Midtown Area Apartment Boom
- beautyfromashes
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Kind of surprised they would put all those windows on the north side knowing that the corner is for sale and they might all be gone if someone builds something there.
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If Exact keeps going the way they're going, I wouldn't be surprised if they would buy the corner and the land to the south. They can protect their investment and expand if need be.beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Fri Dec 17, 2021 5:41 pm Kind of surprised they would put all those windows on the north side knowing that the corner is for sale and they might all be gone if someone builds something there.
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The affordable ordinance does not require affordable for historic renovation projects.
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I thought the US Bank project had 10% affordable. Why isn't this meeting the city's new requirements?
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Midtown Plaza Phase III and IV will be heard by City Planning April 5th and could get heard by Council before May hits.
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3420 Broadway Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64111
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Yeah the ground floor is atrocious but the town homes will be a nice buffer for pedestrians to have a decent experience.
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It's fine but I would've broken up the long stretch along Penn into visually disconnected sections so it doesn't immediately appear as the same mega project. I've seen some projects pull that off, but others tried and didn't work. At least it's not a monotone facade. The Westport project replacing Tivoli could visually break it up as well along Penn.
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Agreed, but the worst/main part of the ground floor is on Washington where it is basically an alley between this building and the parking lot behind phase 1. It is not a through street and there was never going to be a good pedestrian experience (or really any pedestrian activity besides residents of these developments). Although you would think they could at least ad some attractive screens to the garage.
Does anyone know the status of the Phase 2 building on Broadway? It seems like Phase 3 and 4 jumped ahead in line, if Phase 2 is even still happening.
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https://twitter.com/KCBJ_Thomas/status/ ... 9936128008Thomas Friestad wrote: The LCRA on April 26 will review a blight study for two blocks where Exact Partners plans adaptive reuse projects. One at Main/Linwood would convert the ABC Storage & Anderson Electric Car buildings for 50-60 apartments and rooftop commercial space.
The other, at Main/36th, would support mixed-use in the historic KC National Guard Armory, a new 132-unit building with ground-floor commercial and eight townhomes along Baltimore Ave. Total investment estimated at $48M. Blight study would allow for future property tax abatement.
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Page 11To support the and facilitate the estimated $35 million redevelopment of a multiphase project that includes conversion of the historic Kansas City National Guard Armory at 3620 Main Street and the construction of about 200 new apartments, 8 townhomes, 23,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space, parking, and pedestrian amenities;
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Dang. Fiddly statistics and ratios notwithstanding, it's exciting as hell to see all this development. I've only lived in Midtown (Squier Park) for around nine years, but it's bonkers seeing all these buildings we just assumed would be vacant and abandoned forever get rehabbed or torn down for new stuff.
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Kevin Collison is reporting that demolition is scheduled to begin today on the Jeserich building at 3041-45 Main and Lutfi’s Fried Fish at 3035-37 Main. That's the NE corner of 31st and Main. There doesn't appear to be any announced replacement plan for the site.
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WTFFangKC wrote: ↑Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:11 pm Kevin Collison is reporting that demolition is scheduled to begin today on the Jeserich building at 3041-45 Main and Lutfi’s Fried Fish at 3035-37 Main. That's the NE corner of 31st and Main. There doesn't appear to be any announced replacement plan for the site.
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STATEMENT BY HISTORIC KANSAS CITY// Demolition at the intersection of 31st and Main
Historic Kansas City has learned that the Jeserich building, 3041-45 Main, built in 1888, and Lutfi’s Fried Fish, 3035-37 Main, built in 1905, identified by a KC Streetcar federal study as eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, are scheduled to be demolished beginning Wednesday, April 20th. These historic resources tell a unique and important story, define the development history of the community, and provide tangible reminders of the past that create a unique sense of place.
Listed on Historic Kansas City’s “Most Endangered Places List” since 2019, these historic structures are located at the corner of 31st and Main, where a half-dozen properties were acquired by an entity controlled by PRICE BROTHERS of Overland Park. In 2016, PRICE BROTHERS razed the Green Gables apartment buildings designed by architect Nelle Peters west of the Country Club Plaza over the objection of HKC and the community. That site remains vacant.
Historic Kansas City has been in contact with the UNION HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, who over the past weekend learned of the planned demolition. At this point, scant information is available. The developer, Price Brothers, has not met with the neighborhood to discuss the demolition or any plans for redevelopment on the site. The UNION HILL NEIGHBORHOOD supports future development and improvements in the area of 31st and Main, but would like to see as much of the original corner preserved as possible, especially the Jeserich Building which ties in with the predominantly Victorian aesthetic of the adjacent residential area. Incorporating any portion of the original building into any future project would lend authenticity to any newer development and visually connect the neighborhood better to its future streetcar stop.
Although the Main Street Corridor is under the jurisdiction of the Main Street Special Character Overlay District, that status does not include demolition review. Kansas City ordinances do not currently allow pre-demolition review for most historic structures. Snap demolitions proceed with little more than an application filed with the City and a quick counter review. How can an historic building be slated for demolition without any warning or a meaningful review?
The Main Street corridor has lost many historic buildings and many that are left are threatened. The City has no ordinance protection for any significant and meaningful review of snap demolitions of most historic buildings. This building is not protected by listing on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places.
Land assemblage and speculative development is underway, with various developers purchasing large swaths of commercial blocks on Main Street. As the corridor continues to be developed there will be more pressure on the remaining historic buildings to be demolished to make way for large-scale development projects. Developers have now snapped up strategic corners at four of the six streetcar stops between downtown and the Country Club Plaza: 31st, 39th, 45th streets and Armour Blvd.
"In addition to individual properties, HISTORIC KANSAS CITY works with historic neighborhoods to help them preserve the history and character that is important to them. We believe the residents of the Union Hill neighborhood deserve to have input into such an important decision affecting their neighborhood and that demolition should not move forward until they have been given a chance to meet with the developer and understand plans," said Greg Allen, President, Historic Kansas City.
Is any historic building in this city safe when destruction so readily occurs? The historic and scenic assets of the city must be protected and warrant better.
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Historic Kansas City has learned that the Jeserich building, 3041-45 Main, built in 1888, and Lutfi’s Fried Fish, 3035-37 Main, built in 1905, identified by a KC Streetcar federal study as eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, are scheduled to be demolished beginning Wednesday, April 20th. These historic resources tell a unique and important story, define the development history of the community, and provide tangible reminders of the past that create a unique sense of place.
Listed on Historic Kansas City’s “Most Endangered Places List” since 2019, these historic structures are located at the corner of 31st and Main, where a half-dozen properties were acquired by an entity controlled by PRICE BROTHERS of Overland Park. In 2016, PRICE BROTHERS razed the Green Gables apartment buildings designed by architect Nelle Peters west of the Country Club Plaza over the objection of HKC and the community. That site remains vacant.
Historic Kansas City has been in contact with the UNION HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, who over the past weekend learned of the planned demolition. At this point, scant information is available. The developer, Price Brothers, has not met with the neighborhood to discuss the demolition or any plans for redevelopment on the site. The UNION HILL NEIGHBORHOOD supports future development and improvements in the area of 31st and Main, but would like to see as much of the original corner preserved as possible, especially the Jeserich Building which ties in with the predominantly Victorian aesthetic of the adjacent residential area. Incorporating any portion of the original building into any future project would lend authenticity to any newer development and visually connect the neighborhood better to its future streetcar stop.
Although the Main Street Corridor is under the jurisdiction of the Main Street Special Character Overlay District, that status does not include demolition review. Kansas City ordinances do not currently allow pre-demolition review for most historic structures. Snap demolitions proceed with little more than an application filed with the City and a quick counter review. How can an historic building be slated for demolition without any warning or a meaningful review?
The Main Street corridor has lost many historic buildings and many that are left are threatened. The City has no ordinance protection for any significant and meaningful review of snap demolitions of most historic buildings. This building is not protected by listing on the Kansas City Register of Historic Places.
Land assemblage and speculative development is underway, with various developers purchasing large swaths of commercial blocks on Main Street. As the corridor continues to be developed there will be more pressure on the remaining historic buildings to be demolished to make way for large-scale development projects. Developers have now snapped up strategic corners at four of the six streetcar stops between downtown and the Country Club Plaza: 31st, 39th, 45th streets and Armour Blvd.
"In addition to individual properties, HISTORIC KANSAS CITY works with historic neighborhoods to help them preserve the history and character that is important to them. We believe the residents of the Union Hill neighborhood deserve to have input into such an important decision affecting their neighborhood and that demolition should not move forward until they have been given a chance to meet with the developer and understand plans," said Greg Allen, President, Historic Kansas City.
Is any historic building in this city safe when destruction so readily occurs? The historic and scenic assets of the city must be protected and warrant better.
https://www.facebook.com/HistoricKC/pho ... 204986988/
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As reported here in Dec 2018: viewtopic.php?p=586185#p586185
We knew this was coming. Still sucks.
We knew this was coming. Still sucks.
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Have the price brothers done anything beneficial in the core?