Rebuilding The Kansas City Skyline
In addition to building suburban shopping centers they made their mark with the construction of Kansas City's two tallest buildings—the Town Pavilion in 1986 and One Kansas City Place in 1987. The buildings changed the landscape of downtown Kansas City where the Kansas City Power and Light Building had stood as the tallest since 1931. One Kansas City Place is twenty one feet taller than the Gateway Arch.
In 1985 and 1991 he and Morgan were listed on the Forbes list of richest Americans with more than $500 million in assets.
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