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KU Med Area Attracts Another Big Apartment Project, The Hudson

The growing KU Med campus at 39th and State Line is attracting another major apartment project, a 228-unit development in the Rosedale neighborhood called The Hudson. The market-rate project at 36th and Rainbow Boulevard is being co-developed by Hunt Midwest and LANE4 Property Group in a partnership with KU Endowment, according to a press release….

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City Harvest Apartment Tower on Track After Merchants Get Their Way

By Kevin Collison Responding to merchant pressure, a City Council committee endorsed an apartment tower plan in the City Market that restores its original design and replaces 160 public parking spaces being lost at the development site. The 300-unit City Harvest development is expected to be approved by the full Council today. If so, construction…

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The proposed 13-story City Harvest apartment project would be located on a parking lot immediately west of the City Market.

Parking Prevails Over More Affordable Housing at City Market

A City Council committee has approved a plan for the City Harvest apartment tower that restores public parking that would have been lost. near the City Market.

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John Moncke, president of the Power & Light District, speaks at the Three Light topping off event, City Manager Brian Platt is seated to his left, City Councilman Eric Bunch to his right.

City Manager Outlines Big Downtown Agenda at Three Light Event

By Kevin Collison They were topping off the $140 million Three Light project Tuesday, but big downtown investments are far from over, according to City Manager Brian Platt. In a wide-ranging interview following the ceremony for the 26-story apartment project scheduled to open in September, Platt outlined several initiatives that could result in hundreds of…

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John Moncke, president of the Power & Light District, speaks at the Three Light topping-off event, City Manager Brian Platt is seated to his left, City Councilman Eric Bunch to his right.

City Manager Outlines Big Downtown Agenda at Three Light Event

City Manager Brian Platt foresees a number of big projects in downtown Kansas City.

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