News & Issues
Big Apartment Project Proposed for Volker Neighborhood by KU Med
By Kevin Collison Milhaus, one of the city’s most prolific apartment builders, is pursuing a 224-unit project in the Volker neighborhood on what’s now a parking lot across State Line Road from the KU Med campus. The proposed Jamestown Square development would be located on what’s now a large surface lot serving businesses along 39th…
Big Apartment Project Proposed for Volker Neighborhood by KU Med
Milhaus is pursuing a 224-unit project in the Volker neighborhood on what’s now a parking lot across State Line Road from the KU Med campus.
KC Taco Expanding for Third Time in River Market
By Kevin Collison Arthur Leduc of Kansas City Taco Co. has found the hunger for his non-traditional, urban taqueria so great he’s about to expand his River Market restaurant for the third time since opening two years ago. “One of the reasons I wanted to open a restaurant in Kansas City is that I’ve never…
Plans for Hotel, Mid-Rise Apartments, Move Forward on Riverfront
By Kevin Collison A Port KC committee recommended this week the agency sell two parcels along the downtown riverfront to developers pursuing two projects, a 120-room boutique hotel and a seven-story apartment plan. The developer of the five-story hotel, whose identity has not been disclosed, has been in negotiations with Port KC for almost two…
Blank Page Gambit Pays Off for Northeast News
The community rallied around the Northeast News when the struggling neighborhood newspaper published an edition with a blank front page.