6 2026

    Can creating content actually generate commercial real estate business?

    In this episode of The Kansas City Market Pulse, Logan Freeman sits down with Eddie Lopez of Lee & Associates to discuss how he built a recognizable personal brand through his popular "Warehouse of the Week" property walk-throughs and why video marketing is changing industrial commercial real estate.

    Rather than relying solely on traditional brokerage methods, Eddie shares how consistent content creation has helped him build trust, educate clients, and stand out in one of the most competitive sectors of commercial real estate.

    In this episode you'll learn:

    ✅ How Warehouse of the Week started✅ Why video marketing works in industrial real estate✅ What buyers and tenants actually want to see in a property tour✅ How to build trust before your first client meeting✅ Personal branding strategies for commercial real estate professionals✅ The future of industrial brokerage, AI, drones, and digital marketing

    Whether you're a commercial real estate broker, investor, developer, landlord, business owner, or simply interested in modern marketing strategies, this episode is packed with practical insights you can apply immediately.

    Guest:
    Eddie Lopez - Lee & Associates

    Host:
    Logan Freeman - Midwest CRE Advisors

    📍 Subscribe for weekly conversations on commercial real estate, investing, development, data centers, industrial real estate, multifamily, retail, office, land, and the trends shaping Kansas City and the Midwest.

    #CommercialRealEstate #IndustrialRealEstate #CRE #CommercialBroker #IndustrialBroker #Warehouse #ContentMarketing #PersonalBranding #LeeAndAssociates #KansasCity #RealEstateMarketing #IndustrialProperties #PropertyTours #KansasCityMarketPulse

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    40 mins
  • Wyandotte County Development Update: New Hollywood Casino Hotel & Major Projects | June 2026
    Jul 3 2026

    A brand-new Hollywood Casino Hotel, new apartments near Rainbow Boulevard, residential growth, and industrial development highlight this month's Wyandotte County Planning Commission meeting.

    In this June 2026 Development Update, we cover:

    🏨 New 140-room Hollywood Casino Hotel

    🏢 Rainbow Boulevard Apartment Development

    🏘️ 15-Lot Residential Subdivision

    🏢 Parallel Parkway Commercial Redevelopment

    📦 Industrial Development at Leavenworth Road

    📍 June 8, 2026 Planning Commission Meeting

    Stay informed on the biggest commercial real estate developments happening across Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.

    Subscribe for monthly Planning & Zoning updates covering Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Lee's Summit, Wyandotte County, and communities across the KC metro.

    #WyandotteCounty #KansasCityKS #CommercialRealEstate #PlanningAndZoning #KansasCityDevelopment #EconomicDevelopment #IndustrialRealEstate #VillageWest #MidwestCRE

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    4 mins
  • Kansas City Development Update: 4901 Main, UMusic Hotel & Parade Park | June 2026
    Jul 1 2026

    Kansas City's June 2026 City Plan Commission meetings featured major redevelopment projects across the city.

    In this episode we cover:

    🏗️ 4901 Main Street Entertainment District

    🦁 Kansas City Zoo Education Building

    🏨 UMusic Hotel downtown redevelopment

    🏘️ Parade Park Phase One (187 apartments)

    🚜 New Tractor Supply in the Northland

    🏙️ Mixed-use, commercial, and historic redevelopment projects

    From downtown redevelopment to Northland commercial growth, here's everything you need to know from the June 2026 Kansas City Planning Commission meetings.

    Subscribe for monthly Planning & Zoning updates covering Kansas City, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Lee's Summit, Wyandotte County, and communities throughout the KC metro.

    #KansasCity #KCMO #KansasCityDevelopment #CommercialRealEstate #PlanningAndZoning #KansasCityRealEstate #KCMetro #EconomicDevelopment #MidwestCRE

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    4 mins
  • Lee's Summit Development Update: New Dillon's, Industrial Growth & Major Projects | June 2026
    Jul 1 2026

    A brand-new Dillon's grocery store, continued industrial expansion, and major commercial development highlight this month's Lee's Summit Planning Commission meetings.

    In this June 2026 Development Update, we cover:

    🛒 New Dillon's Grocery Store & Fuel Center
    🏗️ Lemone-Smith Business & Rail Center expansion
    📦 Industrial development along the M-291 corridor
    🚧 Infrastructure improvements supporting future growth
    📍 June 11 & June 25 Planning Commission meetings


    Stay informed on the biggest commercial real estate developments happening throughout Lee's Summit and the Kansas City metro.


    Subscribe for monthly Planning & Zoning updates covering Lee's Summit, Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, and more.


    #LeesSummit #KansasCityDevelopment #CommercialRealEstate #PlanningAndZoning #IndustrialRealEstate #RetailDevelopment #KansasCityMetro #EconomicDevelopment #MidwestCRE

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    4 mins
  • Overland Park Development Update: Aspiria, New Apartments & Major Growth | June 2026
    Jul 1 2026

    This month we're breaking down the biggest development projects from the June 8, 2026, Overland Park Planning Commission meeting.

    Featured projects include:

    🏢 Aspiria redevelopment updates

    🏘️ Stratford Square multifamily development

    🏗️ Blue Valley Crest & Metcalf Village

    🏨 StudioRes Hotel

    🏊 Wild Horse & Woodmyre amenity projects

    📋 Unified Development Ordinance updates

    From apartment communities and mixed-use redevelopment to hospitality and neighborhood expansion, Overland Park continues to be one of the fastest-growing cities in the Kansas City metro.

    Subscribe for monthly Planning & Zoning updates covering Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Lee's Summit, KCMO, Wyandotte County, and communities across the Kansas City metro.

    #OverlandPark #KansasCityDevelopment #CommercialRealEstate #PlanningAndZoning #JohnsonCounty #KCMetro #EconomicDevelopment #MixedUseDevelopment #MidwestCRE

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    4 mins
  • The Dirt Behind Data Centers: Land, Power & Brownfields with Kris McGee
    Jun 25 2026

    Kris McGee joins Logan Freeman on The Kansas City Market Pulse for a conversation about land, data centers, power, utilities, and brownfield opportunity.

    Kris is a commercial real estate land advisor, developer, investor, and founder of Dirt Dawg Land Advisory Services. With 32 years of experience and more than 1,100 personally closed transactions, he brings a practical perspective on where land opportunity is hiding right now.

    In this episode, Logan and Kris discuss how data center demand is changing the land market, why power, water, and fiber are becoming critical site-selection factors, and why old industrial and energy sites may be some of the most undervalued infrastructure assets in America.

    They also cover brownfield repositioning, land investment strategy, and what investors often miss when they only look for clean, easy sites.

    As Kris says: “I sell land. Sometimes it has stuff on it.”


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    48 mins
  • Is Kansas City’s Housing Market Shifting? Residential Update with Kent Welch
    Jun 24 2026

    Is the Kansas City housing market shifting — or simply normalizing?

    In this episode of The Kansas City Market Pulse, Logan Freeman sits down with Kent Welch, President and Co-Owner of Weichert Realtors – Welch & Company, for a residential market update across the Kansas City metro.

    Kent shares what he’s seeing on the ground with buyers, sellers, builders, pricing, inventory, affordability, existing homes, new construction, and submarket demand.

    They also walk through the latest Heartland MLS and KCRAR market data to discuss what the numbers actually mean heading into the second half of 2026.

    Topics include buyer demand, seller expectations, affordability pressure, existing homes vs. new construction, KC metro submarkets, and what to watch over the next 6–12 months.

    The big takeaway: Kansas City’s housing market is not crashing — it’s normalizing, and the story changes by product type, price point, and location.

    #KansasCityRealEstate #KCHousingMarket #TheKansasCityMarketPulse

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    40 mins
  • AI Data Centers in 99 Days? Navneet Aron on Speed-to-Power & AI Infrastructure
    Jun 17 2026

    AI is creating massive demand for data centers — but the biggest bottleneck may not be the technology. It may be the physical infrastructure required to support it.

    In this episode of The Kansas City Market Pulse, Logan Freeman sits down with Navneet Aron, Founder & CEO of Livio Building Systems, to discuss the future of AI data centers, speed-to-power, modular construction, power availability, and the infrastructure race behind artificial intelligence.

    As AI workloads grow, data center development is becoming one of the most important conversations in commercial real estate, construction, energy, and infrastructure. Developers, investors, operators, and communities are all trying to understand the same question:

    How do we move from land + power to live compute capacity faster?

    Navneet shares how Livio Building Systems is approaching that challenge through Livio AI Factory, a model focused on faster, more predictable delivery of AI-ready data center infrastructure.

    In this conversation, Logan and Navneet discuss:

    • Why AI demand is reshaping the data center industry
    • What makes AI data centers different from traditional data centers
    • Why speed-to-power has become one of the most important metrics in site selection
    • How power availability is changing commercial real estate and development strategy
    • The role of modular construction and panelized building systems in data center delivery
    • Why land, power, cooling, electrical infrastructure, and permitting are critical to AI growth
    • What developers and investors need to understand before pursuing data center opportunities
    • How communities should think about the benefits and challenges of data center projects
    • Why the future of AI depends on physical infrastructure, not just software

    If you are interested in data centers, AI infrastructure, commercial real estate, real estate development, energy, construction, or the future of compute capacity, this episode is for you.

    Guest: Navneet Aron, Founder & CEO, Livio Building Systems
    Host: Logan Freeman, Midwest CRE Advisors
    Show: The Kansas City Market Pulse
    Season 2 | Episode 27

    Subscribe to Midwest CRE Advisors for more conversations on commercial real estate, data centers, development, capital markets, construction, infrastructure, and the trends shaping the future of real estate.

    #DataCenters #AIDataCenters #AIInfrastructure #CommercialRealEstate #SpeedToPower #DataCenterDevelopment #ModularConstruction #RealEstateDevelopment #CRE #KansasCityMarketPulse

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    45 mins