TheUrbanRoo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 12:25 am
Wow, an actual rooftop bar & pool deck too. Cordish, take notes.
Was thinking the sans thing. Maybe we’ve found a new developer for the Royals EV district.
Let's not get too crazy. We don't even know for sure if this is financed. Plus I'm still not sold on Lux yet. So I'd prefer someone more established for that.
Fantastic, makes the Lowes tower look like mince meat. The city leadership is trash, I hope they have no (zero) input in this project and keep rheir greedy hands off.
It's rare in KC to see a development that's up to date style wise yet so sensitive to its' neighbors and neighborhood. And from an out of town designer.
moderne wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 10:47 am
It's rare in KC to see a development that's up to date style wise yet so sensitive to its' neighbors and neighborhood. And from an out of town designer.
As a former employee of this company, who has publicly criticized (and sometimes harshly criticized) LuxLiving, I will say that this represents a positive future for them on the design side if they can keep it up. It’s clear they listened to KCRag users and other social media comments when revising the design. It’s great that they tapped DLR Group as the architect. What they came up with, while a box, is a damn good box so far. I’ll be rooting for this one and hope it happens.
It’s about time someone decided to give Cordish a run for their money in the new downtown high-rise apartment market. Competition is a good thing. We need more of it (and will soon).
missingkc wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:26 pm
Chris, I'll be very happy to have been wrong about the 20 story height and see this happen.
Yeah, I don't get the number of floors, but it's definitely the general height of a 30-34 story building. The taller building looks a few stories taller than the 30 story Hotel next to it.
The floor plans seem to indicate that this is not two separate buildings, but one, and that the hotel element will occupy the lower floors and the apartment the upper floors. Floors 6-14 hotel, floors 14-27 apartment.
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According to the article in today's KCBJ, the traffic study submitted was based on the two tower version topping at 20 floors. So glad to see this, instead.
DLR has designed a lot of residential that would be considered a little more futuristic and "look at me" than this. Which might not have been good at this site. They are also designing the proposed 2027 Worlds Fair next to the Mall of America.