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Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:33 pm
by FangKC
But the old Muelebach shares a big lobby in the newer wing. Plus there is at least one restaurant space in the old Muehlebach (Pam Pam Room), and a small cocktail lounge facing Baltimore that goes mostly unused.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:35 pm
by missingkc
Location, location, location.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:43 pm
by KCPowercat
Re-reading the biz journal article I now remember being enraged by the city paying $250k a year to get free evening and weekend parking in this garage....WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE DOING THAT?
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:15 pm
by DaveKCMO
KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:43 pm
Re-reading the biz journal article I now remember being enraged by the city paying $250k a year to get free evening and weekend parking in this garage....WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE DOING THAT?
https://twitter.com/KCMOCityAuditor/sta ... 6751588352
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:21 pm
by KCPowercat
The city auditor office doesn't give me a lot of confidence in anything mindblowing being uncovered.....especially with this specific project and free parking being offered in a downtown garage.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:34 pm
by Chris Stritzel
This snippet from the article…
Work on the office/garage will begin first, in a few months, followed by the Muehlebach apartments.
I hope they release new renderings of the office tower if it's going to begin in a few months.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 12:06 am
by TheLastGentleman
The Muehlebach once had a two story lobby with a mezzanine. I've never seen a great picture of it, but you can see the railing in the upper part of the frame here. Also, I have the testimony of my grandmother to back it up.
This is the area of ceiling that isn't original. I'm assuming it got filled in when the south addition was built.
Because of that, if you go to that floor, you'll notice that the ceilings seem pretty low. Note the height of the columns.
That mezzinine could be brought back like how it was in the pickwick
There's also evidence that it does have large meeting spaces.
If large rooms is what it takes, then use the convention room addition built to the south.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 1:27 am
by FangKC
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 8:06 am
by KCPowercat
KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 9:43 pm
Re-reading the biz journal article I now remember being enraged by the city paying $250k a year to get free evening and weekend parking in this garage....WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE DOING THAT?
City manager responded that free parking wasn't approved yesterday by the committee....so the biz journal story is inaccurate or just reads weird
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 10:18 pm
by TheLastGentleman
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:38 am
by KCPowercat
That bar was one of the options for the miracle pop up bar
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2018 10:09 am
by moderne
The Haberdashery bar/grille was in that space. Peanut shells on the floor. Muehlebach is one of the most haunted places in town.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 6:46 pm
by missingkc
Perhaps they're switching the hotel and apartments so the hotel is adjacent to the parking deck they're building as part of the office building.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:51 pm
by FangKC
Big Redevelopment Plan By Barney Allis Plaza Gets Bigger
A major redevelopment project that will transform a block bordering Barney Allis Plaza has bumped up its office component by 43 percent, responding to a downtown market that developers believe is ripe for new space.
The project planned by Platform Ventures originally called for 70,000 square feet of office, but now has 100,000 spare feet and has increased the number of apartments planned as well, said Evan Welsh, vice president.
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Welsh said preliminary renovation already is underway to convert the Kansas City Club building at 1228 Baltimore into a 144-room hotel project that will include two restaurants and meeting space.
Work on the office and garage building at the northeast corner of 13th and Wyandotte is expected to begin next summer.
The renovation of the currently vacant upper floors of the 103 year-old Muehlbach into 190 apartments is expected to begin next Fall.
The hotel to be operated by Two Roads, part of the Hyatt hotel group, is scheduled to open in June 2020. The office, garage and apartment component should be completed by the end of 2020.
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He said about 60 percent of the units will meet the city’s definition of affordable with monthly rents of $1,100 or less.
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https://cityscenekc.com/big-redevelopme ... T5Yv2DGeB8
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:53 pm
by FangKC
missingkc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 6:46 pm
Perhaps they're switching the hotel and apartments so the hotel is adjacent to the parking deck they're building as part of the office building.
I think the article above tells us. The hotel operator is a Hyatt brand. It makes sense that they would put the hotel in another building, because I sure Marriott wouldn't want to share a lobby and building with Hyatt.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:45 pm
by TheLastGentleman
FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:53 pmI think the article above tells us. The hotel operator is a Hyatt brand. It makes sense that they would put the hotel in another building, because I sure Marriott wouldn't want to share a lobby and building with Hyatt.
If that's the case, maybe the muehlebach lobby is staying connected to the marriott. If that's the case, I wonder if they'll continue to use the south addition with the ballrooms and stuff
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:18 pm
by KCPowercat
I am sure they will. That is their better event space.
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 9:31 pm
by TheLastGentleman
Found an image of the lobby before it was filled in
Same perspective today
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 9:56 pm
by grovester
Sure hope they can unfill that!
Re: Muehlebach Hotel / KC Club Project
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 12:04 am
by missingkc
FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 7:53 pm
missingkc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 6:46 pm
Perhaps they're switching the hotel and apartments so the hotel is adjacent to the parking deck they're building as part of the office building.
I think the article above tells us. The hotel operator is a Hyatt brand. It makes sense that they would put the hotel in another building, because I sure Marriott wouldn't want to share a lobby and building with Hyatt.
That does make sense.
