News & Issues

Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.

Second and Delaware

Second and Delaware streets | 276 apartments | Completion Spring 2020

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Auto Row Building

1824-32 McGee St. | 35,000 square feet of office space | $12 million | completion March 2019

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Platform Ventures Project

Wyandotte St to Baltimore Ave and 12th to 13th streets | 144-room hotel (Kansas City Club), 117 apartments (Muehlebach Hotel), 70,000 square feet of office space, and 360-space garage | $114 million | completion date not announced.

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Armour Corners

Troost Avenue and Armour Blvd | 450 apartments and 27,000 square feet of retail | $78 million | no completion date announced

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Unnamed apartment project at Berkley Riverfront

Berkley Riverfront Park | 60 affordable apartments | $17 million | completion date not announced

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531 Grand

531 Grand Avenue | 185 apartments | $37 million | Opened Fall 2017

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Affordable Apartment Project Proposed for Downtown Riverfront

By Kevin Collison An Omaha developer is proposing a 60-unit apartment project near Berkley Riverfront Park that’s intended to help meet the demand for affordable housing downtown. Cornerstone Associates, which recently opened the 531 Grand market-rate apartment project in the River Market, is requesting federal tax credits administered by the Missouri Housing Development Commission to…

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Spring Urban Homes Tour Includes Three New Downtown Projects

The Downtown Neighborhood Association is sponsoring its Spring Urban Homes Tour Saturday (June 9), and this year’s event will include three just-completed apartment projects: Two Light, The Union and 531 Grand. Jared Campbell, the president of the DNA, said this is the second year his group has sponsored the event, which he described as a…

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Boulevardia Celebrates Fifth Year in Bottoms with Bou Lou and Tech N9ne Too

Boulevardia is back for a fifth year in the West Bottoms June 15-16 and this year’s festival includes a performance by Tech N9ne paired with a new collaborative beer he’s created with Boulevard Brewery. The event, located in the Stockyards District of the Bottoms, has grown to become a huge Father’s Day weekend attraction. It includes…

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Take Note: Education Series Returns with a Focus on the Future

In the Kansas City region, the story of education has many chapters. And with the publication of this video, Flatland picks up that story again through the Take Note project we launched last year. We will build on many of the themes we explored through our initial content, including health, safety and school choice. Our…

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