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
Incentives Approved for Crossroads Apartment Plan; Affordability Debate Continues
A developer has reduced the number of affordable housing units in a Crossroads project after being rejected by Kansas City's Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Beer Garden to Join Streetcar and Soccer at Downtown Riverfront
By Kevin Collison First it was the streetcar extension, then the new KC Current professional soccer stadium and now a big beer garden is in store for a downtown riverfront that up until the past decade was a pretty sleepy place. The KC Port board approved a development agreement Monday with The Thrash Group of…
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….
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…
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.
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…
City Manager Outlines Big Downtown Agenda at Three Light Event
City Manager Brian Platt foresees a number of big projects in downtown Kansas City.
Café Cà Phê Stirs Vietnamese Flavor into KC Coffee Scene
(Editor’s note: This article originally was published Aug. 16, 2022) By Kevin Collison A Southern California actor marooned in Kansas City after Covid cancelled her Miss Saigon Broadway tour has taken on a new role, creating a coffee shop in Columbus Park that celebrates Asian-American culture. “I always had an idea of opening a coffee…
Late Summer Opening Anticipated for Strang Food Hall at Plaza
By Kevin Collison The new Strang Chef Collective food hall planned for the Cascade Hotel being just north of the Country Club Plaza is considered by its operator a “bullish” vote of confidence in the venerable shopping district. “We’ve always targeted the Plaza as an opportunity to bring our chef-driven concept,” said Shawn Craft, CEO…
KC Southern Buying Property for Likely Headquarters Expansion
By Kevin Collison Kansas City Southern is partnering with Americo to redevelop city-owned property at 12th and Broadway for what likely will be a mixed-use project that includes an expanded headquarters for the firm which is being acquired by Canadian Pacific. City Manager Brian Platt has submitted a development agreement to the City Council in…