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Committee recommended Do Pass. Ordinance assigned to third read calendar. Should go to full council vote this week. The new agreement bans the use of city incentives for these projects in exchange for giving Port KC the go-ahead to use their own. good to see this move forward and a collective of gr...

5th & Main development is moving forward. Final draft of the agreement is out for council review. Before committee this week. Agreement includes stipulations for public parking, affordable housing, a public RFP process, an no city incentives allowed. Committee recommended Do Pass. Ordinance ass...

https://images1.loopnet.com/i2/gkpjfEzsMnbS_E7EFpJPM5ZoVd4gEr7jFPvjsSsQzOo/116/image.jpg 419 Wyandotte was recently listed on Loopnet. Developer seeking investment for a build to suite office. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/419-Wyandotte-St-Kansas-City-MO/20470605/ The rendering below was also on ...

Yeah, it says Superior Linens needs a partner/investor/mentor. They definitely need some help. I'm not too surprised that they have some interest in development because all of their properties besides their main linen building are under the title of Superior Real Estate Venture, which would hint th...

This app allows/will allow you to walk a street in New York and see buildings from past streetscapes on your phone as you point toward the location where the building stood. Would be fun to have the same for the north loop and River Market. https://untappedcities.com/2020/07/28/new-augmented-realit...

kboish wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:09 am This think tank (CSIS), largely funded by the defense industry, has a study on domestic terrorism threats to the US. Guess what they found?

https://www.csis.org/analysis/escalatin ... ted-states

no surprise but still alarming. emboldened by you know who...

Saw my parcel suggested on Wyandotte. Still have 6-7 planned here to fill out that row BUT also still messing with legacy parking agmts that prevent development from occuring - at least reasonably. In process

Okay comments are similar to that of others I have asked. Basically "abundance of caution" mode which is fine/safe. I too have enjoyed working, then hiking, biking, couching, whatever, then working some more, etc. Productivity? I assume the random collision of ideas/problem solving is miss...

I have visited 5 cities during the Great Reset and was most impressed with KCMO plans albeit opening much earlier than most cities. Distancing, no bar seating, masks by waitstaff, 6' line markers, etc. BUT am now dismayed by the lack of follow-up by the office component as this same plan can be ado...

I have visited 5 cities during the Great Reset and was most impressed with KCMO plans albeit opening much earlier than most cities. Distancing, no bar seating, masks by waitstaff, 6' line markers, etc. BUT am now dismayed by the lack of follow-up by the office component as this same plan can be adop...

hey as the owner of the largest surface lot in the central River Market ~3 acres - dont assume I am just "sitting on it" for my health. I am stuck/burdened but ancient BS agmts whereby I have to park 121 cars from neighboring appts in "any" space within the 300 car lot until 2050...

We could also just take over some street parking versus closing entire streets. That might make it more "fair" for other places where a whole street might not be feasible. and for that - and everything - there is a permit, review, process, Q&A, more process, maybe an additional permit...

missingkc wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:39 pm Was Dan not saying an RFP is a bad idea? Who wants a process that brings out developers who will do nothing with the property?

proverbial "bird in the hand", eh?

Good global update and charts. Interesting order of magnitude difference in some countries.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020 ... nd=premium

Has to be a juju location. Nothing survives around that corner. Oliver, Parkway, Ingrediant and predecessors to all. If I were a merchant I'd want to know about juju locations. No feedback loop in location picking.

It seems like the savvy landlords would renegotiate the rent rather than evict a good tenant and then search for a new one to pay the lesser amount of rent that the market commands. (I have no idea how savvy they actually are.) correct in that pursuit/cost of acquisition is far greater than cost of...

dunno guys...I kind of bit off on the design continuity as important, unique and a "civic treasure" but maybe locals are tired of it already. But if split up (which makes some sense) there still should be an HOA/zoning district that tries to keep this in place. The alternative is a mess l...

dunno guys...I kind of bit off on the design continuity as important, unique and a "civic treasure" but maybe locals are tired of it already. But if split up (which makes some sense) there still should be an HOA/zoning district that tries to keep this in place. The alternative is a mess li...

Bell curves - lifeforms seem to follow these mathematical notions. And interestingly John Hopkins and this NM dude seem to follow this stuff carefully. And of course what's interesting is the older affected countries of China, Korea and italy have peak the former two entirely thru with the pandemic ...

Did St Louis shut down before KC and others? Saw a chart on TV whereby it's rate flattened considerably vs other cities.

Support the locals (safely)....you need to eat (unless you stockpiled to the hilt and havent already choked the dog) and the local merchants need it.