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Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2021 10:56 pm
by FangKC
As for the 60,000 square-foot US Bank building that opened in 1973, Mac has backed off its original idea of demolishing the structure and decided instead to completely overhaul it by replacing its facade.
“We want to give it a new skin and appearance,” Cassel said. “It’s a great place for corner retail with the second and third floors for office and then residential as well.
“The most environmentally sound way to develop is to reuse the old.”
I'm glad a developer is taking into consideration being environmentally sound, and not demolishing existing, viable buildings of size.
It makes sense to place most of the affordable apartments in the New Yorker building since it's less expensive to renovate the apartments than build new ones.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:13 am
by brewcrew1000
Wonder if US Bank will relocate in Midtown or stay in the building, that US Bank is one of the busier ones in the region and one of the few where in person banking was open during covid while the others were drive thru only
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:01 am
by flyingember
brewcrew1000 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 8:13 am
Wonder if US Bank will relocate in Midtown or stay in the building, that US Bank is one of the busier ones in the region and one of the few where in person banking was open during covid while the others were drive thru only
Most banks are downsizing majorly. I would expect they could stay as busy in a building the fraction the size.
My bank has branches with drive thru which is a self service machine and cameras to a person, so they can put this equipment literally anywhere in any parking lot.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 10:52 am
by moderne
Banks have never occupied the entire building. The two upper floors have always been leased to office tenants.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:02 pm
by beautyfromashes
Maybe they’ll still be a tenant in the building once it’s redone?
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:08 pm
by earthling
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:21 pm
by chaglang
Interesting that MAC isn't using Helix on this project.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:35 pm
by earthling
^It's Hufft. I don't see any examples of mid-rise residential from Hufft...
https://hufft.com/work/
More from KCBJ artcile..
Because Pancho's and U.S. Bank's leases expire at the end of 2022, Cassel said Mac aims to start construction in the first quarter of 2023 and deliver its first units between spring and summer of 2024.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:47 pm
by normalthings
earthling wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:35 pm
^It's Hufft. I don't see any examples of mid-rise residential from Hufft...
https://hufft.com/work/
More from KCBJ artcile..
Because Pancho's and U.S. Bank's leases expire at the end of 2022, Cassel said Mac aims to start construction in the first quarter of 2023 and deliver its first units between spring and summer of 2024.
HIVE landed Ascend (DEFEO) in the River Market. Gives me similar vibes... Very small firm going big. I have been impressed with Ascend so far
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:49 pm
by normalthings
Interesting. They wouldn't be able to build here without incentives and they are meeting the low income requirement by buying and existing low income building.
Cassel said that he does not see a path to building a fully market-rate project without incentives.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:50 pm
by chaglang
IIRC Hufft did the concept design for the MAC apartment building that would have replaced the colonnades on the north side of West Armour.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:07 pm
by Riverite
chaglang wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:50 pm
IIRC Hufft did the concept design for the MAC apartment building that would have replaced the colonnades on the north side of West Armour.
Do you know where to find renderings from that?
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:24 pm
by chaglang
There are two in the early, early pages of this thread:
viewtopic.php?p=514993#p514993
viewtopic.php?p=518830#p518830
The second one was maybe in response to the first images? It's been a while since I thought about that almost-project.
I think Hufft has some mixed use projects... at least one.
https://hufft.com/project/farmers-park/
There are a couple more mixed use projects on their website, but it's a little hard to tell if they're renders or completed projects. I know the one above exists.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:28 pm
by Riverite
Definitely needs to be mixed use, the second was much stronger than the first but inappropriate for a ten story on Maine might be okay for the smaller ones on baltimore
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 3:54 pm
by beautyfromashes
Hufft does some very interesting work. Very simple lines with high end materials. I'm just not sure how well they are going to reflect over time. Maybe, their design seems too specific or trendy to last? the design equivalent of reclaimed barn wood? Hoping for the best.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 4:23 pm
by chaglang
It'll be interesting to see how they translate the scale difference between their current work and this project. Also curious to see how they respond to the location - last I looked there's a lot of suburban work in the portfolio. The KCAI building is a nice example of their work on an urban site.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 3:05 am
by normalthings
Cant find the thread but the apartments at Gillam and 31st filed for an alley vacation.
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 3:18 am
by Riverite
normalthings wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 3:05 am
Cant find the thread but the apartments at Gillam and 31st filed for an alley vacation.
Is that the velvet freeze building?
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2021 11:48 pm
by normalthings
Riverite wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 3:18 am
normalthings wrote: ↑Sat Aug 28, 2021 3:05 am
Cant find the thread but the apartments at Gillam and 31st filed for an alley vacation.
Is that the velvet freeze building?
I think so
Re: Renovations of apartment buildings along Armour Blvd.
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 10:06 am
by DaveKCMO
The Velvet Freeze project is covered in this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=18&t=19093