With 94 different floor plans Aaron Neighbors and his team has built over the last year, getting to this point is a sigh of relief, if not a little bittersweet.
BNIM settles for Crown Center HQ
After plans for a living headquarters in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District fell through, BNIM has announced it has found a new 20,000 square foot home in Crown Center. The locally based architecture firm will take up residence in one of the Edward Larrabee Barnes’ Pershing Buildings, otherwise known as a “skyscraper on its side.”
East downtown will get $165M investment
Cityscape's Jim Thomas on the mixed-use district
Some are beginning to raise an eyebrow at the onslaught of new apartments going vertical in the Kansas City metro. Will the absorption rate keep pace with new construction? Will younger professionals and empty nesters continue to trade in their yards and spacious homes for a maintenance-free lock and leave lifestyle?
But Thomas has caught a glimpse of the future.
Block & Company’s Deal of the Week
The original 107,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1904, then renovated and expanded with a 25,000-square-foot concrete addition in 1985. It was renovated again in 2007. Today, the six-story, 132,000-square-foot center serves as a primary gateway to Kansas City’s central business district.