KCRag Forum

KCtoBrooklyn wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:15 pm So I guess that is for the NWSL team? Any word on the stadium capacity? I wonder if SKC II (formerly Swope Park Rangers) could share the stadium.

FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:59 pm That's disappointing. A parcel that large had potential to be a mixed-use site.

TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:08 pm Berkley is one of the most baffling missed opportunities in the city. This could've been a meaningful extension of the urban core but instead it's being developed like it's in lenexa

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:21 pmIs PortKC responsible for the route the riverfront development has taken?

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:11 pm

FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:59 pm That's disappointing. A parcel that large had potential to be a mixed-use site.

with the pace of kansas city development, the soccer field will be 30 years old before the lot would have been built on anyways.

KC was runner-up for 900-job Starbucks operation; scarcity of new downtown office space a concern

A lack of new office space in downtown Kansas City may have cost the area a shot at a 900-job opportunity.

According to KSHB, Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX) was searching for a 100,000-square-foot Class A office to locate a major operation, and Kansas City was in the running until the company notified the city they were moving on.

The Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City told the television station that the coffee giant was looking at several factors in its location decision, including office space, workforce, airport and political climate.

CityScene KC reports that a recent Downtown Office Summit was focused on the loss of the Starbucks opportunity. That meant discussions of how to address the lack of new office space in Downtown. Currently, the required amount of new office space would take 18 to 24 months to build.

FangKC wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 12:03 am

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:11 pm

FangKC wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:59 pm That's disappointing. A parcel that large had potential to be a mixed-use site.

with the pace of kansas city development, the soccer field will be 30 years old before the lot would have been built on anyways.

Or we lose another Starbucks opportunity (900 jobs) like we did because there wasn't enough office space available -- or a parcel available to build.

KC was runner-up for 900-job Starbucks operation; scarcity of new downtown office space a concern

A lack of new office space in downtown Kansas City may have cost the area a shot at a 900-job opportunity.

According to KSHB, Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX) was searching for a 100,000-square-foot Class A office to locate a major operation, and Kansas City was in the running until the company notified the city they were moving on.

The Economic Development Corp. of Kansas City told the television station that the coffee giant was looking at several factors in its location decision, including office space, workforce, airport and political climate.

CityScene KC reports that a recent Downtown Office Summit was focused on the loss of the Starbucks opportunity. That meant discussions of how to address the lack of new office space in Downtown. Currently, the required amount of new office space would take 18 to 24 months to build.

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity ... pace.html

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:20 pm Whoever wants to build practice fields, office, and private parking here must have something else in mind. Initially, I thought it was going to be a park amenity but now it does make sense for this to be a training/practice facility. Would a NWSL team really build a practice facility at the riverfront park and play out at the Legends?

kcjak wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:55 am

Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:20 pm Whoever wants to build practice fields, office, and private parking here must have something else in mind. Initially, I thought it was going to be a park amenity but now it does make sense for this to be a training/practice facility. Would a NWSL team really build a practice facility at the riverfront park and play out at the Legends?

The Swope Park soccer village facility was built as a practice facility for Sporting, so...

kboish wrote: ↑Thu Jul 08, 2021 6:56 am This does not seem to be a good use of this land. And frankly, they should cancel the streetcar extension to the riverfront if this is the kind of development they are gonna do. Ive been cooling on the Northern extension anyway, this pretty much seals it.

I wonder if they could transfer the money received from the Feds to a river crossing instead.