TKC TOLD YOU SO: GRACIE HUNT BUYING COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA!!!

And I guess this is why we've been delivering news at the crack of noon for the past week. Our KICK-ASS TKC blog community is ahead of the game most of the time . . . Even when we snark ourselves relentlessly. 

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TKC READERS TALKED ABOUT GRACIE HUNT BUYING THE PLAZA LAST MONTH!!!

And now, per ushe . . . Our bloggy gossip & snark turns into news fact . . . Take a peek at KC's best development blogger and the cowtown news cartel feasting on our scraps . . . Here's the money line and a link to more info as Kansas City's crown jewel changes hands yet again and amid the death of American retail . . .

"Ray Washburne and HP Village Partners, an entity with family ties to the wealthy Hunt Family, is the prospective new owner of the Plaza. The firm has a stellar reputation in Dallas as a retail operator, the sources said."

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Texas Investors Eye Purchase of the Country Club Plaza

A Texas firm that owns the luxury Highland Park Village shopping center in the Dallas area has a tentative agreement to acquire the Country Club Plaza.

Updates after our update . . .

Country Club Plaza to be purchased by Dallas-based company with ties to Hunt family

"I think this is probably one of the most exciting developments on the Country Club Plaza in the last 25 years," the mayor said.

Reports of possible sale of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza met with 'excitement'

News of the possible sale of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza to a Dallas-based developer was met with anticipation from Plaza stakeholders Wednesday.

Texas firm reaches agreement to buy Country Club Plaza: report

Ray Washburne and HP Village Partners will be the new owners of the Country Club Plaza.

Highland Park Village owners are buying landmark Kansas City shopping center

Investor Ray Washburne and family partners are purchasing the historic Country Club Plaza, the oldest U.S. retail center.

Country Club Plaza is under contract to Dallas retail company; deal could close by 2024

The prospective new owners already own a similar luxury shopping district in Dallas and another in North Carolina. After the current owners of the Plaza defaulted on a nearly $300 million loan and demolished about three acres of the district to make way for a Nordstrom that never came, city officials are eager to work with new owners.

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