Category Archives: News
‘The Manhattan’ Developer Fined & Sued for Asbestos Removal Violations
KC developer fined (KC Star)
A Kansas City developer will pay $200,000 in penalties and fines for removing asbestos illegally while rehabbing a tower of condominiums.
Matt Abbott, 34, pleaded guilty Monday to criminal charges in connection with the improper removal of asbestos from a building in Kansas City. Abbott is the owner of The Manhattan condominiums, [...]
Grand Boulevard to become “Boulevard of the Americas”
A GRAND BOULEVARD Rally ’round the flags (KC Star)
Grand Boulevard appears destined to become the “Boulevard of the Americas,” flying flags of more than 30 Western Hemisphere countries under a plan approved Tuesday by the park board.
Civic activist Jim Malouff has secured City Council backing and $45,000 for the project, which could get under way [...]
Report: Economic Impact of Downtown
The Downtown Kansas City Council just released their annual Economic Impact report, you can find a PDF of it here.
Here are a few highlights on the impact of a $4 billion transformation of the city’s urban center.
Residential Statistics
861 units completed in the last 4-5 months
988 units under construction
2,649 units planned
Since 2005, 630 affordable housing units [...]
Cordish announces two new KC Live tenants
Cordish adds two tenants to Power & Light District
The first is Maker’s Mark Bourbon House & Lounge, a 6,000 sq. ft. restaurant that already has a location in Louisville. But the other has me really excited, a Howl at the Moon dueling piano bar. KC will be Howl’s 13th location in the US [...]
Another fire, this time on 12th St., east of downtown
Looks like KC is having it’s 3rd major fire in the last month, completely destroying another building just east of downtown at 7605 E. 12th.
KC Star article with video link.
Three-alarm fire burning on KC’s east side
Feds Want to Take Over a Third of East Village Project
What started out as a potentially great project just got a swift kick in the nuts. East Village is the leader as federal building site (KC Star).
Here’s the issue, the General Services Administration is wanting to consolidate its scattered KC offices and build a 700,000 sq. foot complex. Essentially, it would be a [...]
MoDOT Relocates for Columbus Park Project
The KC Business Journal just published an article (MoDOT move enables housing redevelopment in Columbus Park) about the Missouri Dept of Transportation agreeing to relocate from Columbus Park to the West Bottoms. This will allow Zimmer Real Estate Services to proceed with plans to convert 22 acres of land just east of the River [...]
New Crossroads projects featured in KC Star
Looks like The Crossroads district is about to get two new condo projects, adding 223 new units to the neighborhood. Pricing and Floor plans should be available within 2-3 weeks.
First tractors, jeans, now condos
The Piper Lofts will have 118 condos ranging in size from 800 square feet to more than 2,000 square feet. Prices [...]
KC loses, St. Louis Wins International Award for Urban Renewal
This may be old news, but a few months ago I read that the World Leadership Forum selected Kansas City as a finalist for their annual Urban Renewal award, with the competition being Manchester (England), Calcutta (India), and St. Louis. Well, I never did follow up to see who won the award, but it [...]
The Aftermath of the Waldo Fire
The KC Star has a nice write-up about the fire that happened in Waldo a few days back. Still no word on what exactly caused the blaze, but they suspect it started at Kennedy’s, and spread from there.
It’s a sad loss for KC, but the lost businesses are already relocating as Frankly Basic hopes [...]