Will Kansas City Berkley Riverfront Development Scheme Boom OR Bust?!?

Doesn't really matter . . . Taxpayers are funding a lot of it either way.

Still . . . 

At some point this effort is going to have to pay for itself and it's unclear if light retail and less than a dozens women's soccer games will generate the kind of investment that local developers have undertaken.

Here's a rosier bit of history and a peek at the timeline offering high praise . . .

"The cleanup was meant to prime a central area of the riverfront for development. Between 2012 and 2014, the effort developed further with a port-assembled team of land planners, brokers, design professionals and attorneys. 

"That year, the city approved a roughly 80-acre master development plan with designated land parcels, as well as general uses Port KC sought to court: residential, retail-restaurant, lodging and mixed use. Rather than penciling in specific projects for specific parcels, port officials took a more flexible approach."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

A timeline of Berkley Riverfront's decade of breakneck development - Kansas City Business Journal

The Berkley Riverfront area was once an eyesore. Over the past decade, development there has flourished, from the Kansas City Current stadium to apartment complexes and a beer garden. Here's a timeline showing how it shaped up.

Developing . . .