Development
Developers Look Up at Broadway Site Across from Kauffman Center
By Kevin Collison A 40-story apartment and hotel tower on Broadway across from the Kauffman Center? That’s what a development group has in mind for the first phase of a big proposal that eventually could include a second high-rise building. But first, the developers–EPC Real Estate Group and Dan Carr–have to persuade the Federal Aviation…
Read MoreUMKC Considers Arena as Part of Streetcar Stop Redevelopment
By Kevin Collison UMKC may build a small arena for events, concerts and athletics as part of a redevelopment project it’s planning near the south terminus of the streetcar extension. The proposal was mentioned in a State of the University speech given by Chancellor Mauli Agawal Monday. “We have real proof of what we are…
Read MoreFirst Proposal in West Bottoms Redevelopment, 280-Unit Apartment Project
By Kevin Collison SomeraRoad has submitted plans for its first project in what’s projected to be a $400 million, multi-phase investment in the West Bottoms, a 280-unit apartment project that would go up on the site of the old Weld Wheel building. The five-story project would begin construction next January after the derelict Weld Wheel…
Read MorePlan for 12th and Broadway Calls for Apartments, HQ Expansion
By Kevin Collison The developer of city-owned property at 12th and Broadway wants to build a 13-story apartment building and ultimately expand the former Kansas City Southern headquarters, but the timing relies on the proposed reconstruction of Barney Allis Plaza. The proposal by what’s now Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and Americo was outlined Wednesday…
Read MoreLux Living Briefs Neighborhood on 14th & Wyandotte Hotel, Apartment Plan
By Kevin Collison Lux Living provided fresh details of its planned hotel and apartment project at 14th and Wyandotte along with updated renderings at a briefing to the Downtown Neighborhood Association Thursday. The project calls for a 10-story, 200-room boutique hotel to be built on a vacant, rubble-strewn lot at 1319 Wyandotte and a 20-story…
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