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
Proposal Would Repurpose Shipping Containers for Affordable Micro Apartments
(Editor’s note: The City Council approved the plan at its July 23 meeting) By Kevin Collison Kansas City developer Paul Nagaoka has traveled the world pursuing his vision of building affordable apartment projects with big steel shipping containers to create cozy residences. “This is my greatest passion, this is the whole focus of what I see…
Proposed $310M Development Would Add Housing, Hotel, Office Tower to Crossroads
(Updated Aug. 20, 2021: The Planned Industrial Expansion Authority approved a cooperative agreement with the city Thursday to accept four parcels totaling about a half-acre of city surplus property at the location along the Main Street viaduct where the proposed Podium office and hotel project would be built. While the city transfer agreement does not…
Big Crossroads Plan Calls for Office Tower and Housing at 20th and Main
Developer Vince Bryant has proposed a $310 million mixed-use redevelopment plan for a four-block site in the Crossroads area of Kansas City.
Historic Knickerbocker Coming Down After 40-Year Neighborhood Fight
By Kevin Collison The demolition of the historic Knickerbocker apartments, a premier address a century ago, is underway, ending a 40-year preservation struggle between its Midtown neighborhood and owner Kansas City Life. Fencing is up around the three-story buildings at 501-535 Knickerbocker Place a block west of Broadway and a firm hired by KC Life…
Historic Midtown Apartments Coming Down After 40-Year Neighborhood Fight
The historic Knickerbocker apartments are expected to be demolished soon, ending a long preservation struggle between neighborhood leaders and Kansas City Life.
‘Imagine Downtown KC’ Community Planning Initiative Kicks Off Tuesday
The Downtown Council is launching a new planning initiative that will be seeking citizen input to help guide priorities for the next 10 years beginning Tuesday with a Zoom community workshop. “Imagine Downtown KC” is being described as a collaborative process to develop a shared vision for development and economic inclusion, and will serve as…
Hot Pink T-Mobile Center Will Have Very Chill Debut
By Kevin Collison When what was then called the Sprint Center debuted in 2007, it had a roaring start with Sir Elton John and then a nine-day run by Garth Brooks kicking off its debut. As the newly-renamed T-Mobile Center, the first sounds inside the big glass bowl at 13th and Grand hopefully will be…
Union Station Hitches Covid Rebound Hopes on ‘Dinosaur Road Trip’
By Kevin Collison “Dinosaur Road Trip,” Union Station’s new exhibition, is a fun, kitschy blend of dinosaurs, roadside attractions and corny 1950s Godzilla movies, but before you hit the hokey highway, the ramp was bumpy. Like other Kansas City cultural institutions hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Union Station was in dire straits after being forced…
River Market Apartment Project Starts Work Soon, Opening Summer 2022
By Kevin Collison Work on the latest new apartment development in the River Market, the Ashland on Third project, is expected to begin later this month. The 94-unit, market-rate project being developed by KC Commercial Realty Group was first approved by the City Council in February 2018 and was praised by then-Councilman Quinton Lucas for…
Troost Midtown Project Underway, First Historic Building Ready by Fall
By Kevin Collison Work is well underway on a $17 million redevelopment project along Troost Avenue that is restoring three historic building as office and retail space and a proposed museum of regional Native American culture. The Troost Midtown Project, which was approved for tax incentive assistance more than a year ago, includes the renovation…