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http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/print-edition/2016/02/19/closing-the-north-loop-a-big-bang-development.html?ana=twt a few tidbits for non-subscribers: After two days of intensive research last month, ULI Kansas City’s 10-member Northloop Technical Assistance Panel determined that wiping out t...

The other weakness in your argument is that if the garage was built as a fall-back for residential apartments, then why did the East Village Apartments, on the same block, still require so much surface parking? It wasn't really offered as an argument, merely a possible explanation. You need 1 off-s...

DaveKCMO wrote:there is no minimum parking requirement for the loop.

Well then that's helpful, and makes complete sense. I'm not up to the city code as far as the downtown area goes.

Ugly, low density, parking garage extends through one whole street Due to zoning restrictions and other issues, chances are that the parking garage was put there to help serve as a code fall-back when they build additional apartments in the East Village. The city has some ridiculous restrictions as...

KCtoBrooklyn wrote:

UrbanKC wrote: More promising than you might realize. Yes, their plans are ambitious, it could do a lot to improve Westport even more.

Oh, you tease! Any hints on the details of their plans?

Just that someone was right about residential.

From the quotes in the article, this definitely sounds promising. "They have really ambitious plans for Westport" sounds intriguing. It seems like the developers have most of their experience with residential, so perhaps that could be in the offing. I do agree that the area could use much...