On-going downtown development projects

Issues concerning Downtown as described by the Downtown Council. River to 31st Street, I-35 to Bruce R. Watkins.
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FangKC for mayor. Wish common sense was more common.
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That video footage is amazing. I think one thing to keep in mind is that it hasn't just been suburban sprawl that has wrecked downtown retail; shopping habits have changed dramatically and outside large tourist cities, downtown retail struggles (relatively) everywhere. Online shopping and big box power centers have essentially destroyed the department model (sadly). I have to assume that the vast majority of downtown retail sales dollars in NYC, SF, Chicago etc are from visitors to the cities, not locals.
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FlippantCitizen wrote: Thu Dec 22, 2022 12:59 pm FangKC for mayor. Wish common sense was more common.
Sign me up for the Fang administration
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normalthings wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:07 am With KC set to approach/hit the longtime goal of 40,000 downtown, what’s next?

50,000 new office jobs was mentioned by downtown council.

I think a residential density of 15-20k sq/mile is a good goal albeit Very long term .
I'd really love to see downtown focus on bringing in employers that hire lots of recent grads and incentivizing them to do so. I think if you get some momentum there, you get that live, play, work lifestyle that so many want and you could totally turn KC into a destination for recent college grads. Would give our city some additional momentum. I just think it's hard to get college grads excited about moving to suburbia straight out of college.
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New England Building conversion to apartments coming
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langosta wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:36 pm New England Building conversion to apartments coming
This building was converted to apartments several years ago
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TheLastGentleman wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:30 am
langosta wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:36 pm New England Building conversion to apartments coming
This building was converted to apartments several years ago
There is a permit out to convert use from office to apartment
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langosta wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:14 am
TheLastGentleman wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:30 am
langosta wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:36 pm New England Building conversion to apartments coming
This building was converted to apartments several years ago
There is a permit out to convert use from office to apartment
All 7 floors were converted to apartments. Are you thinking of the New York Life Building?
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TheLastGentleman wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:35 am
langosta wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:14 am
TheLastGentleman wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:30 am

This building was converted to apartments several years ago
There is a permit out to convert use from office to apartment
All 7 floors were converted to apartments. Are you thinking of the New York Life Building?
Possible they got the address wrong!
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Wouldn't it be more advantageous, to expand Bartle Hall over the Barney Ellis Plaza? They plan to put a huge park over the freeway just a short walk away. They could call that park Barney Ellis Park and then KC could attract larger conventions too.
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JohnKCMO wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:29 pm Wouldn't it be more advantageous, to expand Bartle Hall over the Barney Ellis Plaza? They plan to put a huge park over the freeway just a short walk away. They could call that park Barney Ellis Park and then KC could attract larger conventions too.
While that might sound logical, it's one of the things I have a complaint about in regards to the America's/Cervantes Center expansion in St. Louis. Creating an "L" or "T" shaped convention space seems inefficient when compared to a linear convention center. Granted, this isn't my specialty and maybe there's nothing wrong with doing that. I get what you're saying though.
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Three tower development proposed in OKC. Doubt the tallest happens but the smaller highrise cluster has good odds. Incentive package approved.

I could see this going in the Union Station parking lots


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That looks ridiculous. With our without the giant tower.
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Looks like something for Las Vegas after doing too much coke
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Ugly as sin.
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Straight out of Final Fantasy VII, yuck.
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very Oklahoma
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Biff's Trumpian casino tower in Back to the Future 2.
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GRID wrote: Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:10 pm That looks ridiculous. With our without the giant tower.
The base development is not far off from Boston's NBA stadium or the big tower going up in MKE.
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Am I the only one here that unironically hope this happens? Like it’s an objectively distasteful project no question, but the hilarity of the entire situations just has me wishing they break ground on that tall tower
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