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Downtown Open Returns, Fun Chance to Hit Golf Balls Off Tall Buildings
By Kevin Collison The new streetcar has been a vehicle for a lot of things–downtown commuting, spurring development and drawing weekend tourists–but a golf cart? That’s the plan for this Saturday when the Downtown Open organized by KC Crew returns for a fourth year. Participants will start at the event’s Washington Square Park “clubhouse” and…
Midland Affordable Renovation Plan Features Micro-Apartments
By Kevin Collison The Cordish Co. has submitted its plan to redevelop the historic Midland office building into affordable housing, partly by offering some of the more “micro” apartments to date in downtown, as small as 315 square feet. The $24.3 million renovation plan for the 12-story vacant office building at 1221 Baltimore is scheduled…
Carvana Opens Car-Shuffling Glass Tower Off Southwest Boulevard
Southwest Boulevard on downtown’s Westside is known for its funky blend of great Mexican restaurants, Boulevard Brewery, the Roasterie and now, for something completely different, an eight-story glass “car vending machine.” Carvana is opening its 18th car-vending machine in the country at 1700 W. 29th St. off the Boulevard and its definitely a new, if…
Group Hopes to Raise $500K to Defeat KC Incentive Cap Initiative
By Kevin Collison A development industry coalition backed by the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is fighting a ballot initiative they say would cripple the city’s primary incentive program, property tax abatements. The “Committee for Kansas City Jobs” wants to raise $500,000 to defeat a petition initiative on the city ballot next month supported…
National Developer Proposes Big Apartment Project in Crossroads
By Kevin Collison A $95 million development that would replace a Freight House District parking lot with a nine-story apartment tower above a three-level garage is being pursued by Greystar, the nation’s largest apartment operator. The 250-unit “Tracks 215” project is proposed for a 1.1-acre lot west of the historic Freight House building, where Lidia’s…