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SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:48 pm
by bspecht
Figured this needed breaking out of the general "West Bottoms Redevelopment" thread at some point...
Anyways, here come the vacation requests for their 5-over-1, should be taken up at NPD on 1/24.
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bspecht wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 12:42 am
Better utilize? It’s no small lot, could build just as many units on it. But why when you can just take real estate from the City? (and capture several efficiencies, sure)
I’m sure many would use it with proper destinations, especially pedestrians from WBF. St Louis Ave is a wider ROW than Mulberry, could be a great corridor with treatments, or we can just shut it off.
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:08 pm
by bspecht
Goodbye to the Weld Wheel building. Each passed NPD, will be heard by Council tomorrow.
Bunch voted "present" for Saint Louis Ave vacation – didn't seem like he had much an idea it was coming, oddly.
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:18 pm
by Anthony_Hugo98
Still absolutely pathetic that we just throw our hands up and say “yep, demolish the tallest building in the district for a 5/1”
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:28 pm
by TheLastGentleman
It’s startling how there’s been absolutely zero reaction by preservationist in KC over the weld wheel. I guess the building is so ugly right now that everyone assumes it has to come down? Very odd.
Also concerning that demolishing a big building is one of the first things they want to do. Here’s hoping they don’t knock it down and then run away, leaving an empty lot for 50 years, per KC tradition
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:28 pm
by grovester
KC is so paranoid about potentially pissing off a developer on big project.
Totally lose perspective on the power dynamics.
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:41 pm
by bspecht
bspecht wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:08 pm
Goodbye to the Weld Wheel building. Each passed NPD, will be heard by Council tomorrow.
Bunch voted "present" for Saint Louis Ave vacation – didn't seem like he had much an idea it was coming, oddly.
Vacations passed Council. Bunch & Lucas voted 'No' for main vacation "on principle," offered no discussion to sway others.
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:18 pm
by FangKC
bspecht wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:08 pm
Goodbye to the Weld Wheel building. Each passed NPD, will be heard by Council tomorrow.
Bunch voted "present" for Saint Louis Ave vacation – didn't seem like he had much an idea it was coming, oddly.
Big projects aim to raise KC's West Bottoms
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Although eight of SomeraRoad’s 13 individual projects are historic conversions, one storied structure, the Weld Wheel Industries Inc. building at 933 Mulberry St., first will meet the wrecking ball. In the weeks ahead, the developer expects to start demolition on the 114-year-old building — left to languish after a previous owner’s conversion plan fell through — to free up a future apartment site.
The Weld Wheel building exemplifies the sorts of unexpected discoveries developers can encounter when working with historic properties. During due diligence,
SomeraRoad found that the building’s concrete slab ran deeper than expected, as many as 32 continuous inches beneath its basement.
A need to stabilize the nine-story building atop sandy ground might account for the extra concrete, Hromas said. A less benign explanation may have involved payments to legacy ownership of a city concrete company, he acknowledged.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... 6&empos=p4
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 12:57 am
by TheLastGentleman
Tearing down one of the few examples of a concrete daylight warehouse in the kansas city area as the first step of a historic preservation project is absolutely wild. I love what this group has planned for the buildings they plan to keep but wow starting with the demolition of a HUGE national-register listed historic building is NOT a good first step.
Industry City, Somera’s big claim to fame, consists of many such warehouse buildings, so struggling to find a new use for this one is concerning
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:14 am
by Chris Stritzel
They’re New Yorkers. All talk and full of bad acting. They look down on Midwesterners and see KC as a way to make a quick buck. Wouldn’t be surprised if this isn’t the only major tear down they pursue
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:13 am
by taxi
Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:14 am
They’re New Yorkers. All talk and full of bad acting. They look down on Midwesterners and see KC as a way to make a quick buck. Wouldn’t be surprised if this isn’t the only major tear down they pursue
I sure hope not but once they try to make their way through the MO DED historic tax credit system, they might change their tune.
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:07 pm
by FangKC
There are a lot of people and institutions with wealth looking for places to park money right now so real estate is appealing. They are looking for underdeveloped markets. Navigating the historic tax credit system probably is not intimidating to an organization that has worked in the complex New York City real estate market.
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:30 pm
by bspecht
FangKC wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:40 pm
Breaking the wheel: Demolition starts on West Bottoms building ahead of $526.7M development
SomeraRoad Inc. has started tearing down the former Weld Wheel Industries Inc. building as a precursor to the first projects in its $526.7 million West Bottoms plan.
Workers on Monday were doing interior demolition on the nine-story building at 933 Mulberry St. Last week, Kansas City permitted the full structure's teardown by Remco Demolition LLC.
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The city in April agreed to give SomeraRoad $2.6 million to help offset demolition costs. The New York developer says the work will be a six-month process, factoring in the building's abatement, demolition expected to occur through May and material removal set to wrap up in the third quarter.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... 1&empos=p4
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:29 pm
by bspecht
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:55 pm
by TheLastGentleman
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:49 pm
by Chris Stritzel
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:43 am
by Midtownkid
Looks fantastic really
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:52 am
by Cratedigger
Midtownkid wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:43 am
Looks fantastic really
100%
Very much looking forward to this
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:28 pm
by Chris Stritzel
Honestly, if the other new buildings followed a similar design style to the corner of the Weld Wheel replacement, I’d be a bit happier. It has more brickwork to it than the elevations made it seem. The cream color is also a nice choice. Contrasts nicely with the red brick of the neighborhood.
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:21 pm
by Chris Stritzel
Two more images...
Re: SomeraRoad West Bottoms District
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:53 pm
by FangKC
Throw in a black brick building, or black terra cotta, too. I've also seen some really beautiful green brick and terra cotta buildings.
