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United’s morning MCI-IAD flight is being upguaged to an A319 (mainline) from a regional jet for S19.

Refreshing to see a city that gets it and ultimately is going to prioritize great design and visitor experience. https://voteord21.flychicago.com/vision/pages/default.aspx It isn't that KC doesn't get it. It is that O'hare will be pulling more pax and higher paying pax through their new terminal th...

“My guess is that the shutdown will affect the EA, but I can’t say for sure because the regional office has been unclear on some of the departments — who’s working and who’s not,” Klein is starting to drive me nuts. Make some calls/emails, see who is working. This "guessing" ho hum answers aren't a...

GRID wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:52 am

Seems like Three Light might be dead. Any time a project drags out this long, it typically dies.

Not necessarily since we had heard updates would come April 2019

Although Somera isn't ready to reveal specifics, it does plan to upgrade the 30-story, 663,656-square-foot office tower, spokeswoman Hope Wheeler told the Kansas City Business Journal. Located at 1100 Main St., City Center Square includes tenants such as the Kansas City Business Journal, Alight Ana...

Two running against her Nope 11 or 12 running for mayor. Chastain got a distant third last time. With so many well known names he's at least going to be in 7th place. Three current council members are running unopposed, one replacement member is as well. A full third of the council is effectively a...

My napkin math shows that the purchase and lease up to 85% of City Center Square will push the downtown class a vacancy down to around 9%

beautyfromashes wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:21 pm

Someone tell me about Steve Miller. He has the second most cash on hand and talks about building infrastructure including expanding streetcar. Good background of running infrastructure projects which would be good for airport progress. Have never heard of him though.

Recent/ former head of MODOT.

FangKC wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:49 pm

Where are the AT&T staff moving? Does anyone have any idea how many people work there?

Strava

These aren't exterior shots but they are renderings of what the rooms will look like. https://www.cvent.com/venues/kansas-city/hotel/loews-kansas-city-hotel-opening-may-2020/venue-335777ec-52ac-412a-a4f3-718511d01e56?aCode=GNNCYYGHQ83 Is the tax rate really going to be 18%? Regardless, this hotel i...

Wouldn’t we see some permitting activity this month if that is the case?

^ Seems to me not a bad thing to see alternatives and then push Edgemoor to produce a better product and speed up work. They better get busy or they will lose this contract. Just getting the bid and skating isn’t going to get it done. Why would the Edgemoor team continue to sink millions more (at t...

3 council members have approached AECOM and Burns and MAC for their updated numbers on a new terminal. How can we expect Edgemoor and the airlines to continue progress if we,the city, act like this? We want Edgemoor to continue to work at their own risk yet we also approach outside firms - letting E...

Project Price is now over $800million. Opportunity zones are being looked at due to potential financial bonuses. The East Loop and West Bottoms areas are both opportunity zones. West Bottoms sounds like the better option to me. Opinions?

KCPowercat wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 10, 2019 12:54 pm

This airport committee meeting makes me think we don't have the best people in the room to make this deal in city staff.

My belief in the need to replace a certain member of the city council has been reaffirmed.

FI announced today that they will ending service to BWI- a city they added alongside KC. This could mean that KCI service is not yet set in stone. However, I have heard that sales are strong so far. I'm pretty sure that this may not have anything to do with their KCI service. From what I gather, th...

Sounds like Justin Meyer knows a few members of Moxy Air’s new development team. Hopefully we can get Moxy service or become a focus city. Moxy is a start up airline by the same guy who started JetBlue, Azul and who owns TAP and a few others. I have heard that this airline will focus heavily on tec...

FI announced today that they will ending service to BWI- a city they added alongside KC. This could mean that KCI service is not yet set in stone. However, I have heard that sales are strong so far.

I would imagine Hotel Bravo and Loews will be on this list (maybe the top) once they open.

Land acquisition costs and legal expenses are extremely high. Its the main reason CalTrans project is way over budget. Literally paying almond farms decades of future profits for running HSR through their land. Chinese govt does not have that problem. Best bet is to upgrade shorter, highest density...