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someone get the ITAP redeveloper on the phone. stat!!

Read this was declared a dangerous building.

Collison article doesn't make it sound like it's a lost cause. What a shame and embrassment for kcmo government enforcement. This is fully on them.

"Seiden’s Furs Envisioned as Artist Studios–If Price is Right"

https://cityscenekc.com/seidens-furs-en ... -is-right/

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:10 pm "Seiden’s Furs Envisioned as Artist Studios–If Price is Right"

https://cityscenekc.com/seidens-furs-en ... -is-right/

Keep sharing and pressuring. This is such a no-brainer due to the building's age and a willing occupant.

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 4:10 pm "Seiden’s Furs Envisioned as Artist Studios–If Price is Right"

https://cityscenekc.com/seidens-furs-en ... -is-right/

“He’s not an obstructionist, but he’s also not motivated.”

Asking $1.3m on a building that is worth $200k (per the Archicetc interviewed) sure sounds pretty unreasonable. The building itself is "worthless" from a pure real estate point of view. You could re-build a new building for $2.1M it would estimate to repair. However, the historical value of this building is undeniable. Over a hundred year old, unique fixtures and legacy. This owner has just let this building decay for years and years. It's so sad but I don't think there's much that can be done apart from some kind of condemnation order but that would just have it demo'd and then lawyers would get involved.

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 11:34 pm What's taking so long with this library district building? Been under some state of disrepair for what has to be well over a year by now

The building is a concrete block with just a brick facade. From what I can tell, the brick facade was not properly lintelled above the windows when it was originally constructed. They've been working from the top down: removing and remortaring all of the brick (they're actually pulling them down entirely, not just repointing the mortar), and above each window set adding in a new steel lintel. They're reusing the original bricks, but replacing all of the terra cotta mouldings. The terra cotta used to have rope mouldings, and are now plain. Presumably they could not be removed intact without breaking them.

It seems like a pretty big job, and they only have a small crew involved. They're working on the lowest window level now, so if you want to catch a glimpse of the old moulding, last train is leaving the station now.

FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:57 am The former Covenant Baptist Church at E. 9th and Harrison has been reborn as The Arts Asylum.

http://inkkc.com/content/cover-story-co ... rts-haven/

http://www.theartsasylum.org/

https://www.facebook.com/#!/Theartsasylum

Arts Asylum says farewell to historic Paseo West building

...They are relocating to the A to Z Theatrical Campus at 800 E. Meyer Blvd. in Brookside East...

http://northeastnews.net/pages/arts-asy ... -building/

I can't find if/when I posted about this before, but the lot directly north of the Savoy had for sale signs not too long ago, but no longer does. Cars are cleared off on the south side of the block, while still packed on the north side, so maybe just half the block got sold?

Parcel viewer still showing DST owns the entire block. Sale might not have caught up though.

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Fri Dec 24, 2021 7:21 pm I can't find if/when I posted about this before, but the lot directly north of the Savoy had for sale signs not too long ago, but no longer does. Cars are cleared off on the south side of the block, while still packed on the north side, so maybe just half the block got sold?

Similar situation in the same neighborhood where 'For Sale' signs had been up for a while then taken down--Parcel viewer now shows the DST building at 710 Central as being owned by 'Market South 1 LLC'. Same entity is also now listed as the owner of the full-block parking lot across the street, bounded by Central, Wyandotte, 7th and 8th. DST Realty was previously listed as owner of both building and parking lot.

DST Realty sold its' office building at 710 Central, and the surface parking lot bounded by 7th, 8th, Central and Wyandotte to:

Market South 1 LLC
4220 Philips Farm Rd
Columbia, MO 65201

This entity is linked to Real Equity Management in Columbia.

https://realequitymanagement.com/portfolio

The south part of this block is the site of the second Board of Trade building that was demolished.

https://twitter.com/JoshBoehm/status/15 ... OqP9WkOfCA

710 Central

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1056535 ... 384!8i8192

FangKC wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 6:15 amThis entity is linked to Real Equity Management in Columbia.

https://realequitymanagement.com/portfolio

If they build on that lot, I hope the design is better than the kind of stuff they have shown on their website….

Walnut Tower, at 7th and Walnut, is for sale.

14-story Walnut Tower Apartments near River Market hit market for sale

The Walnut Tower Apartments at 722 Walnut St. saw such a listing last week. The 14-story building was completed in 1963, with 180 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, and renovated in 2012.

Burlington Capital has owned the apartments since May 2014. The Omaha-based investment manager paid $16.75 million to acquire the site from an affiliate of Cohen-Esrey LLC, Jackson County property records show.

Now, Mid-Markets Group Real Estate Advisors (MMG) seeks a new buyer.
...

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... 2022-05-04

FangKC wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 6:15 am DST Realty sold its' office building at 710 Central, and the surface parking lot bounded by 7th, 8th, Central and Wyandotte to:

Market South 1 LLC
4220 Philips Farm Rd
Columbia, MO 65201

This entity is linked to Real Equity Management in Columbia.

https://realequitymanagement.com/portfolio

The south part of this block is the site of the second Board of Trade building that was demolished.

https://twitter.com/JoshBoehm/status/15 ... OqP9WkOfCA

710 Central

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1056535 ... 384!8i8192

710 Central appears to be listed for sale again. https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/710-Cen ... /26271155/

I wonder if Market South bought it only to get control of the surface parking lot for development because it doesn't appear to be part of the sale?

FangKC wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 7:08 pm I wonder if Market South bought it only to get control of the surface parking lot for development because it doesn't appear to be part of the sale?

That's an interesting observation. The listing does have this marketing pamphlet associated with it, which denotes that lot as "potential mixed use redevelopment"--on pages 5 and 12. And then page 11 shows available parking options for the building, but the surface lot that was attached to the 2021 sale isn't labeled as one of them.

https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/IMj3NBR1 ... eFlyer.pdf

Hammersmith wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:14 am The building is a concrete block with just a brick facade. From what I can tell, the brick facade was not properly lintelled above the windows when it was originally constructed. They've been working from the top down: removing and remortaring all of the brick (they're actually pulling them down entirely, not just repointing the mortar), and above each window set adding in a new steel lintel. They're reusing the original bricks, but replacing all of the terra cotta mouldings. The terra cotta used to have rope mouldings, and are now plain. Presumably they could not be removed intact without breaking them.

It seems like a pretty big job, and they only have a small crew involved. They're working on the lowest window level now, so if you want to catch a glimpse of the old moulding, last train is leaving the station now.

This has been completed. It looks.....odd

It's mostly ok when you're a ways away



some before and afters



The details are a big step down



A lot of the ornament is gone or simplified

Turned into co-working flex space, might see more of this downtown...
https://officeworxkc.com/

Movement on a Crossroads Film Row rehab concept led by Shirley Helzburg

The Kansas City Plan Commission on Tuesday recommended that the city give up the 167-foot-long asphalt alleyway between 17th and 18th streets, in the block bounded west to east by Central and Wyandotte streets.

If approved, the vacation would accommodate the first portion of a multiphase development by Helzberg, who proposes renovating two vacant Film Row buildings for historic offices. The buildings to be saved include the former Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios buildings at 214 W. 18th St. and 220 W. 18th St., respectively.

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... ffice.html