Kansas City Projects and Updates

GoHarvOrGoHome · PostJan 24, 2024#17762024-01-24T16:02+00:00

Whatever the current uses are, that kind of historic granularity is not something that the Crossroads can get back. How many one block stretches are there left in the Crossroads that are still completely intact? Not many.

This is main street quality urbanism. It's not hard to imagine Grand developing into a signature retail and walking corridor. Especially sandwiched between the new freeway cap park and the new food hall to the south. Redevelop the church block and the BP then narrow and slow Grand and invest into the pedestrian streetscape. That's all you need to do. Long term, work to redevelop the two corner buildings at Grand and Truman along with the storage mart.

ldai_phs · PostFeb 05, 2024#17772024-02-05T04:04+00:00

KC awarded 6 World Cup games including quarter finals. Pretty good haul and a better showing than many bigger hosts.

hebeters · PostFeb 05, 2024#17782024-02-05T14:16+00:00

Student housing: real estate’s unlikely kingmaker
“It’s kind of the darling at the dance right now”
https://therealdeal.com/magazine/february-2024/student-housing-real-estates-unlikely-kingmaker/

airforceguy1 · PostFeb 13, 2024#17792024-02-13T21:11+00:00

Kansas City Royals pick Crossroads site for new stadium, release renderings

The Kansas City Royals plan to move to the Crossroads District, team leaders announced Tuesday as they released new renderings.

The Royals’ proposed $2 billion ballpark district is bordered by Grand Boulevard to the west, Locust Street to the east, Truman Road to the north, and 17th Street to the south. At the center of the new ballpark district is the Kansas City Star Press Pavilion property, along Interstate 670. It appears the Star building would be demolished to build the stadium. The stadium will be located next to the new South Loop Link park over I-670 and then across from the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City. Part of the Royals’ plans calls for extending the South Loop Link further east than originally planned to accommodate for the new ballpark. The team would also add a pedestrian bridge that directly connects the T-Mobile Center and the stadium.

The $2 billion ballpark district would include team offices, a conference center, corporate offices, a hotel, and residential and entertainment venue space. The project would also call for improvements to Grand Boulevard, according to the team. The Royals said they do not have any plans for additional parking at the new ballpark, arguing there is enough in the area already. It’s a big shift from the last time the team shared project renderings.
Back in August, sites in the East Village of downtown Kansas City and North Kansas City were considered the two finalists for the new stadium.
But last fall, the owner of the Kansas City Star Press Pavilion said his property had reemerged as a contender. Tony Privitera, executive vice president of Mark One Electric Co., has since released several renderings of what a new Royals ballpark could look like.

https://fox4kc.com/sports/royals/kansas-city-royals-pick-crossroads-site-for-new-stadium-release-renderings/

jshank83 · PostFeb 13, 2024#17802024-02-13T22:06+00:00

airforceguy1 wrote: ↑
Feb 13, 2024
Kansas City Royals pick Crossroads site for new stadium, release renderings

The Kansas City Royals plan to move to the Crossroads District, team leaders announced Tuesday as they released new renderings.

The Royals’ proposed $2 billion ballpark district is bordered by Grand Boulevard to the west, Locust Street to the east, Truman Road to the north, and 17th Street to the south. At the center of the new ballpark district is the Kansas City Star Press Pavilion property, along Interstate 670. It appears the Star building would be demolished to build the stadium. The stadium will be located next to the new South Loop Link park over I-670 and then across from the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City. Part of the Royals’ plans calls for extending the South Loop Link further east than originally planned to accommodate for the new ballpark. The team would also add a pedestrian bridge that directly connects the T-Mobile Center and the stadium.

The $2 billion ballpark district would include team offices, a conference center, corporate offices, a hotel, and residential and entertainment venue space. The project would also call for improvements to Grand Boulevard, according to the team. The Royals said they do not have any plans for additional parking at the new ballpark, arguing there is enough in the area already. It’s a big shift from the last time the team shared project renderings.
Back in August, sites in the East Village of downtown Kansas City and North Kansas City were considered the two finalists for the new stadium.
But last fall, the owner of the Kansas City Star Press Pavilion said his property had reemerged as a contender. Tony Privitera, executive vice president of Mark One Electric Co., has since released several renderings of what a new Royals ballpark could look like.
https://fox4kc.com/sports/royals/kansas-city-royals-pick-crossroads-site-for-new-stadium-release-renderings/

Now can they pass the vote?

addxb2 · PostFeb 13, 2024#17812024-02-13T22:37+00:00

Chris Stritzel · PostFeb 13, 2024#17822024-02-13T23:06+00:00

jshank83 wrote: ↑
Feb 13, 2024
airforceguy1 wrote: ↑
Feb 13, 2024
Kansas City Royals pick Crossroads site for new stadium, release renderings

The Kansas City Royals plan to move to the Crossroads District, team leaders announced Tuesday as they released new renderings.

The Royals’ proposed $2 billion ballpark district is bordered by Grand Boulevard to the west, Locust Street to the east, Truman Road to the north, and 17th Street to the south. At the center of the new ballpark district is the Kansas City Star Press Pavilion property, along Interstate 670. It appears the Star building would be demolished to build the stadium. The stadium will be located next to the new South Loop Link park over I-670 and then across from the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City. Part of the Royals’ plans calls for extending the South Loop Link further east than originally planned to accommodate for the new ballpark. The team would also add a pedestrian bridge that directly connects the T-Mobile Center and the stadium.

The $2 billion ballpark district would include team offices, a conference center, corporate offices, a hotel, and residential and entertainment venue space. The project would also call for improvements to Grand Boulevard, according to the team. The Royals said they do not have any plans for additional parking at the new ballpark, arguing there is enough in the area already. It’s a big shift from the last time the team shared project renderings.
Back in August, sites in the East Village of downtown Kansas City and North Kansas City were considered the two finalists for the new stadium.
But last fall, the owner of the Kansas City Star Press Pavilion said his property had reemerged as a contender. Tony Privitera, executive vice president of Mark One Electric Co., has since released several renderings of what a new Royals ballpark could look like.
https://fox4kc.com/sports/royals/kansas-city-royals-pick-crossroads-site-for-new-stadium-release-renderings/
Now can they pass the vote?

It’s linked to the Chiefs thing as well. I think the Chiefs will do the heavy lifting on this one.

framer · PostFeb 14, 2024#17832024-02-14T03:58+00:00

The stadium itself doesn't look like much, but the setting is gonna be great. Downtown KC is really doing well.

Chris Stritzel · PostFeb 14, 2024#17842024-02-14T05:14+00:00

Some graphics from the Royals presentation. Notice the two slides about parking at the Sports Complex vs Downtown. They're trying to shut down the "where do I park" argument early. The to-scale overlay of the Sports Complex over downtown is also a great way to show what a waste it is. The Chiefs are expected to announce their own plans for Arrowhead, and where Kauffman currently is, in the coming weeks.

And this was shared, but not talked about too much. It shows some improvements to 18th Street, which would better connect the Crossroads to the growing 18th and Vine neighborhood.

dbInSouthCity · PostFeb 14, 2024#17852024-02-14T13:23+00:00

framer wrote: ↑
Feb 14, 2024
The stadium itself doesn't look like much, but the setting is gonna be great. Downtown KC is really doing well.

downtown KC had $289,000,000 in taxable sales in the first 6 months of 2023 and downtown stl had $960,000,000

Chris Stritzel · PostFeb 14, 2024#17862024-02-14T13:28+00:00

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑
Feb 14, 2024
framer wrote: ↑
Feb 14, 2024
The stadium itself doesn't look like much, but the setting is gonna be great. Downtown KC is really doing well.
downtown KC had $289,000,000 in taxable sales in the first 6 months of 2023 and downtown stl had $960,000,000

I appreciate this fact because even though Downtown KC is doing well, it’s not as large, or as dense, as Downtown STL. I’m also curious to know if that’s the data for just the Downtown Loop or also the Loop with the River Market and the Crossroads. Is the Downtown STL number just Downtown east of Tucker and also Downtown West? Either way, this is proof that Downtowns need to be one of the strongest neighborhoods to lift city revenue.

bwcrow1s · PostFeb 14, 2024#17872024-02-14T13:49+00:00

Looks well integrated into the neighborhood, but that's also a lot of granular buildings and small businesses, yeah?

ldai_phs · PostFeb 14, 2024#17882024-02-14T16:01+00:00

Chris Stritzel wrote:
dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑
Feb 14, 2024
framer wrote: ↑
Feb 14, 2024
The stadium itself doesn't look like much, but the setting is gonna be great. Downtown KC is really doing well.
downtown KC had $289,000,000 in taxable sales in the first 6 months of 2023 and downtown stl had $960,000,000
I appreciate this fact because even though Downtown KC is doing well, it’s not as large, or as dense, as Downtown STL. I’m also curious to know if that’s the data for just the Downtown Loop or also the Loop with the River Market and the Crossroads. Is the Downtown STL number just Downtown east of Tucker and also Downtown West? Either way, this is proof that Downtowns need to be one of the strongest neighborhoods to lift city revenue.

River-market to Crown Center + West Bottoms did $1.4bn for the full year in sales

These figures are almost certainly tied to B2B and not retail sales (restaurants hotels, stores). For example, the West Bottoms did double that of the 64106 0r 05 despite West Bottoms having minimal retail and restaurants or any other uses besides industrial and a few antique stores.

jacob_rb_15 · PostFeb 14, 2024#17892024-02-14T22:41+00:00

1 dead, 10-15 injured near Chiefs Super Bowl parade, officials say

pdm_ad · PostFeb 15, 2024#17902024-02-15T00:02+00:00

Premature speculation, but I see discussion on various boards saying this incident will have a negative impact on the stadium vote in 8(?) weeks. If that fails, what will the Royals do?

courtland · PostFeb 15, 2024#17912024-02-15T00:05+00:00

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑
Feb 14, 2024
framer wrote: ↑
Feb 14, 2024
The stadium itself doesn't look like much, but the setting is gonna be great. Downtown KC is really doing well.
downtown KC had $289,000,000 in taxable sales in the first 6 months of 2023 and downtown stl had $960,000,000

I love DB...that's all. LOL!

jshank83 · PostFeb 15, 2024#17922024-02-15T01:46+00:00

pdm_ad wrote: ↑
Feb 15, 2024
Premature speculation, but I see discussion on various boards saying this incident will have a negative impact on the stadium vote in 8(?) weeks. If that fails, what will the Royals do?

Go to Kansas. But it’s probably a little early to know if it really will make a difference.

Chris Stritzel · PostFeb 15, 2024#17932024-02-15T04:23+00:00

jshank83 wrote: ↑
Feb 15, 2024
pdm_ad wrote: ↑
Feb 15, 2024
Premature speculation, but I see discussion on various boards saying this incident will have a negative impact on the stadium vote in 8(?) weeks. If that fails, what will the Royals do?
Go to Kansas. But it’s probably a little early to know if it really will make a difference.

Regarding a potential move to Kansas, yes but only after all other options are exhausted. The team's moving ahead with purchasing properties in the stadium zone which makes me think two things...

Either they believe the sales tax vote will pass thanks to Chiefs involvement in the vote.
They will go ahead and build the stadium on their own dime, but cut out a ton of potential components (like the new buildings where Oak presently is, the South Loop Park extension, and a simpler stadium design).

Regarding today's shooting and the potential effect it'll have on the vote on April 2nd, I don't see it changing much of anything because, again, the Chiefs are linked to the vote and they're keeping Arrowhead.

I think the shooting will scare a few people who live in the far reaches of suburbs (and were already scared of the city anyways) to stay away from the city for a little bit, but people will eventually come back. Even after this horrible event today, people were still down in the restaurants and bars downtown this evening. People were also out and about walking their dogs or getting exercise in. In many ways, this evening felt like any other normal warmer weather day in the winter here. Nothing out of the ordinary, which is wild considering what happened earlier. The only signs anything really happened today are things still being cleaned up on Grand and the mess left by the stampede of people at Union Station and Liberty Memorial after the shots rang out. That'll all likely be cleaned up by Friday.

addxb2 · PostFeb 15, 2024#17942024-02-15T13:53+00:00

Watch how quickly KC regional leaders react THEN deflect this violence as unavoidable tragedy. Not a representation of their community.

Then think about how STLs media commentators would react if 22 people were shot in Downtown St. Louis during a Blues Cup parade.

Baltimore Jack · PostFeb 15, 2024#17952024-02-15T14:53+00:00

^Just yesterday a state senator from St. Charles County was on Fox & Friends in a segment where they bemoaned "out of control crime" in STL and how our PD needs to be back under state control.

Like Kansas City.

Debaliviere91 · PostFeb 15, 2024#17962024-02-15T14:55+00:00

Baltimore Jack wrote:^Just yesterday a state senator from St. Charles County was on Fox & Friends in a segment where they bemoaned "out of control crime" in STL and how our PD needs to be back under state control.

Like Kansas City.

There was something like 800 police officers at the parade in KC. As if that’s the problem.

RockChalkSTL · PostFeb 15, 2024#17972024-02-15T15:05+00:00

Baltimore Jack wrote: ↑
Feb 15, 2024
^Just yesterday a state senator from St. Charles County was on Fox & Friends in a segment where they bemoaned "out of control crime" in STL and how our PD needs to be back under state control.

Like Kansas City.

Kansas City's crime is skyrocketing under state control. Under local control, St. Louis is really making some steps.

addxb2 · PostFeb 15, 2024#17982024-02-15T15:23+00:00

I’m not suggesting anything related to police or either city’s recent crime numbers. I do think the tragedy says more about America than KC.

BUT St. Louis wouldn’t give itself the same grace or forgiveness. STL would make it a bigger national story. Business Journal, Post, KMOV, Fox 2, would all tie it to “Downtown St. Louis” immediately. St. Charles Executive would be on the news offering new stadium sites.

GoHarvOrGoHome · PostFeb 15, 2024#17992024-02-15T15:25+00:00

Main Street north of Union Station needs to be closed to through automobile traffic on game days for the streetcar to come even close to the capacity it needs.

airforceguy1 · PostFeb 21, 2024#18002024-02-21T19:12+00:00

Eastern Airlines is making KC their new HQ.

Airline selects Kansas City as new headquarters, creating 165 jobs

On Wednesday, Eastern Airlines and the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City announced its selection of Kansas City for the airline’s new headquarters.
Eastern Airlines’ move to Kansas City will create 165 full-time jobs with an average salary of $96,000.
The airline first established itself in Kansas City in 2021 when it purchased Alta Aero Technic, LLC, a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility, and established Foxtrot Aero, LLC, a passenger-to-freighter design company. “We did look at a number of cities to rebase our headquarters, but the enthusiasm of Missouri and the city combined with the generous assistance of the Missouri Works program made our decision easy,” said Stephen Buscher, Eastern Airlines Chief Financial Officer.

Eastern Airlines said the decision to move its corporate headquarters to Kansas City was well thought out and fits with the company’s long-term goals. “Eastern Airlines’ new headquarters is a complement to Kansas City’s new airport terminal and another example of our state’s ability to attract businesses that are creating new opportunities for Missourians,” Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said.

https://fox4kc.com/news/airline-selects-kansas-city-as-new-headquarters-creating-165-jobs/

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