Kevin Collison
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Flatland contributor Kevin Collison is the founder of CityScene KC, an online source for downtown news and issues.
Stories by Kevin Collison
River Market Men’s Clothing Shop Expands to Offer Fashion Denim
By Kevin Collison Houndstooth, a quality men’s clothing shop that opened in the River Market in mid-2014, has a new wrinkle, a high-end jean shop called Denim Hound. The 800 square-foot expansion is located in the basement of the clothing shop at 507 Walnut St. and opened in November. “I wanted to bring high-quality denim…
Corrigan Station
1828 Walnut St. | 10-story renovation for multi-tenant offices | Cost: $41 million | Opened December 2016
Corrigan Station Addition Breaking Ground Next Month with Academy Bank as Anchor
Work on an $11 million addition to the Corrigan Station development is scheduled to begin next month now that a major tenant has been lined up. Academy Bank will be the anchor tenant for the three-story building going up on a former parking lot west of the original Corrigan Station building at 1828 Walnut St….
City Warns of Looming Affordable Housing Crunch Downtown
By Kevin Collison If you think it’s tough to find an affordable apartment in downtown Kansas City these days, just wait five years. City officials project there will be 41 percent fewer affordable apartments downtown, dropping from the current 2,759 units to 1,140 units, as affordable housing tax credits expire on projects developed before 2008….
Opus Remains Committed to Crossroads Apartment Project
A $52 million apartment project that would replace an industrial building on the northeast corner of 20th and Broadway remains on track despite delays, according to its developer. Opus Development won approval for the 228-unit apartment project a year ago from the city. It’s planned for the site currently occupied by the Faultless Health Care…
Powerful World War I Painting ‘Gassed’ to Debut New Gallery at National World War I Museum
By Kevin Collison “Gassed,” one of the most powerful works of art depicting the horrors of World War I or any war, will be the centerpiece of the new Wylie Gallery debut at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. The 21-foot long by nine-feet tall painting by renowned artist John Singer Sargent shows British…
Children’s Mercy Hospital Launches Construction of Nine-Story Research Building
Construction has begun on a nine-story research building at the Children’s Mercy Hospital downtown campus following record donations totaling $150 million from the Hall Family Foundation and the Sunderland Foundation. When completed in early 2020, employment at the Children’s Research Institute is projected to grow ten-fold, hospital spokeswoman Lisa Augustine said. “It’s hard to put a number…
KC Restaurant Week Starts Serving This Weekend, Includes Three Dozen Downtown Participants
By Kevin Collison The Ninth Annual Kansas City Restaurant Week starts serving today with a record 191 participating restaurants, three dozen in greater downtown alone. First hatched as way to stir up business during a traditionally sleepy period for restaurants, the event which covers two weekends from Jan. 12-21, has restaurants jamming with diners and…