Does anyone have info on these projects

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Does anyone have info on these projects

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I am new to the forum so I apologize if these have already been discussed.

On the wikipeida page for KC towers, I was surprised to see several buildings listed in the 40-60 story range that I'd never heard of before. Are these all outdated projects?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ta ... ,_Missouri

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Cerner Fountain Plaza	60	Envisioned	N/A	Office
Garmin Landmark Tower	53	Envisioned	N/A	Office
Burns & McDonnell Square	45	Envisioned	N/A	Office
JW Marriott Kansas City	60	Envisioned	N/A	Hotel
Convention Center Hotel*	40	Envisioned	2011	Hotel
Cordish Co. Luxury Hotel & Condominium	35	On Hold	N/A	Hotel/Residential
GSA Headquarters	28	Proposed	N/A	Office
2800 Grand *	26	Envisioned	N/A	Office
San Francisco Tower 2*	26	Proposed	N/A	Residential
Union Hill Village Tower	24	Envisioned	N/A	Residential
Power and Light Apartments	23	Under Construction	2013	Residential
Promenade Place	22	Proposed	N/A	Office
Freight House Hotel	21	Proposed	N/A	Hotel
Block Realtors Tower	20	Proposed	N/A	Residential
P&L District Housing 2 *	18	Proposed	N/A	Residential
9th and Jefferson *	18	Envisioned	N/A	Office
Copaken Tower	18	Envisioned	N/A	Office
Power and Light Condos	18	Under Construction	N/A	Residential
P&L District Housing 3 *	18	Proposed	N/A	Residential
7th and Pennsylvania *	17	Envisioned	N/A	Office
Wellington Place Tower 1	15	Proposed	2007	Residential
Wellington Place Tower 2	15	Proposed	2007	Residential
Savoy Hotel Expansion	12	Envisioned	N/A	Hotel
P&L District Housing 4	11	Proposed	N/A	Residential
American Century Expansion	13	Envisioned	N/A	Office
Ameristar Casino Hotel Tower II	13	Proposed	N/A	Hotel
2700 Grand Twr 1	13	Envisioned	N/A	Office
2700 Grand Twr 2	13	Envisioned	N/A	Office
Union Station Office Tower	12	Proposed	N/A	Office
Plaza West Tower II	12	Envisioned	N/A	Office
The Drink	10	Proposed	2008	Residential
14th and Baltimore *	10	Envisioned	N/A	Office
West Edge Office Tower	10	Under Construction	2007	Office
H&R Block Tower II	10	Proposed	N/A	Office
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Most of this list is a pipe dream or crazy out of date.

Like American Century won't expand, they contracted into one tower years ago.

And the only project that seems anywhere near happening is a different name and different height
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Ahhh how nice it would be if some major company such as Cerner would decide to build a monumental skyscraper. This is something sorely needed from downtown. Our old downtown buildings either have been or are being renovated. New infill construction is being planned frequently. We have the streetcar, we have Google Fiber, we have the momentum, and downtown is now THE place to be in Kansas City. Now... I want a sweet new skyline defining scraper. A new tallest. I know we have One Light being built soon, and that will be great, but I want something epic as well.

I still wish that Sprint hadn't decided to build their stupid campus. If downtown was like it is today, back when they built their campus, I bet they would have built a pretty skyscraper downtown. Ahh well, now we need to find the next mega company. Or the perfect convention hotel, apartment mix. Cerner could have built a mighty, mighty scraper. Maybe some other day.
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I've seen this on wiki also. I know for a fact H&R Block Tower II, San Francisco Tower 2, have been cancelled. The promenade place has been proposed for a long time. Now for the Vision skyscrapers, I don't see those happening except for cerner and maybe marriott.
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You can just go ahead and assume that list is totally useless. Someone from the rag should go be maintaining that list...

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http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/bl ... y-79m.html

Cordish Co.'s 25-story One Light residential tower will be completed by November 2015. Groundbreaking in April.
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Demosthenes wrote:I still wish that Sprint hadn't decided to build their stupid campus. If downtown was like it is today, back when they built their campus, I bet they would have built a pretty skyscraper downtown.
I kinda doubt it, since they have always been a pretty adamantly suburban / loyal-to-JoCo company. But even if they had, they would presumably have abandoned it, too.
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They've always been a KS company....but still no excuse.

http://www.sprint.com/companyinfo/history/
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zonk wrote:They've always been a KS company....but still no excuse.

http://www.sprint.com/companyinfo/history/

I had thought that Sprint grew out of United Telecom of Ferrelview, Missouri (adjoining KCI).

Was United actually an early acquisition in what eventually became Sprint?
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I remember them being at Belinder and SM Parkway.
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loftguy wrote:
zonk wrote:They've always been a KS company....but still no excuse.

http://www.sprint.com/companyinfo/history/

I had thought that Sprint grew out of United Telecom of Ferrelview, Missouri (adjoining KCI).

Was United actually an early acquisition in what eventually became Sprint?
this might help

http://www.fiercetelecom.com/special-re ... -brown-tel
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