Hospital Hill activity

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The walls are going in. Looks like a structure in the lower east lot too, design looked like a parking garage
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Here is a photo taken today showing the current state of construction of the new Truman Medical Center-Hospital Hill Outpatient Center located at 2101 Charlotte.

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Here is the view of the building and the attached garage.

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DaveKCMO wrote:truman has acquired the city ice building and will demolish it to build something ugly, probably.
Here is a photo of construction of a new structure the site of the former City Ice Building, and some sort of addition on the existing warehouse building to the east.

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Does anyone have any idea what is going into these buildings?
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This 22nd & Charlotte building is fugly. Makes Childrens Mercy multitudinous wings look like high art.
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I don't mind the building. What I don't get is having a building with somewhat interesting architecture and then adding the most generic-looking parking garage ever built right next to it.
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Sadly it looks like the garage violates city code...
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How so?
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WSPanic wrote:How so?
code says must set a garage back from the sidewalk and provide green space or hide it at ground level.
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In theory, they had to submit plans to get their permits. So, I'm guessing they had approval.
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WSPanic wrote:In theory, they had to submit plans to get their permits. So, I'm guessing they had approval.
you identified the problem, no one enforces the rule
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University Health opens in downtown KC
University Health, with services provided by Truman Medical Centers, opened at 2101 Charlotte St. in downtown Kansas City Wednesday.

Construction kicked off for the 90,000-square-foot outpatient specialty care center in July 2014. The new facility cost $29 million, and opened for patient care earlier this month.
http://tinyurl.com/oe4o4md
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A new garage is being constructed north of Children's Mercy Hospital on Hospital Hill. It appears that the first, and about half of the second level, are below grade on the south end. Kenwood Avenue runs along the east side of the garage, and 23rd Street in on the south end of it.

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flyingember wrote:Sadly it looks like the garage violates city code...
do you have a code section on that?
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Update on the new garage and offices taken Jan. 10 taken from 22nd Street next to Hospital Hill Park.

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dnweava wrote:
flyingember wrote:Sadly it looks like the garage violates city code...
do you have a code section on that?
Did they request a variance?
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Children's Mercy uploaded their new Master Plan to the city's planning department. Ambitious plans over time.

http://kcmo.gov/planning/development-tracker/
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Children's Mercy Hospital has begun construction of another building on the north side of E. 22nd Street, and west of Holmes. The first phase of the building appears to be a garage base structure, and there appears to be plans to add more floors later as the hospital expands.

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CPC is set to hear Children's Mercy plans for a 9 story tower on top of an existing 3-4 story garage located on 23rd between Gillham and homes.

These are images and renderings from the approved master plan on the city's development tracker site:

This is in relation to the existing structures
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These are all future phases planned
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Children's Mercy research tower seeking approval from CPC
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... -hill.html

9 stories above existing 4 level garage:

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That should be a pretty prominent addition to the skyline in that area. 9 stories on top of a garage on a hill?
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