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After Seven Years, CityScene KC Bids Adieu
Dear Readers, CityScene KC is shutting down at the end of this week after serving you since November 2016. It’s been a labor of love reporting and writing about the revitalization of greater downtown Kansas City and its urban core, first as a development reporter at The Kansas City Star beginning in 2001, and then…
Read MoreLux Downtown Tower Deal Nixed, New Buyer Sought for Land
By Kevin Collison Lux Living’s proposed high-rise hotel and apartment proposal at 14th and Wyandotte has collapsed after the property’s California owner stopped extending its development agreement in order to seek a new buyer. The almost $200 million development proposed by the St. Louis developer next door to the historic Power & Light Building had…
Read MoreMayor: Likely Plaza Owners Want Housing, Better Security and Diverse Retail
By Kevin Collison The prospective new owners of the Country Club Plaza envision adding housing, an upscale hotel, diverse retailers and better security as part of their formula for returning the area to its glory days, according to Mayor Quinton Lucas. Lucas and top city officials traveled to Dallas Tuesday to meet with Ray Washburne…
Read MoreBig Third and Grand Apartment Project On Track for Late Winter Start
By Kevin Collison Work is expected to begin by late winter on a 246-unit apartment project located on a public parking lot at Third and Grand, a site that’s been targeted by the KCATA for development since 2015. Bill Crandall of CBC Real Estate Group, a partner in the $60 million venture, described the project…
Read MoreHoppy New Beer Combination in East Crossroads
The East Crossroads microbrewery scene is experiencing its first merger with Red Sash Brewing acquiring Double Shift. Red Sash, which opened in 2020 at 406 E. 18th St., is owned by Pat Mitchell, a retired U.S. Army captain, and Ryan Elder of Facility Systems. Mitchell’s mission was to start a place that catered to military…
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