How a $527M development is poised to transform KC’s last ‘Wild West’ neighborhood

By Tommy Felts | September 26, 2024

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter. [divide] A New York developer plans to renovate several historic West Bottoms buildings into apartments and office space, in addition to…

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How a newly closed parking garage could signal transformation for a living Downtown KC 

By Tommy Felts | April 18, 2024

A series of transformative building projects are expected to help downtown Kansas City’s continued evolution as a resurgence in residents in the city’s core push new retail, offices and attractions, said Tommy Wilson. “Downtown has actually been on an incredible growth trajectory since the beginning of 2003,” Wilson, director of business recruitment and research for…

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Developers’ plan for massive West Bottoms investment stirs fear in some neighbors

By Tommy Felts | July 9, 2022

Editor’s note: The following story was originally published by CityScene KC, an online news source focused on Greater Downtown Kansas City. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for the weekly CityScene KC email review. [divide] SomeraRoad’s ambitious proposal to transform a sleepy section of the West Bottoms into a “dynamic” mixed-use district has…

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