OFFICIAL - New England Building

[mgh7676]

I noticed a sign for Thrive Pilates & Movement Studio outside the New England Building yesterday. I'm the last person you would ever see doing yoga or pilates, but it is nice seeing businesses like this locate downtown, making it more of a community.
http://www.thrivepilateskc.com/

[KCDowntown]

Upcoming LCRA agenda for next week includes a proposal to renovate the New England Building at 9th & Wyandotte into 32 lofts.

Streetview

Agenda

KCDowntown

[loftguy]

Upcoming LCRA agenda for next week includes a proposal to renovate the New England Building at 9th & Wyandotte into 32 lofts.

Streetview

Agenda

KCDowntown

My favorite.

[mgh7676]

Upcoming LCRA agenda for next week includes a proposal to renovate the New England Building at 9th & Wyandotte into 32 lofts.

Streetview

Agenda

KCDowntown

My favorite.

Interior demo has been underway for a couple weeks now.

[flyingember]

Upcoming LCRA agenda for next week includes a proposal to renovate the New England Building at 9th & Wyandotte into 32 lofts.

KCDowntown

I worked in this building 2007 to 2010 before we moved across the street. This has been planned since well before 2007. Amazed to see it's finally happening.
We were their majority tenant at the time with space on four floors and part of the building next door.

If you haven't been inside the building it's marble floors throughout (if covered by carpet in places, you didn't drill through the floors to run cabling, everything used the elevator corridor utility chase), has the original fireplaces and everything. Hopefully they retain these aspects since some minor improvements and it will be extremely nice.

It has a tiny 20 spot or so garage underneath it, accessed from the rear of the building.

[DaveKCMO]

current status:

[earthling]

Great building for lofts. I hope they do a quality job with this one. Looked up more about project...
http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... rsion.html

According to a 1973 application that led to the building’s inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, the structure was completed in 1887, during one of Kansas City’s greatest building booms.

“During 1887,” the application states, “5,455 buildings ... were constructed in Kansas City. Kansas City became the tenth largest city in the United States at that time.

I just looked up 1880 and 1890 census and it doesn't appear KC ever cracked the top 20. Nevertheless, fantastic 1887 building to live in.

[grovester]

One of my favorite buildings.

[flyingember]

One of my favorite buildings.

I have some photos from about 10 years back showing the interior.

If they maintain those details these will be a great conversion.

[Eon Blue]

Every time I see it, I thank my lucky stars that it survived. Many adjacent peers were lost to mid-century parking madness.

[flyingember]

Every time I see it, I thank my lucky stars that it survived. Many adjacent peers were lost to mid-century parking madness.

The last owner was an architect and had a large number of lots nearby to provide parking to the entire block.

[WSPanic]

I worked in the NE Building in 1999/2000 - can't remember if it was the second or third floor, but the boss had an office in one of the turrets. One of my favorite buildings. Those turrets will be pretty cool in a residential setting.

[DaveKCMO]

took a tour this week. amazing building!

[DaveKCMO]

40% leased, opens in september: http://cityscenekc.com/historic-new-eng ... or-sept-1/

[DaveKCMO]

the project is now open. photos: https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... -tour.html

[flyingember]

It's good to see they kept the original character like the hallway floors.

Totally did not know I worked in a building Howard Hughes did.