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by chaglang
Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:58 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Midtown Area Apartment Boom
Replies: 454
Views: 169924

Re: Midtown Area Apartment Boom

Historic KC had like 4 years to move on this, what did they actually do, if anything? Historic KC is a toothless entity. They have never been able to evolve into an effective lobbying group so that they are proactive about things instead of reactive. There was a moment about a decade ago when they ...
by chaglang
Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:13 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438375

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

6-8 stories of residential on top of whatever goes at the Nordstrom site would be a good start. They need to build out on those empty grass lot behind the plaza first They should build on those, but they're owned by Price Brothers, so I wouldn't hold your breath. PB might be the largest holders of ...
by chaglang
Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:44 am
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671197

Re: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension

The retaining walls for the 51st Street station went in sometime last week.
by chaglang
Tue Apr 19, 2022 8:40 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438375

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

The challenge isn't just finding a healthier buyer, it's finding a buyer that has deep enough pockets to continue capital improvements and take Plaza to next level rather than milking it. $100 million+ equity investment to buy it. More needed to turn it around. Really need a redevelopment opportuni...
by chaglang
Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:21 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Troost developments
Replies: 1241
Views: 412556

Re: Troost developments

I've never understood why Laugh O Gram wasn't created into a museum or something. I mean Mickey fucking Mouse was born in that shack. And we just let it sit there and rot? How stupid are we? I'm aware but this is Troost Developments not Troost Village, so it remains relevant, especially given the a...
by chaglang
Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:54 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: Bike Lanes
Replies: 787
Views: 240202

Re: Bike Lanes

I checked out 45 minutes into meeting but no mention on Paseo. Lexington, Truman Rd, 22nd/23rd, and 27th might get done this year. 27th from Gillham to Charlotte (Holmes?) is in. It can't really go further west because PW moved the curbs as part of the Gallerie project. I have an email from KCPW sa...
by chaglang
Tue Apr 12, 2022 1:40 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Troost developments
Replies: 1241
Views: 412556

Re: Troost developments

NB: Laugh-O-Gram is a totally separate project from Troost Village.
by chaglang
Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:22 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Troost developments
Replies: 1241
Views: 412556

Re: Troost developments

Troost Village was always vaporware.

IIRC UCB had an option to buy the SE corner if they developed the SW corner. But that was in like 2015.
by chaglang
Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:03 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438375

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Great point, if Block wants their view, they should have just bought the church. For as involved as they have been in the fate of that parcel it would be surprising if it hadn’t been offered to them.
by chaglang
Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:33 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438375

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Kansas City developers feud as proposed Country Club Plaza development triples in size https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/development/article260209530.html Really interesting. Writing the bowl into law after Lockton and 46Penn still makes no sense to me, and might be the developer's best argu...
by chaglang
Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:24 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Union Hill Development
Replies: 376
Views: 123598

Re: Union Hill Development

Dang, I wondered if that was happening. It's in such a sad limbo state right now, with part of the space being a grocery store and the owner's office paperwork spread out on a table in the front corner.
by chaglang
Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:57 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Union Hill Development
Replies: 376
Views: 123598

Re: Union Hill Development

Sad to see Crestwood North come to an end.

Slightly off topic: is Cafe Europa in Crestwood closing? They seem to be trying to kill themselves off slowly with this to-go only setup.
by chaglang
Sat Apr 09, 2022 7:51 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438375

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

How does this test the bowl if it’s smaller than the Lockton Building and further west?
by chaglang
Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:19 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza Environs
Replies: 129
Views: 31652

Re: Plaza Environs

Wrong thread
by chaglang
Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:39 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Jackson County buys former Argus Building at 1300 Washington
Replies: 19
Views: 2592

Re: Jackson County buys former Argus Building at 1300 Washington

Probably not. After all, this is the board that was convinced the BOE parcel was too valuable to sit vacant.
by chaglang
Thu Apr 07, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438375

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Maybe a scaled down version of the Guggenheim Bilbao? That's a Spanish building.
by chaglang
Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:11 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Westport
Replies: 2807
Views: 720315

Re: Westport

daGOAT wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 11:53 am 3931 Washington Av, backside of First Swedish Church, submitted a plan for new event space and Air BnB's on the upper floors.
Johnny Kaw's Shothouse and Flophouse
by chaglang
Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:57 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Katz on Main
Replies: 551
Views: 91773

Re: Katz on Main

I have an original print of that photo and it's nowhere near as garish. It's also in black and white.
by chaglang
Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:31 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 5982
Views: 1438375

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Pretty evenhanded, but nothing unfamiliar to people who read this thread: lots of vacancies, rents are high, Nordstroms is a big question mark, lack of major anchor tenants, there may never be a theatre there again, new tenants aren't traditional Plaza types of places (minigolf, etc.). It was a litt...
by chaglang
Wed Mar 30, 2022 7:07 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 433
Views: 162488

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

Man, I can’t tell if you’re actually saying the quiet part out loud, or someone pretending to be cartoonishly callous landlord to bump up support for KCT. Maybe it doesn’t matter. But since you’re here, I am curious what your solution to affordable housing is.