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Posts Tagged ‘Development’

Work to Begin on $52 Million Apartment Project in Freight House District

By | August 16, 2021 | 0
The Tracks apartment project will be built on this parking lot next to the historic Freight House building.

The 193-unit Tracks apartment project in the Freight House District is expected to break ground by the end of the year, two years after it was first proposed.

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Cerner Plans to Sell KCK Campus, Move Employees to South Kansas City

By | July 28, 2021 | 0
The Cerner "Continuous Campus" at Village West in western Wyandotte County opened in 2013.

Cerner Corp. plans to sell its “continuous campus” in western Wyandotte County and relocate the remaining employees to its South Kansas City Bannister campus.

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Katz Project Lives Again, Proposed Deal Includes $600,000 Subsidy

By | July 15, 2021 | 0
The apartment project that will incorporate the historic Katz Drug Store at Westport Road and Main Street.

The Katz apartment redevelopment plan rejected by the City Council three weeks ago was revived Wednesday based on a compromise that includes adding $600,000 to replace a reduced property tax incentive.

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UMKC Proposing Student Housing, Retail by Planned Streetcar Terminus

By | June 30, 2021 | 0
The University of Missouri-Kansas City is proposing housing for 500 students at the planned streetcar terminus by its campus.

A new University of Missouri-Kansas City master plan calls for developing housing for 500 students along with retail space at the southern terminus of the planned KC Streetcar route.

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How One Kansas City Neighborhood Is Transforming Its Dangerous And Abandoned Buildings

By | June 29, 2021 | 0
The home on 4401 E. Ninth St. used to be on Kansas City's dangerous buildings list until the Lykins Neighborhood Association acquired the property through Missouri's Abandoned Housing Act. It's now being renovated into a livable home.

In northeast Kansas City, the Lykins Neighborhood Association has used Missouri’s Abandoned Housing Act to reclaim abandoned and dilapidated homes and turn them over to rehabbers for renovation. The results have been promising.

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