LuxLiving Scraps Riverfront Incentive Request, More Tax Revs, No Affordable Housing

By Kevin Collison LuxLiving has dropped its request for tax incentives to help build a proposed riverfront apartment project, a move that could yield about...

Crossroads Office and Retail Development Includes ‘Leafy Oasis’

By Kevin Collison Work could begin this year on philanthropist and developer Shirley Helzberg's plan to renovate two, historic Film Row buildings into office space...

Port KC Takes New Role Steering $160M South Loop Link Park Plan

By Kevin Collison Planning for the proposed South Loop Link, an ambitious proposal to deck four blocks of the disruptive downtown freeway with a park,...

Liberty Street Green Space Completes First Year in West Bottoms

(Editor's note: This article originally appeared Dec. 29, 2021) By Kevin Collison One of greater downtown's newer "parks" recently celebrated a quiet first anniversary, except for...

Imagine KC Strategic Plan Seeks More ‘Equitable Downtown’

(Editor's note: This article was originally published Jan. 26) By Kevin Collison A strategic plan that encompasses neighborhoods more than a mile from the skyscrapers of...

Kaw Makeover Including New Park, Bike Trails, Opening in October

(Editor's note: This article was originally published Oct. 29, 2021) By Kevin Collison After decades of being a scraggly backwater, the Kaw River in the West...

River Market Apartment Project May Begin in Early 2023 After ‘Good’ FAA Meeting

By Kevin Collison A planned 13-story apartment project in the River Market may begin construction early next year after its developer and city officials had...

Affordable Housing Developer Proposes Project Near 27th and Troost

By Kevin Collison The Vecino Group, a Springfield-based affordable housing firm, has filed plans with the city to build a 57-unit apartment project at 2732...

Renderings Released of Freight House Village Plan, Spring Start Anticipated

By Kevin Collison Lux Living has released preliminary renderings of its proposed Freight House Village residential and retail development at 20th and Walnut and hopes...

Mac Opens First Building at 340-Unit Project at Troost and Armour

By Kevin Collison The Westover, the first of what will be a four-building, 340-unit development at each corner of Armour and Troost, opened last month...