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by bspecht
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Downtown Buildings with Activity
Replies: 604
Views: 391893

Re: Downtown Buildings with Activity

929 Walnut being renovated by Exact. What was the outcome of LCRA this week? A team of Exact Architects and MR Capital Advisors wins incentive approval for an $11.1 million conversion of a historic downtown building that was the city's first to be built specifically for storing real estate records....
by bspecht
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:00 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 437
Views: 174806

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Many 503(c)(3)s no longer have to report who they receive their money from. KCT had $1.22M in bank at end of 2022.

You can see KC Tenants financials + Form 990s here: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprof ... /845137189
by bspecht
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Parking
Replies: 10
Views: 2980

Re: Parking

Kansas City's latest national pub highlight! (lowlight?)

Want your city to thrive? Start by rethinking parking lots.
https://wapo.st/3VDeTf4
by bspecht
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Aladdin--boutique hotel by Holiday Inn
Replies: 148
Views: 34883

Re: Aladdin--boutique hotel by Holiday Inn

Aladdin is under contract to be turned into 100+ apartments.
by bspecht
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:58 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 475
Views: 307009

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

Presented at today's Finance committee. https://clerk.kcmo.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6586847&GUID=CA10932D-082D-475C-9B0B-109E9BC57D86&Options=&Search= https://i.ibb.co/RQf0FkS/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-10-54-30-AM.png https://i.ibb.co/f8YDPCv/Screenshot-2024-03-27-at-10-54-45-AM.png ...
by bspecht
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:24 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Phase 2 streetcar to North Kansas City
Replies: 334
Views: 66330

Re: Phase 2 streetcar to North Kansas City

$1 million in the 2023/24 Missouri budget to advance NKC study. These are real dollars from the budget that was enacted. Does not appear the where ever spent. What more is there to study honestly? They’ve done all the work, they just need funding mechs to secure construction from the sound of it En...
by bspecht
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - East Village
Replies: 1907
Views: 283855

Re: OFFICIAL - East Village

Feel free to get inspired by the ULI Hines student competition submissions:
bspecht wrote: Thu Dec 15, 2022 6:28 pm Presentations: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... d3swjpZm_l
by bspecht
Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Overhaul of Kansas City incentive policies
Replies: 21
Views: 1228

Re: Overhaul of Kansas City incentive policies

Bough taking action here. Authorizing the City Manager to execute a sole source professional services contract in an amount not to exceed $135,000.00 with Angelou Economics for the creation of a comprehensive economic development policy and strategic plan; and authorizing the City Manager to enter i...
by bspecht
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8390
Views: 8108454

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

KCPowercat wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:19 pm Where is the agreement with the neighborhood association?
https://twitter.com/KCCrossroads/status ... 5768370508
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by bspecht
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:25 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8390
Views: 8108454

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

CBA documents are here. https://twitter.com/MannyAbarcaIV/status/1770563035586859492 https://twitter.com/MannyAbarcaIV/status/1770563980374704209 https://i.ibb.co/ZdXwdbr/GJJNsc-UX0-AIf-ZAG.jpg https://i.ibb.co/R7PT2K4/GJJNsc-NXs-AAYSfc.jpg https://i.ibb.co/7pM4bkt/GJJNsc-MWEAAs-D5m.jpg https://i.ib...
by bspecht
Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8390
Views: 8108454

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Royals EVP says they will be subsidizing relocation costs, new leases, tenant improvements & other employee needs for affected Crossroads businesses. https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-cit ... l/60259017
by bspecht
Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8390
Views: 8108454

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Some CBA details coming out.
https://twitter.com/AlexGold/status/1770528743108268140
https://twitter.com/bobfescoe/status/17 ... 6643084356
Combined the Royals and Chiefs have pledged to give back $266 million dollars to Jackson County w a yes vote. The Royals at $140 mil is the largest CBA in MLB
by bspecht
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Atlas 303
Replies: 73
Views: 29976

Re: Atlas 303

Circularization status from FAA, due by 4/11/24.
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/se ... =581561922
by bspecht
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:37 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Sad...
Replies: 52
Views: 1919

Re: Sad...

Policy win for the city of Austin and KC should look to them to see what they did to allow for the building of so many apartments in such a short time Every tech firm opened an office there within 6 months of each other, ATX didn't say no or try to get in the way of the development that followed. S...
by bspecht
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:29 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Replies: 13
Views: 34499

Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District

TIF in front of Finance committee tomorrow. https://clerk.kcmo.gov/LegislationDetai ... FullText=1
by bspecht
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Redevelopment of old Quartermaster Depot site at Hardesty and Indy Ave.
Replies: 36
Views: 11151

Re: Redevelopment of old Quartermaster Depot site at Hardesty and Indy Ave.

Rezoning to UR Development Plan submitted, no attachments yet. TIF goes in front of Finance committee tomorrow. https://compasskc.kcmo.org/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService/#/plan/b367c720-2e5c-49dc-9b5b-99df5613b94a https://clerk.kcmo.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6560103&GUID=6804F8B6-448D-475C-A7F9-67...
by bspecht
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:25 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza Residential Development
Replies: 92
Views: 33370

Re: Plaza Residential Development

4511 Summit St, 16 units, replacing two empty lots and two SF lots. This is becoming a saga. Large NIMBY turn out today at NPD... mostly due to parking... from the large building across the street. Committee members completely crumbled to them, given a hold to 3/20. KC needs people actively support...
by bspecht
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Misc Crossroads News
Replies: 3496
Views: 1742488

Re: Misc Crossroads News

PIEA plan/blight designation passed Council today. from incentive but for analysis: the Bank has indicated that they do not have any definite plans for the northern lots, but they are evaluating whether these lots have any potential use for a mixed-use development. From the bank's presentation: Pha...
by bspecht
Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Katz on Main
Replies: 553
Views: 93756

Re: Katz on Main

BigDonkus wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:58 pm Image
Great shot! Another layer of (soon-to-be) density.