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Berkley Beer Garden will open in 2024, according to a release from the Port Authority of Kansas City.

It plans to be operational around the same time as the Kansas City Current's $118 million stadium and The Thrash Group's Origin Hotel, both under construction. A riverfront streetcar extension is set to open in 2025.

Thrash Group will develop the 8,200-square-foot, two-story space, but the beer garden will be publicly owned by Port KC. The beer garden will sit on half an acre in what's known as the grove, across Riverfront Drive from the hotel.
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kboish wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 10:09 am I’ve heard criticism of a big parking garage here, but I think it makes sense. This is the perimeter of downtown connected by transit and a major attraction. It makes sense to have a park and ride type place here.

beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 10:43 am Is this a wink and come hither look to Sporting Kansas City?

alejandro46 wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 9:24 am https://cityscenekc.com/port-kc-seeks-b ... r-stadium/


RFP for parcel across from stadium.


1500 parking spaces, “350 residential units, 10,000 square-feet of retail space, 100,000 square-feet of office and/or a 200-room, non-corporate boutique hotel.”

kboish wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 10:55 am I think SKC missed their chance for the river front. A real shame. Maybe north loop in 10 years?

Cratedigger wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 11:42 am

kboish wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 10:55 am I think SKC missed their chance for the river front. A real shame. Maybe north loop in 10 years?

Sporting is currently developing plans to expand CMP. I don't think they're moving unfortunately

The Port Authority of Kansas City has started advancing a key funding tool that will support the future 0.7-mile streetcar extension to the Berkley Riverfront.

The port's development committee on Monday recommended in favor of a draft petition that would establish a new Port Improvement District (PID) around the entirety of the riverfront. The district would redirect different tax revenues to support operations and maintenance for the $34.9 million streetcar.
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Officials previously estimated that the riverfront's PID could produce $22 million to support the new streetcar over a 30-year period.
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Rail deliveries for the riverfront streetcar started in early March, and construction on the extension could start later this summer. The new route will stretch from the streetcar's current northern terminus at Third Street and Grand Boulevard, across the Grand Boulevard viaduct to the middle of the Berkley Riverfront.

The 0.7-mile route is targeted for an opening by the middle of 2025, not long after the streetcar's 3.5-mile southern extension begins operations.

alejandro46 wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 9:24 am https://cityscenekc.com/port-kc-seeks-b ... r-stadium/


RFP for parcel across from stadium.


1500 parking spaces, “350 residential units, 10,000 square-feet of retail space, 100,000 square-feet of office and/or a 200-room, non-corporate boutique hotel.”

trexel94 wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 12:04 am

alejandro46 wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 9:24 am https://cityscenekc.com/port-kc-seeks-b ... r-stadium/


RFP for parcel across from stadium.


1500 parking spaces, “350 residential units, 10,000 square-feet of retail space, 100,000 square-feet of office and/or a 200-room, non-corporate boutique hotel.”

I'm trying to visualize what such a development would look like if all these components are realized. 1500 parking spaces alone. In terms of towers and height, any guesses?

KC_Ari wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 1:25 am Well the 1100 Oak Street garage by P&L is 1395 spaces in roughly 7 stories. But the parcel for the RFP is quite a big larger. (Roughly 1.5 acres versus 5 acres) It seems like you could fit most of the 1500 spaces in two levels underground, which would be quite expensive. Then the surface is an open canvas.

Or you could have a prominent tower with residential and street-level activation fronting Berkley with the garage built vertically near the railroad/interstate on the SE end of the site with access from Lydia Ave. I could see 12-18 stories, but not 30.

The railroad crossing their is going to need to be revamped in some way regardless. (And we can dream that the railroads see profit in realigning the single track and selling the land to expand the district.)

alejandro46 wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 9:24 am https://cityscenekc.com/port-kc-seeks-b ... r-stadium/


RFP for parcel across from stadium.


1500 parking spaces, “350 residential units, 10,000 square-feet of retail space, 100,000 square-feet of office and/or a 200-room, non-corporate boutique hotel.”