Development

The former KCATA transit center

KCATA Pursues Ambitious Mixed-Use Tower Downtown

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority’s (KCATA) development arm is pursuing a potential 26-story mixed-use building at its former transit site at 10th and Main streets.

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A rendering of how the Pennway Point entertainment proposal looking south.

Pennway Point Proposal Would Add Ferris Wheel to Downtown

An entertainment district at the south end of the Broadway viaduct that would include a 170-foot Ferris wheel, neon sign museum and food is the latest downtown proposal from developer Vince Bryant.

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Drake Development would like to build a three-level, three-restaurant complex on the site of the Seventh Church of Christ, Scientists at 47th and Jefferson streets next to the Country Club Plaza.

Plaza Development Controversy Erupts, 1940s Church Likely Casualty

The Country Club Plaza is a development flash point again with the likely demolition of an attractive, but unprotected, old church and a developer’s plan to replace it with a three-level restaurant project.

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Rendering of the Jamestown Square apartment complex

Big Apartment Project at 39th Street and State Line Road Nears Approval

The proposed Jamestown Square apartment project, the biggest investment on the Missouri side of the 39th Street corridor by KU Med in a decade, won easy backing Wednesday from a City Council committee.

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The façade of the historic Eblon Theater at 1822 Vine St.

18th & Vine Plan Called ‘Long Overdue,’ Wins Strong Council Backing

A redevelopment proposal that preserves historic facades and builds apartments and retail in the 18th and Vine District was approved overwhelmingly by the Kansas City Council.

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