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Going Green Pays Off at Second + Delaware, Fully Leased After One Year
By Kevin Collison The pioneering Second + Delaware development has cashed in by going green, leasing all 276 apartments while still getting premium rents a year after opening in the River Market. The $71 million “passive house” project upended the traditional stick-built approach to residential construction, substituting 16-inch thick concrete walls with a layer of…
Park Reserve Site Hits Market, Relief for Beleaguered Condo Owners?
By Kevin Collison The troubled Park Reserve property has hit the market and the broker in charge of its sale believes new ownership may resolve the angst of its long-suffering condo residents. “Hopefully we’ll find a buyer who will invest millions to improve it,” said Gib Kerr of Cushman & Wakefield. “It wouldn’t make sense…
Armour Crosswalks Apartment Project Gains Grocer, Bank
The Armour Crosswalks apartment development being built at Troost and Armour has landed its first two retail tenants, a combination grocery market and restaurant, and a bank. Community Grocers plans to occupy 3,500 square-feet on the first level of the apartment building going up on the southeast corner of Armour and Troost. The entity recently…
Royals Owner Says Downtown Ballpark ‘One Option,’ Balks at Details
By Kevin Collison Royals owner John Sherman reaffirmed his interest in a potential downtown ballpark at a much-anticipated press conference Tuesday, but balked at providing details regarding when a decision would occur and possible sites. In fact, Sherman joked about the social media hype that preceded what was mostly an announcement about key management changes…
West Bottoms Prison Becoming Probation Transition Center
By Kevin Collison A minimum security state prison in the West Bottoms will become a probation and parole transition center early next year and state officials are vowing the facility won’t be the downtown headache it was a decade ago. “We have a very different philosophy toward corrections and a different executive team,” said Karen…
Apartment Plan That Includes Homeless Housing Proposed for Riverfront
The Vecino Group is proposing a 63-unit affordable apartment project that also would include 15 units dedicated to chronically homeless people on riverfront property owned by Port KC. The Springfield-based organization, which also developed a 50-unit affordable apartment project at 31st and Harrison, wants to meet with city planners this week to discuss the $11…
Keystone Innovation Concept Makes Real Estate Moves on East 18th Street
By Kevin Collison The Keystone Community Corp. is making its first real estate moves on East 18th Street, intending to occupy a new $20 million office project that could begin construction early next year and participate in renovating a nearby former warehouse building. J.E. Dunn Capital Partners, a partner with Keystone, has submitted a preliminary…
Barney Allis Rebuild Adds Affordable Housing in City Manager Plan
By Kevin Collison The long saga to revitalize the aging Barney Allis Plaza and its crumbling underground garage has taken another turn, this time due to a new proposal to add 300 units of affordable housing to the mix. City Manager Brian Platt has asked consultants to return to the drawing board for a Barney…
Big Westport Mixed-Use Project Back, Would Include Apartments and Hotel
By Kevin Collison A big Westport apartment and hotel project pitched four years ago is back, with the City Plan Commission quietly approving a master plan development agreement Tuesday for what’s called Westport Terrace at Manor Square. The project would significantly increase the density of the city’s best-known historic neighborhood, adding 220 apartments in two,…
Tailleur, French-Style Brasserie, Opens on Main Near Future Streetcar Stop
By Kevin Collison Tailleur, the new restaurant concept by the creators of The Russell, feels like a refreshing culinary oasis à la Parisian brasserie, especially if you enter off Main, past all the streetcar-related construction. “I wanted a bistro and bakery with a New York and European feeling,” said co-owner Heather White. “It felt like…