Surface Lots, Land Banking, Ect

[CorneliusFB]

That makes sense. Thanks for the additional info.

[TheLastGentleman]

Red = Entire city block is gone

Orange = Surface lot or very low-rise parking garage

Yellow = Parking garages

And this is just in the loop, and I probably missed some

[beautyfromashes]

I know this was probably meant to look depressing but, if you squint, you can see some progress here.

[normalthings]

I know this was probably meant to look depressing but, if you squint, you can see some progress here.

We always complain about the empty parking lots (which I also hate) but our having renovated most existing structures is a big contributor to our lively downtown. As we run out of buildings to renovate, hopefully we will take out more parking lots.

[FangKC]

I wonder if the Kansas City Southern headquarters building at 114 W. 11th Street will become apartments once the dust settles after the merger with Canadian Pacific Railway?

[normalthings]

I wonder if the old Kansas City Southern headquarters building at 114 W. 11th Street will become apartments once the dust settles after the merger with Canadian Pacific Railway?

isn't that offices of a different business?

[FangKC]

I wonder if the old Kansas City Southern headquarters building at 114 W. 11th Street will become apartments once the dust settles after the merger with Canadian Pacific Railway?

isn't that offices of a different business?

I think there are several tenants in it now, but I don't know if KC Southern still has some of their offices there. Does anyone know? Broadway Square Partners/DST Realty owns the building.

[DaveKCMO]

I know this was probably meant to look depressing but, if you squint, you can see some progress here.

This is a 100% KC statement.

[beautyfromashes]

I know this was probably meant to look depressing but, if you squint, you can see some progress here.

This is a 100% KC statement.

Born and raised. I'm not sure grumbling about how far we have to go helps us make any progress. 20 years ago, I probably would have thought that every lot would be gone by now. Of course, I thought the streetcar to the Plaza would have happened a decade ago too. Progress is slow. At least there's been progress.

[FangKC]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkN9NFcOthy ... _copy_link

[kenrbnj]

Truly a simple means to quell this: Raise tax rates on the dirt and lower the taxes on the improvement.

The fact owning an acre of empty lot in the CBD yields a tax burden of a couple thousand dollars annually to the city is absurdity.