In 1985, Greg Walton founded Walton Construction, a privately owned construction company, in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. In two decades, Walton has become one of the top 100 general contractors in the United States, according to Engineering News Record, with annual revenue exceeding $800 million. Among the major projects Walton Construction has worked on are the Legends at Village West in Wyandotte County, Kansas, and the Zona Rosa mixed use development, along with many others. Along with having its headquarters in Kansas City, Walton Construction has divisions in:

• Dallas, Texas
  Dallas, Texas
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• New Orleans, Louisiana
  New Orleans, Louisiana
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• Shreveport, Louisiana
  Shreveport, Louisiana
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• Springfield, Missouri
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• St. Louis, Missouri
  St. Louis, Missouri
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