Pickwick Plaza
Historic Pickwick Plaza was renovated into the 260-unit East 9 apartment project using historic tax credits.

Urban Core Group Offers Inside Look at New Pickwick Plaza Apartment Project in Downtown KC

June 19, 2017  |  Kevin Collison  |  1 min read

The Urban Core Group is holding its monthly get together June 28 at East9, aka the historic Pickwick Plaza apartment project. The new development transformed what was once a hotel, bus station and office complex into apartments geared toward millennials. Maybe you can take a spin on the huge turntable that once spunned buses around?

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