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You can thank the mayor for the state treating us like their red headed step child KC has received short shrift from Missouri for a long time and over the tenures of many mayors. St Louis has the advantage (at least St Louis County) of being the locus of the metro's wealth where several large corpo...

What are the odds this building never gets built?

I wish the former YMCA in downtown Kansas City at 10th and Oak had been converted to lofts and not demolished.

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Any downward trend is good news.

There is a saying: "Some people are determined not to be pleased with good news."

More houses might be placed on the market if there were targeted developments for rental and owner dwellings for seniors. They could take their cash from the sale and buy their new smaller home, so the interest rate issue might not apply to them. Many seniors stay in large family homes. There might...

I doubt the number of migrants will have a significant effect on the cost of housing in KC. Factors having a much greater effect are Interest rates, the lack of experienced developers, the lack of construction workers, and the escalating cost of building materials. Migrants taking construction jobs ...

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:50 am Yeah we need more rowhouse in KC but I wouldn't touch those due to the proximity to the highway. Glad they got built though!

The six acres in Columbus Park around 4th and Gillis should be all rowhouses.

This is discussed on other threads.

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The mayor said on TV yesterday that the migrants must have work permits. The action was taken because local employers have difficulty finding workers to fill positions. He also mentioned large construction projects that needed laborers. Local agencies work with migrants and refugees to find jobs and...

NYC Migrants Are Being Welcomed by Kansas City’s Mayor to Fill Jobs ... Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has a hunch that migrants with work permits could help alleviate the labor shortage that has built up as his city posts some of the region’s fastest economic growth. That could also help ease the...

Volunteers are being sought to plant trees in the Crossroads on May 14.

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Throw in a black brick building, or black terra cotta, too. I've also seen some really beautiful green brick and terra cotta buildings.

More houses might be placed on the market if there were targeted developments for rental and owner dwellings for seniors. They could take their cash from the sale and buy their new smaller home, so the interest rate issue might not apply to them. Many seniors stay in large family homes. There might ...

Kansas City sees a 21 percent reduction in year-to-date crime from 2023 to 2024. https://www.ahdatalytics.com/dashboards/ytd-murder-comparison/ https://www.kcpd.org/media/5621/hom001-daily-homicide-analysis2024-04-16-08-00-52.pdf Other cities. https://www.axios.com/2024/04/16/homicide-rate-us-voters...

Kansas City is listed among the top 10 best markets for first-time home buyers. Top 10 markets for first-time home buyers in 2024 St. Louis Detroit Minneapolis Indianapolis Austin Pittsburgh San Antonio Birmingham Kansas City Baltimore https://zillow.mediaroom.com/2024-04-04-Zillow-names-this-years-...

That parcel was undeveloped even before they even built Truman Sports Complex.

The Star pavilion will likely survive as something like an immersive art experience and museum similar to those established in other cities. https://meowwolf.com/ This would be fitting seeing that it conserves an already-built structure and saves the cost of demolition (where the City would likely e...

Shirley Helzberg has put her buildings on Quality Hill up for sale. On Quality Hill, 136-year-old KC mansion-turned-offices anchors campus up for sale A four-building campus dating back well over 100 years is available as an investment and development site in Kansas City's Quality Hill neighborhood....

Along Troost Avenue, Kansas City's new restaurant row emerges: 'The backbone of the city' New eateries continue to open on Troost between 30th to 79th Street, with offerings that include African, Jamaican, Irish, Mexican and Middle Eastern cuisines. Restaurant owners hope that the rest of the city ...