News & Issues
Stories from around the Kansas City Metro area on a variety of topics.
Tribe Owner Opens ‘Block 15’ Sports Bar in River Market
(Editor’s note: The article originally was published May 26, 2022. Block 15 Tavern and Exchange is now open) By Kevin Collison One of the founder’s of Tribe, the popular River Market international street food place, has opened a sports bar across the street at 311 Delaware with hopes to resolve a minor identity crisis at…
Thank You Walt Disney Project Secures $2M in Federal Funds
A decades-long effort to redevelop Walt Disney’s original Laugh-O-Gram animation studios will receive $2 million in federal funding.
Plan Back for Mid-Rise Apartment Project in River Market
By Kevin Collison Developer Taylor McKee has resumed his proposal for a 10-story apartment project at Fourth and Broadway in the River Market and plans to begin construction by late spring. What’s now an 88-unit project first was proposed two years ago, and McKee still intends to build the $21 million development without seeking tax…
Crypto Company’s Cryptic Foray Blocked in Rural Kansas
A small rural Kansas town has rallied against plans to build a crypto mining facility.
Lux Living Proposes 30-Story Apartment and Hotel Project
By Kevin Collison A proposal for a 30-story residential and hotel tower at the northeast corner of Wyandotte and 14th adjacent to the historic Power & Light Building has been submitted to the city by Lux Living. The plan submitted by the St. Louis developer calls for a building that would include 300 apartments and…
Lux Living Proposes 30-Story Skyscraper Next to Power & Light Building
Lux Living has submitted a proposal for a 30-story apartment and hotel tower adjacent to the historic Power & Light Building.
Kansas Last in Nation on Mental Health Ranking
The annual State of Mental Health in America report found that Kansas ranks lowest of all states for mental health care.
Q&A with ‘Preserving Our Past’ Producer Catherine Hoffman
Kansas City PBS producer Catherine Hoffman discusses the process behind the new film, “Preserving Our Past: The Story Continues.”
Historic Midland Apartment Project Expected to Begin This Spring
By Kevin Collison The renovation of the historic Midland Building into 135 apartments, a deal struck with the Cordish Co. in 2018 to obtain incentives for the luxury Three Light building now under construction, is expected to begin this spring. What’s being called The Midland Lofts project is expected to be completed in mid-2024, according…
KC Emerging as a Life Sciences Powerhouse
A wave of new health care facilities are the latest signs of a decades-long quest to establish Kansas City as a life sciences powerhouse.