Since starting in the real estate business in 1946, Barney sold, leased, developed and built millions of square feet of industrial and commercial buildings throughout the U.S. for many companies such as Borg-Warner, General Electric, Sunkist Growers, Armstrong Cork, TRW, McCormick & Co., Southwestern Bell, National Steel, Coca-Cola, AT&T, Contel, Sysco Foods and Ford Motor Co. He established B. A. Karbank & Co. in 1950, and served as its Chairman until his death in 2005. His many professional and business affiliations included:

Karbank Real Estate Company specializes in the brokerage and development of industrial, office and commercial real estate. Founded in 1950 by Barney Karbank, we have represented clients in the lease and sale of hundreds of millions of square feet of property in our home base of Kansas City and throughout the United States. In our development work, we focus on designing and constructing high-quality buildings that are efficient to operate and are productive and pleasing places in which to work. We retain ownership and management of the projects we develop.

Our commitment is to provide our clients with the best properties available to meet their company's functional and financial goals. We value client relationships and approach our work with a long-term perspective.