Downtown New Residential Units

[dukuboy1]

You can live in the Northland, and be about 10-15 mins from downtown in a home for what you can spend on a condo. Plus the refi benefits of having a single family home vs. condo.

Dramatically less. 10-15 minutes is homes at $150k

There isn't a new condo on the market that will be below $300k + HOA fees

well I was trying to match up apple to apple with cost. You are correct you can get a much lower cost, but for the same you can get more and still stay in the time radius

[kenrbnj]

High rise co-op/condo: MAJOR consideration is HOA.

I have a personal view (twice over):

#1:

In looking at S. Fl; I liked high-rise waterfront. Great location, less money. HOA for a high-rise is often $1000+/mo. Parking garages, commons areas, ELEVATORS, roof repair requiring heavy-lift helicopters, dickhead neighbors who leave water running and flood people beneath them?

I chose a (much more expensive) home with dirt and attached garages on the water. Price was much higher, HOA was way lower.

Resale liquidity is far better (not for sale, by a long-shot)

#2:

SF Tower. EXACTLY the same as S. Florida; but I suspect deferred maintenance. Instead of a "special assessment"; the hunch is a HOA loan; repaid via a HOA levy based on perceived sale value of the units.

This is why LOW TAX towns tend to be more prosperous than high-tax towns. The recurring burden eventually DEVALUES the asset. SFO Tower (and that old BMA tower) are examples of this.

[normalthings]

High rise co-op/condo: MAJOR consideration is HOA.

I have a personal view (twice over):

#1:

In looking at S. Fl; I liked high-rise waterfront. Great location, less money. HOA for a high-rise is often $1000+/mo. Parking garages, commons areas, ELEVATORS, roof repair requiring heavy-lift helicopters, dickhead neighbors who leave water running and flood people beneath them?

I chose a (much more expensive) home with dirt and attached garages on the water. Price was much higher, HOA was way lower.

Resale liquidity is far better (not for sale, by a long-shot)

#2:

SF Tower. EXACTLY the same as S. Florida; but I suspect deferred maintenance. Instead of a "special assessment"; the hunch is a HOA loan; repaid via a HOA levy based on perceived sale value of the units.

This is why LOW TAX towns tend to be more prosperous than high-tax towns. The recurring burden eventually DEVALUES the asset. SFO Tower (and that old BMA tower) are examples of this.

Is it an issue that is condo specific? Or would minimal amenities fix this issue in your mind

Should KC stick to Lowrise row house condos?
Maybe a condo-apartment mix is the best we can do? I just don’t get how Lincoln can get at least one down but we somehow can’t.

[normalthings]

Seems like no amenities could be the best path forward. For example, a skinny condo tower to the north of Consentinos could share the One Light pool & gym and use existing garage spaces.

Yes, I agree. We are starting to burn through the upper market now that has to have a saltwater pool, a spa and a wine storage locker. The mid-market is wide open and much larger. The amenities will be cut because downtown IS the amenity!

Reverb is a weird mix of saltwater pool prices for no amenities. Otherwise, I think we would have seen that one fill up quickly.

A single residential project is never going to have its own quality gym so why include one at all? Projects below 200 units generally can't pencil in a resort-style pool so why have a pool at all? Cut all of that extra cost out and let residents use pooled community resources like neighborhood gyms and pools.

This is why I think that the Lincoln condo tower idea makes sense here. Cut out everything someone else in the neighborhood is doing better (most of the amenities). Provide people with a nice home, bellman, and maybe a communal rooftop space. Heck, you could even build it on the north end of the One Light block and share the pool, gym, and parking amenities.

Market: 37 condo units can't be that hard to fill in a city like KC. If just 2 players, past or present, from each major league team bought a unit we would be halfway to the 14 needed to get a construction loan. What about doctors from Hospital hill and NKC Hospital? New WR HQ? I'm sure we could land another 2 financial professionals looking for a home downtown. Boom there is your 14 needed to get a construction loan.

[kenrbnj]

Normalthings: There is definitely a market for the high-density, high-rise condominium product. The product, the price, and the HOA covenants must be correct.

HOAs nationally have this core problem: Absent disciplined covenants; heavy ($$) maintenance gets deferred. Developers exacerbate the problem: Low reserve requirements and artificially HOA fees sells units. The problem is the maintenance tends becomes deferred, only to result in exceptionally high assessment (one-time lump sum repairs - good practice) or loans ("pay over time"- bad practice) resulting in higher monthly fees.

Demographics help, as empty-nest resident have the money, do not need the extra space, simpler lifestyle.

Height makes the view, of course!

SFO tower is a perverted aberration. Those penthouse units should be selling for $1.2M or more. However, the $4,200 HOA fees are disgusting. Clearly the HOA made some incredibly stupid decisions. Hence you sell a penthouse for $320,000 with some of the most commanding views of downtown.

..Compare it with my home 20 years ago on Union Hill-- 204 E. 30th Street. Similar view; no liability.

[flyingember]

Market: 37 condo units can't be that hard to fill in a city like KC. If just 2 players, past or present, from each major league team bought a unit we would be halfway to the 14 needed to get a construction loan. What about doctors from Hospital hill and NKC Hospital? New WR HQ? I'm sure we could land another 2 financial professionals looking for a home downtown. Boom there is your 14 needed to get a construction loan.

Financial mismanagement is a well known trait among pro athletes. Don't assume they have a ton of money on hand to spend

https://www.investopedia.com/financial- ... abits.aspx

And sports players are likely to get traded if they're doing well enough to be able to buy a nice unit. So renting makes more financial sense.

[DColeKC]

Market: 37 condo units can't be that hard to fill in a city like KC. If just 2 players, past or present, from each major league team bought a unit we would be halfway to the 14 needed to get a construction loan. What about doctors from Hospital hill and NKC Hospital? New WR HQ? I'm sure we could land another 2 financial professionals looking for a home downtown. Boom there is your 14 needed to get a construction loan.

Financial mismanagement is a well known trait among pro athletes. Don't assume they have a ton of money on hand to spend

https://www.investopedia.com/financial- ... abits.aspx

And sports players are likely to get traded if they're doing well enough to be able to buy a nice unit. So renting makes more financial sense.

Agree and disagree here. No doubt there are still several well paid athletes that piss it all away, but I've been lucky to know a handful of NFL guys on a friend level and I'm sincerely impressed with how they manage their money. They all make the occasional ridiculous purchase, but they invest, have financial advisors and often, the big ticket items they buy will only appreciate in value. I've also known a few guys who blow 20k at a night club. I'm sure they regret it the next day.

The guys I know were a mixed bag of renting and buying. The guys who were drafted local and got decent contracts purchased right away. Others, rented a few years before buying and some still rent. Guys like the honey badger is renting a large house in OP and doesn't seem to intend to buy. Most of the guys who I know that have purchased plan on this being home base even after retirement. Mahomes being a prime example. He's actually looking to move up to a large home at the moment.

[normalthings]

A new downtown report claims downtown population is over 29K and anticipated to hit about 33K by end of this year and near 40K by 2025. Attention Target!

Looks like they pulled the reigns back in on some of the more recent projections.