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Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:38 am
by moderne
Like where they are replacing the exterior horizontal cladding with the dark color. Wish they could do it to the entire bldng. Don't know what the material is, but it reminds me of the original proposal for City Center Square. Same design but executed in steel instead of the masonry that gives the bldng a bunker fortress look. The steel actually gave the building a lighter more graceful appearance.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:36 pm
by TheLastGentleman
moderne wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2019 9:38 am Like where they are replacing the exterior horizontal cladding with the dark color. Wish they could do it to the entire bldng. Don't know what the material is, but it reminds me of the original proposal for City Center Square. Same design but executed in steel instead of the masonry that gives the bldng a bunker fortress look. The steel actually gave the building a lighter more graceful appearance.
This the design?

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For those curious, it's from this poster

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Here's where it came from https://www.reddit.com/r/kansascity/com ... her_house/

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:58 pm
by normalthings
^^ carving is from 6 years before CCS opened.

https://www.wework.com/buildings/lightwell--kansas-city
WeWork listing for LightWell. Only about 150,000 SF remain available at LightWell.

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He said the current vacancy rate for downtown office space is around 8.8%,
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... r-kcs.html

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:41 pm
by moderne
That's the original design. The steel was similar to Walstreet condos at 11th & Walnut. Wish we had a tall steel exterior bldng, don't think they build them anymore. Remember that carving sold in gift shops all over town for years. I think CCS opened in late 77 or 78 at latest. They tore the block down including the Roxy and the Paramount theaters and there was a huge watery pit for several years before anything got built. It was a civic embarassment.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 10:01 pm
by flyingember
moderne wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:41 pm Wish we had a tall steel exterior bldng, don't think they build them anymore.
We have a local company who builds them, Zahner

The Kauffman Center looks to be our tallest steel clad building downtown

Others-
The Community of Christ Temple
The Parking garage across from city hall

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:59 am
by Highlander
FangKC wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:04 pm WeWork Dramatically Expands Downtown Footprint
WeWork announced this morning its leasing more than 100,000 square feet in the lightwell building, formerly City Center Square, adding to its already sizable downtown presence in the Corrigan Station building.
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WeWork’s first member at the new location is Volly, a Woburn, Massachusetts-based company that works with banks and mortgage lenders to simplify their marketing communication strategies through a SaaS platform that includes CRM, marketing automation and point of sale.
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https://cityscenekc.com/wework-dramatic ... footprint/
Not sure I understand how their business model works? They develop space in an existing building and then lease it out again?

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:22 am
by flyingember
Highlander wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:59 am
FangKC wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:04 pm WeWork Dramatically Expands Downtown Footprint
WeWork announced this morning its leasing more than 100,000 square feet in the lightwell building, formerly City Center Square, adding to its already sizable downtown presence in the Corrigan Station building.
...
WeWork’s first member at the new location is Volly, a Woburn, Massachusetts-based company that works with banks and mortgage lenders to simplify their marketing communication strategies through a SaaS platform that includes CRM, marketing automation and point of sale.
...
https://cityscenekc.com/wework-dramatic ... footprint/
Not sure I understand how their business model works? They develop space in an existing building and then lease it out again?
Read this

https://www.wework.com/workspace

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:41 pm
by DaveKCMO
Food court today:

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Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:20 pm
by earthling
Sounds like they will target chef driven foodie hall tenants... assume bfast/lunch only?

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:25 pm
by earthling
Highlander wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:59 am
FangKC wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2019 5:04 pm WeWork Dramatically Expands Downtown Footprint
WeWork announced this morning its leasing more than 100,000 square feet in the lightwell building, formerly City Center Square, adding to its already sizable downtown presence in the Corrigan Station building.
...
WeWork’s first member at the new location is Volly, a Woburn, Massachusetts-based company that works with banks and mortgage lenders to simplify their marketing communication strategies through a SaaS platform that includes CRM, marketing automation and point of sale.
...
https://cityscenekc.com/wework-dramatic ... footprint/
Not sure I understand how their business model works? They develop space in an existing building and then lease it out again?
Yes, basically renting down to the desk and also option for a non-dedicated desk. I've worked in PlexPod Xroads. Not having a cubicle took some getting used to but can understand the appeal. Even major corps are now opening satellite locations in co-working spaces. Is very easy to get a site up and running with low overhead.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:54 pm
by bchociej
Great for remote workers to get out of the house, as I'll attest.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:00 pm
by DaveKCMO
earthling wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 3:20 pm Sounds like they will target chef driven foodie hall tenants... assume bfast/lunch only?
Why not all-day-every-day like Parlor? Higher margins. Alcohol sales don't require consents in the loop.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:44 pm
by dnweava
DaveKCMO wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:44 pm Target + USDA + renovations seems like a winner to me!
Seems the foodcourt has officially kicked everyone out. The mexican place will be the last to close and is moving to 1010 main I heard.

If you take the seating area, the restaurants, and their backrooms, etc I wonder how many square feet that area is. I'd guess 15,000 to 20,000 sq feet at most which would be enough for a small format Target store.
Just how small do our small-format stores get? They’re all different, starting as small as 15,000 square feet or less, though the average small-format Target is around 40,000 square feet, about one-third the size of our full-size 130,000 square-foot store. Fun fact: our newly opened store in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood is the smallest to date, spanning just 12,800 square feet. The size of each one is based on what we think will best fit and serve the neighborhood.
https://corporate.target.com/article/20 ... mat-stores

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:46 pm
by KCPowercat
1010 Main isn't an address that I'm aware of? Good to see they found a new location.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:48 pm
by earthling
Nice if true that Wrap it Up found a home nearby. It's a doable one. And like the build your own breakfast burrito too.

The Target discussion seems to be a dead path though as it sounds like a Foodie Hall is planned... or is it still?

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:17 pm
by dnweava
KCPowercat wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:46 pm 1010 Main isn't an address that I'm aware of? Good to see they found a new location.
I think it's the old AMC building. I think the new owners are calling it 10 main or 1010 main or something like that.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:21 pm
by KCPowercat
interesting if that is their new location given the owners kicked Mildred's out.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:23 pm
by flyingember
1000-1016 Main is the transit center

The old AMC building is called Ten Main because it's at 10th and Main, but it's address is 920 Main. Probably what's being referred to.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:46 am
by smh
KCPowercat wrote: Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:21 pm interesting if that is their new location given the owners kicked Mildred's out.
I think the landlords sort of helped kick mildred's out by converting to residential, but I think the decision to move was Mildred's own.

Re: OFFICIAL - Lightwell (formerly City Center Square)

Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:39 am
by earthling
Just talked to Wrap it Up. They wanted to get into AMC building but didn't work out. They are going to 9th/Baltimore instead, apparently the Milwaukee Deli/Australian eats building. Leaving current spot end of Sept.