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New Troost Store Promises Deep Discounts on Amazon Returns
By Kevin Collison A store that specializes in selling returned items from Amazon and other large retailers is opening soon at 3230 Troost, bringing bargain shopping opportunities to the area. “I see that area doesn’t have any discount stores there,” said owner Shawn Chen. “We will have 60,000 items on our tables that people can…
Steamboat Arabia Skipper Talks About Shoving Off to St. Charles
By Kevin Collison David Hawley, the owner of the Steamboat Arabia Museum, says St. Charles officials are wondering why Kansas City is allowing them to lure his top tourism draw away. “St. Charles is looking at this and saying ‘what’s wrong with Kansas City?’” he said. “Why are they turning up their noses at this?”…
Shuffleboard Sliding into West Bottoms Flats Next Spring
By Kevin Collison The historic Abernathy building in the West Bottoms has witnessed many activities in its 140-year history including making furniture and caskets, and in recent years, selling baskets wholesale. A year from now, a decidedly different and more fun activity should be sliding into the main floor of the building at 1525 W….
KC Current Releases New Renderings of Riverfront Soccer Stadium
Kansas City Current officials released new renderings Tuesday of their planned women’s professional soccer stadium on the riverfront to go along with its new size and new price tag. The cost of the stadium planned for the east side of Berkeley Riverfront Park near the Kit Bond Bridge has increased from its original estimate last…
Big Apartment Proposal Near Plaza Revived by Lane4
By Kevin Collison A big apartment project proposal on Belleview Avenue near the Country Club Plaza is back and this time it’s being pursued by Lane4, an experienced multi-family residential developer. Lane4 Property Group has obtained the rights to develop the site where The Dylan apartment project was proposed more than two years ago. The…
Steamboat Arabia Setting Course Downriver for St. Charles
By Kevin Collison The Steamboat Arabia Museum, one of Kansas City’s bigger tourism draws, has a tentative agreement to set sail from the City Market to St. Charles, Missouri, according to city officials there. “We do have a letter of intent that’s signed, sealed and delivered,” St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer told CityScene. The Steamboat…
Tribe Owner Opening ‘Block 15’ Sports Bar in River Market
By Kevin Collison One of the founder’s of Tribe, the popular River Market international street food place, is opening a sports bar across the street at 311 Delaware and hopes to resolve a minor identity crisis at the same time. “I’ve always battled with Tribe in terms of is it a bar or a restaurant?”…
Plan to Redevelop Historic ABC Building on Main Clears First Hurdle
By Kevin Collison A $13 million redevelopment proposal for two historic buildings near Linwood and Main on the planned streetcar route cleared its first hurdle Tuesday with a development agency approving a blight designation and preliminary plan. Exact Partners wants to renovate the six-story ABC Storage Building at 3244 Main and an adjoining three-story building…
Sam Rodgers Housing Project to Add 62 Mixed-Income Apartments
By Kevin Collison Sam Rodgers Place, a 62-unit mixed-income housing development, broke ground Monday on the campus of the Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center near downtown. The development is intended to provide housing to households across the spectrum, from families coming from public housing to market-rate renters. It will include apartments with up to five-bedrooms as…
Landscape Architecture Firm Finds New Digs in River Market
By Kevin Collison Vireo, a landscape architecture and community planning firm, has opened a new home in the River Market, finding space once used for a brewery garage as a welcoming new environment for its employees. Stephen Rhoades, a principal at the firm, said the company used the disruptive year when Covid forced its employees…