Downtown Living

Three Dog Bakery Adds Treats to Bar K

By Kevin Collison It’s the kind of place any dog would like to spend their day. Three Dog Bakery has opened its fifth location in the Kansas City area in its own space at the Bark K café and dog park, and with all the pups romping around, it’s great for drop-in business. “It’s a…

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Mac Proposes Multi-Tower Residential Project at Streetcar Stop

By Kevin Collison Most of the city block southwest of Main and Armour would be transformed into a major streetcar-oriented residential project that would include several eight-to 10-story apartment buildings in a plan being pursued by Mac Properties. The $110 million proposal also would renovate the old New Yorker apartment building at 3521 Baltimore, adapt…

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Big 18th & Vine District Mixed-Use Plan Before Development Agency

(UPDATED Sept. 8: A 25-year property tax abatement, 100 percent for 15 years, 50 percent for 10 years, and a sales tax exemption on construction materials was unanimously approved for the One Nine Vine project at a special Planned Industrial Expansion Authority board meeting Tuesday.) By Kevin Collison The first phase of the proposed One…

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Greater Downtown Population Up 29 Percent in New Census Results

By Kevin Collison Greater Downtown Kansas City’s population jumped 29.4 percent over the last decade to 27,831 residents, according to the 2020 Census, thanks in part to people like Jessica Best. “We’ve lived in the Western Auto building for eight years and we’ve loved how the Crossroads has grown up around us” said Best, a…

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Work to Begin on $52M Apartment Project in Freight House District

By Kevin Collison The 193-unit Tracks apartment project in the Freight House District is expected to break ground by the end of the year, two years after it was first proposed. The $52.5 million development is being built by Milhaus, an Indianapolis developer that also recently completed the 338-unit Artistry KC apartment complex in the…

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