Business
Orangetheory Fitness Opening Soon in Crossroads
By Kevin Collison Orangetheory Fitness, the Florida-based exercise chain, is opening its 11th franchise in Metro KC in the Crossroads’s space formerly occupied by The Sundry at 1706 Baltimore. Rebecca Boresow, co-owner of the fitness center, said she and her partner Darrin McDonald believe downtown is ready for the franchise’s individualized, heart-rate based exercise program….
Holiday Inn Express Opens in Historic Interstate Building
By Kevin Collison The historic Interstate Building at 417 E. 13th St. has reopened as a 73-room Holiday Inn Express, a $9.5 million project that took four years to complete. The seven-story building was built in 1915 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It opened for business last month, according to General…
CoCreate KC Caters Co-Working Space to Creative Professionals
By Kevin Collison A new co-working space that’s geared toward independent professionals in the advertising, public relations, web design and social media world has opened at 3238 Gillham Rd. CoCreate KC is the creation of advertising veterans Jan Creidenberg, Brad Lang and Matt Anthony, the former CEO of VML. It’s intended to be a place…
Hospital Hill Construction Boom Continues with $70M University Health 2 Project
By Kevin Collison The building boom at what’s now being branded the “UMKC Health Sciences District” aka Hospital Hill is continuing with the kickoff of the $70 million University Health 2 project. The 80,000 square-foot facility will accommodate women’s care and primary care services currently in Truman Medical Center, freeing hospital space to expand its…
Drury Checks Out on Proposed Downtown Hotel
By Kevin Collison Drury Hotels has scrapped its plan to build a 242-room downtown hotel, saying the incentive package recommended by SB Friedman, a city consultant, would not provide what the firm believed was a “reasonable” return on its investment. Drury had wanted to demolish the vacant Board of Education building at 1211 McGee and…