Housing
Catholic Diocese Serves Controversy with Plan to Move Homeless Breakfast Program
By Kevin Collison A storm is brewing over the Catholic Diocese’s desire to relocate its breakfast ministry for the homeless to its Chancery building in the heart of the Library District, a downtown area with hundreds of apartments and many small businesses. A spokesperson for the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph said the move…
Read MoreDeveloper Pursuing 180-Unit Apartment Project in East Crossroads
By Kevin Collison The city is in preliminary negotiations with a developer who wants to build a 180-unit apartment project on public property in the East Crossroads that would include 36 affordable apartments. Grayson Capital is pursuing the project at 1531 Holmes. The site is currently occupied by a city-owned building. The firm was selected…
Read MoreMending Our Broken Heart: Can We Fix It? Downtown Needs Triad of Support for Revival
“Downtown KC: Mending Our Broken Heart,” was a groundbreaking series originally published by The Kansas City Star 20 years ago this month. It was written by former staffers Jeffrey Spivak, Kevin Collison and Steve Paul, with photographs by Rich Suggs. It was edited by former deputy national editor Keith Chrostowski. CityScene KC thanks The Kansas City…
Read MoreDevelopers Envision Possible High-Rise Project on Broadway
By Kevin Collison A development group has acquired a 3.2-acre site on Broadway across from the Kauffman Center, including the former Denny’s site, and is contemplating a mixed-use project that could include a high-rise building. GDC Financial along with B16 Capital and EPC Real Estate Group has assembled a roughly two-block stretch of properties on…
Read MoreMac Properties Revives Big Armour and Main Project Without Incentives
(Editor’s note: Mac did not seek city incentives, but it did seek incentives from the KC Area Transportation Authority and its request was turned down Feb. 22, 2023) By Kevin Collison Mac Properties has revived its big residential development plan at Main and Armour, and this time won’t seek the incentives that prompted the City…
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