Kansas City Hopes Half Dozen Skyscrapers Save Country Club Plaza

Classic Kansas City logic . . . 

Local government subsidy can solve every systemic problem exacerbated by crime by giving away free money to upwardly mobile developers!!!

Don't worry, this kind of scheme has NEVER worked but that doesn't mean we won't stop trying. 

Even better . . .

PUBLIC HOUSING ADDED TO CORPORATE BUILDING WILL ASSURE KANSAS CITY DESTROYS THE COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA!!!

Here's a cheerleader plan without the decency to show off pom poms in order to generate some semblance of excitement for anyone with a room temperature IQ . . . Take a peek . . .  

The “Master Planned Development” (MPD) application featured a map that included several additional high-rise development sites beyond Nordstrom. The former Hall’s building (now a parking garage with tenants such as Apple, Rally House and Lens Crafters), former Palace Movie Theater, former Forever 21 store, the Commerce Bank block, and the southwest portion of the Plaza Time Building are all shown as properties with height limits that far exceed those most people could possibly deem “appropriate” for the Plaza. 

The MPD guideline document describes the following as heights for buildings on those parcels:

- Seville West (failed Nordstrom): 275ft
- Former Hall’s: 200ft
- Former Forever 21: 200ft
- Commerce Bank Block: 200ft
- Plaza Time: 175ft
- Seville East (former movie theater): 150ft

While this doesn’t necessarily mean that a total of 6 new high-rises will be constructed on the Plaza, it would give the owners options for developments of different types and scale for decades into the future.

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

The Future of The Plaza: CityPlace West Palm Beach

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