Discuss items in the urban core outside of Downtown as described above. Everything in the core including the east side (18th & Vine area), Northeast, Plaza, Westport, Brookside, Valentine, Waldo, 39th street, & the entire midtown area.
kcjak wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:32 am
There will ALWAYS be people who want to live in the suburbs even if it's not for many of us. At least developments like Lenexa City Center are providing some denser mixed-use pedestrian-oriented development instead of what's going on at the old Sprint campus. Why shit all over something like this when the city could've easily chosen to develop something far worse?
I’m not shitting on the development at all. Opposite of that actually.
My point is that I don’t think people in the city realize the amount of private money being spent outside of the urban core right now. For the long term health of KC and our region, there needs to be changes made to focus some of that money back on infill development
KCtoBrooklyn wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 2:34 pm
A 9 unit building is being proposed for 3933 Kenwood. It would replace two single family homes. This is just down the street from the 3 new duplexes (not sure if it is the same developer).
I'm sure some neighbors will flip their shit over how modern the design is:
After 2.5 years, and a redesign, this project is nearing the finish line.
Office Max on Main is closing. Iirc Drake Development bought this for eventually multi family. Closure not tied to any local or national closures so seems to indicate either poor single store performance or owner wanted them out at the end of the lease.
langosta wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 9:28 pm
Office Max on Main is closing. Iirc Drake Development bought this for eventually multi family. Closure not tied to any local or national closures so seems to indicate either poor single store performance or owner wanted them out at the end of the lease.
This is to become a Total Wine and More per an application I recall being made to Compass several months ago.
Midtownkid wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:35 am
The Carmen Building was nominated to the City's Historic Register at Friday's Historic Preservation Commission meeting. It goes to city council next.
The owner of the property claimed they want to build a 'very nice' 15-story apartment building on the site. Developer is from Lenexa. Said something about wanting to build something like the Bellagio. Who knows what the real story is.
I hope the building can be preserved. There is room to build another building on the same parcel either West of the Carmen building or behind it. (Or both.)
Good news on this! Sounds like the owner is willing to save the building and work with the neighborhood on what will be built next to it.
The historic designation may not even be necessary to 'save' it. I hope the owner is sincere.
From the Star: "While that process plays out, this week, the building’s owner, Dr. Paramjeet Sabharwal told FOX4 that he’s backing away from those demolition plans and instead plans to build new structures in the land around the Carmen Building and talk to neighborhood members about what they’d like to see at the site."
Neighbors' preservation push may give Carmen Building a demolition reprieve
A 101-year-old Midtown building that has housed a range of tenants, most recently including the Salvation Army, appears on track to stay intact amid a monthslong push among Old Hyde Park neighbors to save it from demolition.
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But more recently — and after the city's Historic Preservation Commission supported the neighbors' nomination in March — Sabharwal told FOX4 he is backing away from demolition plans and instead would confer with the community about what members would like to see at the site, potentially including new structures around the Carmen Building. Sabharwal controls building owner Kansas 101 Linwood LLC, which paid a reported $2 million for the 1.45-acre property in July 2023.
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Nadja Karpilow, president of the Old Hyde Park Historic District neighborhood association, last week told the City Plan Commission she intended to proceed with the building's historic nomination, as a prudent protective measure in case its ownership changes. The commission continued its review of the nomination until early July. If approved by the City Council, the nomination effectively would block demolition for three years.
Karpilow and supporters with Historic Kansas City said the Carmen Building represents a strong candidate for a conversion. A three-year buffer period would ensure a more thoughtful review of what new uses could be built in or around the structure, they said. At least one investor group previously had devised viable financial scenarios to restore the building with mixed uses, including space for new apartments on remaining land outside.
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