Housing

Downtown Homeless Shelter On Brink of Closure

(Editor’s note: This article originally was posted on the Flatland KC website) By Mike Sherry People who work to eliminate homelessness say the service network is like a chain–if one link fails, the whole system breaks. It is of little value, for instance, to walk somebody back from a psychotic episode or an alcohol bender…

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homeless shelter resident Matthew Hamblin

Downtown Homeless Shelter On Brink of Closure

reStart’s 90-bed downtown homeless facility is on the brink of closure unless it gets a last-minute financial bailout.

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A view of Three Light from the south.

Three Light Construction Start Expected by Early Summer

Construction of the Three Light luxury apartment tower in downtown Kansas City is set to begin by early summer.

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Three Light Construction Start Expected by Early Summer

By Kevin Collison The long-awaited Three Light luxury apartment tower is set to begin construction by early summer at the high-profile corner of 15th and Main with completion anticipated in Fall 2023. The Cordish Co., which won city approval in 2018 for the incentive package for the $150 million project, has submitted its final drawings…

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Big Troost Residential Project Wins Key Committee Approval

(Feb. 7 Editor’s note: the City Council unanimously approved the Armour Corner project Thursday, construction is expected to begin in June.) By Kevin Collison An ambitious plan five years in the making to transform the moribund corners of Troost and Armour into a 340-unit, mid-rise apartment development won a key endorsement Wednesday from a City…

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