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Copaken Brooks

Logo: copaken-brooks.com3

US commercial real estate developer

Copaken Brooks, formerly Copaken, White & Blitt is a privately owned full-service commercial real estate developer headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, that has developed, leased, managed and owned many of the significant "signature properties" in Kansas City, as well as other cities across the US. Today, they maintain a nationwide client base, providing expert representation and advisory services for tenants, landlords, corporations, investors and developers throughout the United States.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1922Founded1

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Copaken Brooks, formerly Copaken, White & Blitt is a privately owned full-service commercial real estate developer headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, that has developed, leased, managed and owned many of the significant "signature properties" in Kansas City, as well as other cities across the US. Today, they maintain a nationwide client base, providing expert representation and advisory services for tenants, landlords, corporations, investors and developers throughout the United States. Services include: Corporate Services Advising, Tenant Representation Advising, Brokerage Advising, Investment Acquisition, Land Acquisition, Development, Owner's Representation, Build-To-Suit, Leasing (Office, Retail, Industrial, Medical Office, Underground), Property Management, Facilities Management, Asset Management, Multi-Family Management and Leasing, and Investment Sales.2

The story

The firm, originally known as Copaken Realtors, was founded by Herman Copaken in 1922.

In 1965, the company changed its name to Copaken White & Blitt when the brothers-in-law, Paul Copaken, Lewis White, and Irwin Blitt, took over running the company.

In the 1960s and 1970s the company developed several shopping centers including Mission Center Mall, Oak Park Mall as well as the Eastland Mall in Bloomington, Illinois, Hickory Point Mall in Forsyth, Illinois, and Rockaway Townsquare in Rockaway, New Jersey.

The company also sold the property to Sprint and Black & Veatch Corporation to build their corporate headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. In 2008, it developed the headquarters for Applebee's.

In 2010, Copaken White & Blitt merged with First Scout Realty Advisors.

In March 2022, the company celebrated 100 years of business.

In 2023, the company merged with CBC Real Estate Group, which it has been partnering with since 2022.

From Wikipedia’s article on Copaken Brooks, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1922Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.1M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $1.1M in all. PPP loans $1.1M.$0$500K$1M$1.5M2020 · PPP loans: $1.1M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$1.1M$1.1M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 11, 2020$1.1M PPP loan (first draw) from Enterprise Bank & Trust5To COPAKEN BROOKS LLC, Kansas City MO; $1.1M forgiven Nov 19, 2020

Sources

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