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KCLover wrote:I've been snapping screenshots of the camera about every day (when I remember) and made them into an animated gif showing progress thus far. Thought I'd share.

moderne wrote:I cannot determine from going by the site or the web cam, but the western tower crane, is it to the north or south of the future western wing of the hotel?

In addition to a small army of construction workers from JE Dunn Construction and other contractors, Loews has 15 to 20 employees in Kansas City. Among the newest is Mark Champa, who began work Monday as director of sales and marketing for the hotel.

Champa is a veteran of the Kansas City hotel and meeting business. Most recently, he was area director of sales and marketing for the InterContinental Kansas City at the Plaza hotel. He also has experience handling meetings and events for H&R Block Inc. and, as part of a third party, for Sprint Corp.

Tisch attributed early group interest in the property to Kansas City being a price-competitive market and the fact that people like shiny, new properties. Kansas City also is attracting interest because "people are tired of going to the same two to three cities," he said, and the city has plenty of attractions and amenities to offer convention and meeting attendees.

Construction work is proceeding on budget and a bit ahead of schedule because of favorable weather. The official timeline, however, continues to show the hotel opening in the spring or summer of 2020.

moderne wrote:Very tall columns being poured on site of former Hereford building. This will soon become very visible on the south, east, and west skyline.