Kansas City Developers Demand Taxpayer Subsidy For High-Rise Luxury Living Space Across From Kauffman Center
Kansas City development schemes abound as the nation slouches toward election season recession.
Here's the latest downtown upscale flex
"The proposal calls for two residential buildings, one seven stories, the other 12 stories, totaling 220 units, and a 12-story hotel with 220 rooms to be built at 1650 Broadway. A parking garage would be located beneath one of the buildings"
As always, our blog community notes that if this was such a great idea, developers wouldn't need building exceptions and corporate welfare to accomplish it.
Meanwhile, the cabal of "creative-class" cheerleaders mistakes this kind of speculative real estate gamble as "progress" propped up by and increasingly overburdened tax base.
Developing . . .
if it has "affordable" units for the right people. It will win.
ReplyDeleteEat the rich.
ReplyDeleteif it has "affordable" units for the right people. It will win.
ReplyDelete"It"... Right across the street from Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts yes no doubt they planned this to attract the lower income folks who need affordable places to live.
Of course they'll get exactly what they want, since they run the town.
ReplyDeleteNever fear Tweety Bird Q will stop this.
ReplyDeleteWill they accept vouchers?
ReplyDeleteKC must be the friendliest city, everyone has there hand out.
ReplyDeleteYep. Overly friendly, social and sexual... they will mate with almost anything.
DeleteOoooooooooooooH. By all means. Let's hand out tax dollars to developers. That's smart. But free bus rides for the poor is SOCIALISM!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to see the vacancy rates on these condos. Downtown cannot support all these units, especially since the groups their targeting are at the age where they will begin having children. They really don't want KC to be a city for families
ReplyDeleteSmiling Selfies Q @QuintonLucasKC
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This warms my heart and is why the bus matters. We’re helping create opportunities and accessibility for people throughout our community. Looking forward to more ahead! (This is also a benefit of giving my cell number to most everyone in town... I get updates like this one)
@9:21, minor quibble - KCATA has had 'free rides for the poor" for decades, as you would know if you had ever ridden the Busses. The only difference is that now the "Free ride on Busses" policy will be expanded to include poor White, Hispanic and Asian riders as well.
ReplyDeleteFree bus rides for service workers going to work for cheap labor tax free billion dollar corporations setting up shop in town wow what a deal.
ReplyDeleteNow hiring janitors and housekeepers!
I hear that Puin Moscow tin has a nice place right next door to Steven Segal's house reserved for Trump when he "quits and splits".
ReplyDeleteHoly shit you guys, the Russians are controlling the weather! Check under your bed for Putin!!
Delete10:34: And what makes you think I've never ridden the buses? You can't even spell "buses."
ReplyDelete^^^^Thanks for the suggestion. I wondered where the shirtless wonder was these days!
ReplyDeleteI’d like to see some section 8 go in across from Kaufman.
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