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Construction to Begin Early Next Year on Half-Dozen River Market Townhouses
By Kevin Collison Craig Slawson, the Denver developer who’s bought into the River Market real estate scene in a big way, plans to begin his first construction early next year, six townhouses along Wyandotte Street. The new residences will join two townhouses built by the late developer Tom Trabon on the east side of Wyandotte…
New York Developer has Found a Little Tribeca in Garment District
By Kevin Collison Andrew Bolton specializes in historic redevelopment projects and had worked in New Orleans and Washington D.C. before coming to Kansas City. He liked what he found so much he decided to relocate here from New York. “I came to Kansas City in the 1990s on business,” he said. “I didn’t know much…
Loews Now Majority Owner of Planned Downtown Convention Hotel, Preliminary Construction Expected to Begin Soon
By Kevin Collison New York-based hotel giant Loews has increased its investment stake to become majority owner of the planned 800-room downtown convention hotel and preliminary construction is expected to begin soon. The expanded role of Loews, which owns and operates 24 hotels in major cities across the U.S. and Canada, was approved this week…
Renowned East Crossroads Artist Studio Kicks Off International Sculpture Conference
By Kevin Collison The center of the sculpture world was at Studio Inc in the East Crossroads area of downtown this week for a kickoff event for the 2017 International Sculpture Conference. Three-hundred artists from across the United States and overseas are here through Saturday for the event, which is a celebration and educational program…
Meshuggah Bagels Rolling Into Downtown this March
By Kevin Collison The bagel that ate 39th Street last spring is rolling into downtown Kansas City, hopefully in time for the Big 12 basketball tournament in March. Meshuggah Bagels plans to open its fourth metro outlet in a 1,400 square-foot space off the ground-floor lobby of One Light apartments at 13th and Walnut streets….
Swiss Re Bringing 400 Jobs to Downtown Kansas City, Relocating from Overland Park
By Kevin Collison Swiss Re, a global reinsurance firm based in Switzerland, is relocating its Overland Park office to downtown Kansas City, a move that will bring 400 jobs. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced the move Wednesday, which follows a visit by the governor to the firm’s headquarters in Zurich. The firm will be moving…
Appetite for Downtown Living Continues, Newly Redeveloped 915 Broadway Project Nearly Full
By Kevin Collison The 915 Broadway project, a $10.5 million redevelopment of two historic buildings in the Garment District of downtown, is close to fully leased five months after it opened in June. The 44-unit development, which combined two buildings at 911 and 915 Broadway, has four one-bedroom apartments remaining, according to its manager Erica…
Developer Plans to Renovate “Abandoned Fortress” Building into Apartments
By Kevin Collison A vacant, dilapidated brick building at 27th and Madison that was built in 1920 as a power substation is slated to re-energized as a 10-unit apartment building. “It struck our eyes as being a catalyst to revitalizing that neighborhood and continue Kansas City’s overall revitalization of the urban core and downtown area,”…
Zahner Creates ‘Wild’ New Work Space as Part of $5 Million Downtown Expansion
By Kevin Collison A. Zahner Co., a world-renowned, architectural metal fabrication firm, is practicing its creativity on its $5 million expansion project at its downtown headquarters and manufacturing facility at Eighth and The Paseo. In what appears to be giant organic cones straight out of science fiction, the firm is creating 7,000 square feet of…
Two New Residential Projects in the Works for Paseo Gateway Area on Downtown’s Northeast Edge
By Kevin Collison Construction on two residential projects, a 57-unit apartment development and 22 townhouses, is scheduled to begin next month in The Paseo Gateway redevelopment area on the northeast edge of downtown. The $12.9 million Quinlan Place apartment project and $5.1 million Quinlan Row townhouses project were endorsed by the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority…