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by kenrbnj
Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:34 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 433
Views: 162330

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

Chris, it's my hope that the full identity of the tenant who destroyed the house and neglected the dogs is published for all to see. There is something to be said about "harsh consequences": I have personally no moral objection to a tenant who destroys a property and neglects animals to li...
by kenrbnj
Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: OFFICIAL - Strata (H&R Block's 2nd Tower)
Replies: 781
Views: 271097

Re: OFFICIAL - Strata (H&R Block's 2nd Tower)

Had to speak up. The KCBJ had a neat article filed today, "Seven Projects Which May Transform KC's Downtown" Please keep me honest: When it is written that "Cordish" or other developer proposes a project; I say to myself, "Credible. That's going to be a good project." W...
by kenrbnj
Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Replies: 352
Views: 117759

Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project

Just stayed at the Hotel Kansas City -- quick business trip into town. First time back in a few years. As a jaded traveler - I book/stay in 120-150 hotel room nights per year, mostly Hyatt properties. That Hotel Kansas City is a stand-out It is beautiful from every angle. The attention to historic d...
by kenrbnj
Thu Apr 06, 2023 11:03 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)
Replies: 379
Views: 394170

Re: NE Corner of 14th & Wyandotte (300 unit apartment)

Now that is appropriate in style and scale. I am impressed.

Tremendous addition. Sincere hope the finance and zoning approvals meet calm waters.

-K
by kenrbnj
Tue Apr 04, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)
Replies: 455
Views: 90495

Re: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)

FangKC nailed it. The skyline reflects the economics.

Well stated, Fang.
by kenrbnj
Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)
Replies: 455
Views: 90495

Re: 5th and Main (Northwest Corner)

What's interesting is this: The activists not only demand below-market rate housing. They demand the housing be on-offer in the most desirable locales. The "Gentrification" argument holds no water. Many of the areas gentrified had been neglected for decades. The neglect, on balance, was pe...
by kenrbnj
Wed Jan 11, 2023 10:59 am
Forum: Out of Town Talk
Topic: Brightline
Replies: 36
Views: 15375

Re: Brightline

Am looking to buy a place anywhere along this line, maybe Boca. Planning extensive global travel next year and will be nice to have easy access to 3 international airports and 3 cruise ports along the line. Extension to Tampa also planned. BTW am now reluctantly but officially a FL resident for tax...
by kenrbnj
Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:20 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Three Light
Replies: 2545
Views: 698002

Re: Three Light

https://i.ibb.co/ckSR8Q6/Microsoft-Teams-image-20.jpg Took this over the weekend. W looks great and the glass is coming in nicely Superb pic. This development be a major component on the skyline... Cordish allowed the archtects serious latitide with the structural member exposed... sort-of Walnut T...
by kenrbnj
Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:33 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Surface Lots, Land Banking, Ect
Replies: 30
Views: 4595

Re: Surface Lots, Land Banking, Ect

Truly a simple means to quell this: Raise tax rates on the dirt and lower the taxes on the improvement.

The fact owning an acre of empty lot in the CBD yields a tax burden of a couple thousand dollars annually to the city is absurdity.
by kenrbnj
Mon Oct 24, 2022 3:25 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 500 foot mixed use tower considered for downtown
Replies: 76
Views: 11766

Re: 500 foot mixed use tower considered for downtown

^Thanks @Fang for posting all of these pictures! Is this site and the site from Collison's article today in CitySceneKC the same or are they two different proposals. Sorry, if this was answered previously. Same project. We need FAA to back off and start approving things. An uncooperative FAA is may...
by kenrbnj
Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:21 am
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Three Light
Replies: 2545
Views: 698002

Re: Three Light

Seems like they will need to raise the crane, but I don't see one of those deals that wrap around the tower that helps add more sections. I think 1-2 jumps was posted by JeDunn It is odd, the hoisting collar was not fitted to the crane (unless it is below grade). Would JE Dunn really interrupt a co...
by kenrbnj
Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:25 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 433
Views: 162330

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

If KC Tenants had been a force for good, basic economic theory should be consulted. Demand for below-market rate apartments simply discourages investment. Discourage investment, supply is constrained. When supply is constrained, prices rise. Furthermore, the basic premise of "Tax Incentives&quo...
by kenrbnj
Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:55 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?
Replies: 433
Views: 162330

Re: Is KC Tenants destroying the development future of downtown KCMO?

A local company I used to work for had this as a cultural mantra: " Those who oppose, must propose. " It is not enough merely to stand in the way of an idea, that's a half thought. You have to propose a decent workable alternative. Pay attention to politics for any length of time and you'...
by kenrbnj
Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:48 pm
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Three Light
Replies: 2545
Views: 698002

Re: Three Light

Beautiful Chris. Thank you.

From the angle facing southwest (in your photo); one could be forgiven to ask, " Is that Kansas City?"

Consider this: All buildings in that camera angle are less than three years of age..

That's pretty neat. (Great photography.)
by kenrbnj
Wed Aug 31, 2022 9:06 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Katz on Main
Replies: 551
Views: 91754

Re: Katz on Main

FangKC wrote: Sat Apr 09, 2022 2:00 am
FangKC wrote: Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:11 pm I long for the days of sidewalk window displays in retail stores.
Go window shopping in 1931.

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/1772534
I might be the dullest tool in the shed:

I now understand where your "Avatar" comes from. CitySceneKC's article today, 31-August.
by kenrbnj
Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:37 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 277180

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

Nobody is really taking about tearing it down right? I was being sarcastic No, I was kidding around. Comments were taken way too seriously. The point is that Allis Plaza was never relevant. It had been a partially submerged building with a concrete garden on the roof. Someone should consider doing ...
by kenrbnj
Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:19 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 277180

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

I mean if we tear down municipal and bartle and Marriott I think there is a chance. Some on this board would be all for that level of teardown. Those buildings are old and dirty. Bartle yes! The thinking is for a "Wrigley Field" style stadium; small footprint and remote parking. (Sorry. Y...
by kenrbnj
Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:22 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 277180

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

What might be considered is to put the ballpark on the footprint of Allis Plaza, then improve the miserably underutilized property west of Bartle Hall for parking, hotels, amenities. This way the parking and hospitality resources are shared between both venues. The exclusive discussion of locating o...
by kenrbnj
Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:12 am
Forum: North of the River
Topic: Oxbow NKC (18th and Swift)
Replies: 38
Views: 13008

Re: Oxbow NKC (18th and Swift)

Nice view! But this really makes me realize the skyline has not changed one bit for over thirty years when viewed from the north. You can just barely see some of the low rise stuff in the river market. You are *spot-on*. The days before I could legally drink, sporting a "fake ID" in my wa...
by kenrbnj
Wed Aug 10, 2022 11:02 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: 413 Delaware Infill
Replies: 35
Views: 5018

Re: 413 Delaware Infill

This smells like politics and pissing match.

Quality Hill hosts several buildings far taller and closer to the glidepath than anything in River Market.