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Legislature Approves $40M for Latest UMKC Hospital Hill Project UMKC is pursuing an $80 million healthcare education building at Hospital Hill, the latest proposed investment in an area of greater downtown that’s attracted more than a half billion dollars in new construction in recent years. Last w...

Kevin Collison reports the Lux Living project on the riverfront was denied by Port KC.

https://twitter.com/cityscenekc/status/ ... xGOESGmiKg

I think of Midtown as being State Line to Troost, 31st to 39th streets.

Ashland at the River Market will be a new-construction, 93-unit mixed-use building in downtown Kansas City, at the corner of Third and Walnut Streets. The design for the urban infill building is based on the significant influence of the surrounding neighborhood, and works to break down the scale of...

They should build something like this on the old Hilton Inn site at 7th and Washington. https://kchistory.org/image/hilton-inn-rendering?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=ad8b7bb07653ea583ae8&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1 https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1080365,-94.5900051,296a,35y,180h,39.34t/...

AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 10:27 pm What does it look like now without all that there?

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0790138 ... a=!3m1!1e3

Blunt is getting a bridge named after him in Jefferson City. Can that be enough so we don't have to name anything after him? Central Missouri bridge to be named after Blunt ... The pair of through arch truss bridges opened in the early 1990s and are an important part of travel through Jefferson City...

Crossroads adding trees. A (Shade) Tree Grows in Crossroads The Crossroads Community Association wants to grow its way out of being downtown’s hottest neighborhood –literally–by planting dozens of street trees to provide more shade. ... This week, 11 trees were planted throughout the neighborhood in...

It depends on what the additional funds will be spent on. More research facilities would likely improve UMKC's standing.

Homeowner and Rental Vacancy Rates Declined During COVID-19 Pandemic Housing vacancy rates — both for homeowner and rental housing — are at or near historic lows, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s recently released Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS). Vacancy rates for rental housing are lower than at...

Missouri needs to start building castles and huge cathedrals on bluffs along the Missouri.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OF_V9mvMNk

One would need buy-in from the major property owners.

Another possibility: since the American Royal has left the West Bottoms, could Hale Arena be used for this?

https://kcconvention.com/venue/hale-arena/

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0938984 ... a=!3m1!1e3

I wonder if the Star Pavilion could be reworked for this?

How Miami Decided Parking Is More Important Than Housing

https://slate.com/business/2022/05/miam ... using.html

Land Tax is the answer. I share the abhorrence of surface parking lots in the CBD. Man, if there were a string to pull to force property bankers to reconsider their position; I would cheer. Every string one pulls seems to hurt "the good guys" such as Cordish. Wouldn't Cordish not be affec...

What's going in the old Gojo's place? They've torn out large sections of the brick and look to be making a rooftop stairs entrance. Kevin Collison is reporting that a decorative lighting store is taking over the former Gojo space. Circa Lighting, a decorative lighting and ceiling fan retail store f...

Officials add tenant protections for Lux Living apartments at Berkley Riverfront ... But first, the Port Authority of Kansas City's development committee on Monday publicly sifted through a rash of reported concerns involving Lux Living's past projects in its hometown, including their cleanliness, ...

One of the North Loop lots that DST owned was sold recently with an adjoining building at 7th and Central.

I expect that the parking lot just north of the 21c/Savoy Hotel will be sold soon. It's also owned by DST and they are liquidating their real estate parcels.

Minneapolis Rents Drop, Bucking National Trends

https://streets.mn/2022/05/06/minneapolis-rents-drop/