Tax breaks for development south of Crown Center move forward

As a start toward an $80 million mixed-use development south of Crown Center, a city council committee on Wednesday approved a blight finding for the property. It would expand the Union Hill Planned Industrial Expansion Authority tax break area ...

Revamp 18th and Vine, link east and west KC, city manager says

City Manager Troy Schulte thinks the city should spend $27 million to upgrade 18th and Vine and link the area to the Crossroads. The city should spend $27.6 million in upgrades at 18th and Vine and try to link it to the prospering Crossroads ...

MGE project on Broadway moves closer to start

In another step forward, a joint city council committee on Wednesday approved a plat for the MGE building project. The matter goes to the full city council for final approval today. The council has already approved the project plan to convert ...

Fish, crops and new job skills in urban core?

In the urban core, volunteers are building something that involves everything from gardening to chemistry. Not to mention fish and lettuce. On Wednesday, people presented their plan for aquaponics to the city council. The project taking shape ...

Real estate tip: Multiple offers

sponsored post by Lauren Hruby and Scott DeVouton The Kansas City residential real estate market is hot.  A lot of people are looking buy, but inventory is extremely low. There are simply more buyers than sellers right now, making it a very ...

New loan fund begins for urban core projects

Officials today announced the start of a $4 million fund to provide startup loans to urban core projects. The revolving fund will provide 4 percent loans at two or three-year terms for predevelopment costs such as architectural and financial ...

Westport school redevelopment moves forward with athletic field agreement

One concept for using part of the Westport High School athletic fields for parking while continuing to let the community use them. Presented by Kansas City Sustainable Development Partners at a meeting in March. The Kansas City school district ...

Can’t sell old school sites? Give them to the city

A city council committee today advanced a proposal that would transfer four former school sites and a former school to the city. Three of the sites where schools were demolished would become parkland. A fourth, where Chick Elementary had been, ...

Real estate tip: It’s a seller’s market. Buyers, be quick

sponsored post by Lauren Hruby and Scott DeVouton If you’ve been following the Kansas City existing homes market the last 12 months (and counting), you may have heard that inventory and supply are both at historic lows. What does this mean, ...

Westport High plans depend on community input into parking expansion

Gerald Smith of Plexpod said his company thinks the redeveloped Westport High School would be a perfect site for a co-working space. But developers of the project say their latest plan won’t work unless restrictions on parking in the track ...