Just weeks ago, pieces of terra cotta from the top of the Brookfield Building littered the sidewalk. Although cleanup is under way, the vacant structure still is defined by broken drains, a leaky roof and overgrown weeds that surround the old building on the southwest corner of 11th and Baltimore Avenue.
A few weeks after the city issued citations against him, Turner sent workers in to start making repairs to avoid fines.
Michael said Affilated Developers’ contract on the building is contingent on receiving historic credits. The firm also will pursue other incentives, probably to include low-income housing tax credits, to help transform the building into about 100 affordable-rate apartments with ground-floor retail. Michael estimated the cost of the project at $15 million.
Hope this works out, would love to see what the building looks like under that hideous facade.The Brookfield Building, one of the few blighted structures remaining in the Downtown loop, may join the growing pipeline of office-to-apartment conversion projects.
Bruce Michael, development officer for Affiliated Developers Inc. of suburban Detroit, said the nonprofit has placed the vacant 12-story building under contract.
Michael was in town inspecting the property Wednesday along with members of a local development team that includes Rau Construction Co. and historic preservation architect Angie Gaebler of Susan Richards Johnson & Associates. Part of the inspection involved cutting holes in the stucco facade placed over the lower portion of the brick exterior a few decades ago to determine whether the building's redevelopment could qualify for historic tax credits.
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[/quote] Here's what the lower façade used to look like.mgh7676 wrote:Brookfield Building goes under contract for affordable apartments
Hope this works out, would love to see what the building looks like under that hideous facade.The Brookfield Building, one of the few blighted structures remaining in the Downtown loop, may join the growing pipeline of office-to-apartment conversion projects.
Bruce Michael, development officer for Affiliated Developers Inc. of suburban Detroit, said the nonprofit has placed the vacant 12-story building under contract.
Michael was in town inspecting the property Wednesday along with members of a local development team that includes Rau Construction Co. and historic preservation architect Angie Gaebler of Susan Richards Johnson & Associates. Part of the inspection involved cutting holes in the stucco facade placed over the lower portion of the brick exterior a few decades ago to determine whether the building's redevelopment could qualify for historic tax credits.
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Has anyone determined if that exterior veneer is covering or replacing the deco exterior? It seems to jut out from the building a bit, which gives me a little hope that the original is still under there and what we're seeing it just another halfassed modernization/recladding attempt by some developer. By an Abnos ancestor, perhaps.FangKC wrote:I can't imagine anyone thinking that the past renovation of the façade was more attractive than the original.
chaglang wrote: By an Abnos ancestor, perhaps.
of course that doesn't prevent him from "developing" in the future, right?taxi wrote:I recently heard a rumor that Abnos is going to be filing for bankruptcy.
Can we put all the railroad paraphernalia back, too? Pretty please?Midtownkid wrote:
so much more attractive!
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Michael said Affilated Developers’ contract on the building is contingent on receiving historic credits. The firm also will pursue other incentives, probably to include low-income housing tax credits, to help transform the building into about 100 affordable-rate apartments with ground-floor retail. Michael estimated the cost of the project at $15 million.
With about a dozen Class 1's serving KC plus many others with interchange agreements, there was a lot of competition for the freight business.FangKC wrote:It's amazing to me now when I think of how many railroad offices there used to be in downtown buildings. When I look through the old photos, I see them everywhere.
Man, sadly I think the current exterior pretty much replaced the original. I was walking by earlier today and noticed several holes in the stucco, so I investigated. Underneath it did not look too promisingchaglang wrote:Has anyone determined what if that exterior veneer is covering or replacing the deco exterior? It seems to just out from the building a bit, which gives me a little hope that the original is still under there and what we're seeing it just another halfassed modernization/recladding attempt by some developer. By an Abnos ancestor, perhaps.FangKC wrote:I can't imagine anyone thinking that the past renovation of the façade was more attractive than the original.
I am completely blown away by such short-sightedness.Sunflower Development Group LLC has acquired the Brookfield Building, a vacant 12-story building at the southwest corner of 11th Street and Baltimore Avenue in downtown Kansas City.
Jason Swords, principal of Sunflower Development Group, said Rau Construction Co. is currently stripping away the stucco facade on the lower portion of the brick tower. By exposing and restoring the terra cotta behind the stucco, Swords said, he hopes to get the building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, making its redevelopment eligible for historic tax credits.
