Two companies announce they’ve bought The Plaza

The Country Club Plaza has new owners, according to an announcement they made today. Taubman Centers, Inc. and The Macerich Company said they have agreed to buy the Plaza from Highwoods Properties for $660 million. “Taubman and Macerich will ...

Polsinelli Law Firm opens in West Plaza

The Polsenilli Law Firm has opened its new building at 48th and Belleview. The grand opening ends eight years of construction around what was once called the West Edge project in the West Plaza neighborhood. Polsenilli celebrated the opening ...

Police break up crowd of teens on the Plaza

Police say large crowds of teenagers have been gathered in Mill Creek Park for the past several weekends. Neighbors have been reporting large crowds of teenagers gathering just off the Plaza for several weeks, and police used a pepper fogger ...

Heads up for weekend street closures

The city has given us our update for races that may affect weekend traffic. Here’s the scoop: House of Hope 5K will affect Plaza area traffic on Saturday morning  June 15. The race will begin on the west side of Theis Park. Rolling road ...

Summer curfew now in effect

At Westport and the Plaza, the new summer curfew starts tonight. That means anyone under 18 not with an adult should be gone from those areas by 9 p.m. The city has several different curfews in place, so the police department is reminding us ...

Plaza, Westport curfew on hold

Should the Plaza and other entertainment districts have a new curfew? The city has delayed a decision. The proposal to make a 9 p.m. summer curfew year-long in the County Club Plaza, Westport and three other entertainment districts is on hold ...

Keep the Plaza plan, residents tell planners

Residents of the Midtown neighborhoods just north of Brush Creek had their chance to weigh in on the evolving Midtown-Plaza area plan on Tuesday. They expressed their support for retaining the land use and character of the Country Club Plaza, ...

Controversial year-round curfew debated, delayed

Photo by Mike Sinclair A controversial city proposal to make a 9 p.m. summer youth curfew year-long in the County Club Plaza, Westport and three other entertainment districts is on hold for three weeks. The council public safety committee voted ...

Youth night entertainment programs expanded

The city sponsored activities for youth last summer and is doubling funding for the program this year. Photo of 2012 activities courtesy the mayor’s office. Hoping to divert youth away from congregating late at night at entertainment centers ...

JJs lawsuits claim gas line was not marked

The smoke from the JJs fire about an hour after the building exploded. An unmarked underground gas line caused drillers to rupture that line and led to the explosion at JJ’s restaurant, a drilling crew foreman said in a lawsuit last week. Michael ...