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I hope someone is planning what happens with the existing BCBS building in the West Yards.

Former KC workhouse and surrounding parcels put on market. Former plan dead. Long-abandoned KC castle joins more than 20 acres available near 18th & Vine ... UrbanAmerica, a minority-owned development firm with Miami and Texas addresses, recently listed the Kansas City Workhouse Castle, a histor...

American Royal places first steel beam for $350M KCK campus

https://fox4kc.com/news/kansas-news/ame ... ck-campus/

Downtown development delays opening of giant Ferris wheel off I-35 The KC Wheel at Pennway Point won’t open in November as previously anticipated, but developers say they are in the final stages of construction. Maryland-based developer ICON Experiences now hopes Kansas City’s new Ferris wheel will...

Aspis Consulting more than doubles office space with move to Downtown Aspis Consulting is making big moves — and that includes moving into an office four times the size of its former space. The cybersecurity consulting startup upgraded its office space by moving to downtown Kansas City into the sev...

Former Kansas City Mayor Richard Berkley dies at 92 Former Kansas City mayor Richard “Dick” Berkley, who was the city’s first Jewish and most recent Republican mayor, died Wednesday. He was 92. Berkley served as mayor from 1979 to 1991, longer than any other mayor in Kansas City history. He was one...

LocalCode Kansas City, veteran developer plan $27M conversion of vacant East Side school https://i.imgur.com/z8UlRkb.jpg ... LocalCode Kansas City, together with Chip Walsh of Mercier Street LLC, is advancing a $27.2 million remake of the former Sanford B. Ladd School site, which closed in 2010 at ...

Pool clubhouse.

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I was in the Crossroads on Tuesday and noticed that there doesn't appear to be any progress on this project in the past six weeks since I was last there. There also doesn't appear to be much progress (if any) from August when Chris took his photos. I'm starting to worry that Lux Living will not comp...

Urban Cafe Opening New Location at Armour and Troost The Urban Cafe is relocating 20 blocks farther north on Troost and will be a tenant in one of the new apartment buildings developed at the intersection of Armour by Mac Properties. ... “Our new place will be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner,”...

I pitched some senior housing because seniors - especially those who no longer drive -- have difficulty finding housing that is near necessities like transit, grocery and drug stores, medical services, etc. They also need to be in an area where they can walk for exercise and have a park to hang out ...

I would argue that it's not really part of the Plaza bowl overlay, since the Plaza starts across the street. I would say 10 stories would be the right size but 7 stories at minimum. It should have balconies and probably double-door entrances to the balconies. I would argue there is a need for part o...

It's weird that the two streets on each side of Benton don't have any trees lining the street.

https://x.com/DrewMitrisin/status/17274 ... 12519?s=20

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0673069 ... ?entry=ttu

That building, The New Yorker Apartments, was supposed to be renovated as the affordable housing portion as part of the overall redevelopment plan at Armour and Main that was stopped by the KC Tenants group. I wonder if it will still be renovate to be affordable housing?

Chiefs and Royals could move to Kansas if stadium talks fail, Jackson County lawmaker warns ... However, Jackson County 1st District Legislator Manny Abarca IV says he worries that Kansas City may have missed its shot to secure the stadium. Abarca, who chairs the county’s Stadium Improvements Commi...

Downtown KCK will see $29M in projects deliver 80-plus affordable apartments Riverstone Platform Partners is spearheading a pair of development projects valued at $29 million that aim to bring more affordable housing to downtown Kansas City, Kansas, with openings targeted by the end of the year. Bo...

Could Plaza Tennis Center be moved for future project site? KC has entertained ideas ... Kansas City leaders have considered the Plaza Tennis Center at 4747 Mill Creek Parkway for possible development dating back more than a year. The 14-court tennis complex has been a Plaza fixture since 1928, jus...

I sense the need for a Preservation Board! I’ll add to this that if the Preservation Board declines approval, the applicant can go before the Planning Commission for appeal. If the Planning Commissions denies that, the only other option for appeal is the local courts. I propose we do that. https://...