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Block & Company, Inc., Realtors began with the purchase of the Werby Realty and Investment Company in 1940. Plans were put on hold however with the outbreak of World War II. In 1946, brothers Allen J. Block and James H. Block returned from the war and began the business anew. Block & Company operated as a partnership until 1967, when it was incorporated as Block & Company, Inc., Realtors. Operations were headquartered in the Downtown Kansas City, Missouri office at 14th Street & Grand Boulevard until 1974 when Block & Company, Inc., Realtors moved to its current location in the Skelly Building on the Country Club Plaza at 605 W. 47th Street. David M. Block joined Block & Company, Inc., Realtors in 1975 as a Sales Associate concentrating on leasing, sales and development of retail shopping centers, restaurants, and investment properties. With the untimely death of his father, James "Jimmy" Block in 1993 at age 69, David assumed a leadership role at Block & Company, Inc., Realtors. Block & Company Archives |
