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Laugh-O-Gram studio building

Thank You Walt Disney Project Secures $2M in Federal Funds

A decades-long effort to redevelop Walt Disney’s original Laugh-O-Gram animation studios will receive $2 million in federal funding.

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Plan Back for Mid-Rise Apartment Project in River Market

By Kevin Collison Developer Taylor McKee has resumed his proposal for a 10-story apartment project at Fourth and Broadway in the River Market and plans to begin construction by late spring. What’s now an 88-unit project first was proposed two years ago, and McKee still intends to build the $21 million development without seeking tax…

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someone holds a phone with the flashlight on up to a table. Next to them sits a stack of signs that read "we say NO to Crypto"

Crypto Company’s Cryptic Foray Blocked in Rural Kansas

A small rural Kansas town has rallied against plans to build a crypto mining facility.

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Lux Living Proposes 30-Story Apartment and Hotel Project

By Kevin Collison A proposal for a 30-story residential and hotel tower at the northeast corner of Wyandotte and 14th adjacent to the historic Power & Light Building has been submitted to the city by Lux Living. The plan submitted by the St. Louis developer calls for a building that would include 300 apartments and…

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Rendering of a 30-story apartment and hotel building next to the historic Power & Light Building.

Lux Living Proposes 30-Story Skyscraper Next to Power & Light Building

Lux Living has submitted a proposal for a 30-story apartment and hotel tower adjacent to the historic Power & Light Building.

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