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A homeless shelter?  Yikes!

Max wins the clever quip of the day. 

This is a really neat project.

From This Old House's Save This House series of before and after pics of homes that were under threat of demolition. https://youroldhouse.thisoldhouse.com/savetoh/index.html Before http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/FangKC/Yahoo/StJoeBefore.jpg After http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v727/FangKC...

I would think they would be more of a market for residential than office for that building.

Favorite "Before and After" remodels from readers of This Old House .  These are the top 10 remodels picked from over 300 submittals. http://realestate.aol.com/photo-galleries/improve/top-rated-remodels?icid=100214839x1202698292x1200112818 http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20200378...

City Center Square has been put back on the market again by Time Equities, its' owner. The building has a 44 percent vacancy rate currently. Midwest Bank and its' parent company, Dickinson Financial, have recently moved from the building across the street to Town Pavilion. Time Equities paid $32 mil...

Developer Matt Abbott has purchased the Interstate Building, a 7-story structure at 13th and Locust, and plans to renovate it into high end office space.  The 13th St. Bar & Grille used to occupy the restaurant space on the first floor.  Tarantino's is set to move into that space in July. http:/...

The architects who helped shape the Kansas City skyline are the subject of four talks in the They Built Kansas City series to be held on Sunday afternoons in June and July in the Truman Forum at the Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St. Each program starts at 2 p.m. http://www.kcli...

Waldenbooks is a sucky bookstore though.

MidtownCat wrote:
He also recently acquired the historic Brandeis building in downtown Omaha,..

Jason Townsend appears to be considering a plan to turn part of the old Federal Reserve Bank property into a hotel. With most of the units at WallStreet Tower sold, Townsend now plans to convert the historic 21-story Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City at 10th Street and Grand Boulevard, which he pu...

An interesting sidenote from the article. Jason Townsend appears to be considering a plan to turn part of the old Federal Reserve Bank property into a hotel. With most of the units at WallStreet Tower sold, Townsend now plans to convert the historic 21-story Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City at 10...

Von Maur is an upscale specialty department store.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Maur

Does anyone know what is being built in the Backwoods development on the SE corner of 135th Street and Metcalf?  There appears to be a larger retail store building that is taking on the appearance of one of those outlandish Arab mansions built by Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Is it a new movie theater or ...

The Oak Park neighborhood on Kansas City's east side will get 14 new townhomes located near Linwood Blvd. and 30th Street (no cross street mentioned in article). The project, called  Jamison Housing on the Boulevard, will be completed in early 2009. Financial partners are the Kansas City Equity Fund...

Perhaps it's so they can also have more catered events in the museum as well.

The now closed 1000 room Statler Hilton in DT Dallas is now listed as one of the most endangered buildings in America. The Statler Hilton Hotel in Dallas. http://nostalgicglass.org/projects/p18/h1956ext.jpg Statler makes endangered landmarks list. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/late...

It's under "Projects," then "On the Boards," then "River Market Townhouses."

I knew some condos were being reserved for purchase by low-income residents, but I didn't know that the length of the tax credits had been extended on these types of projects. Good to know.