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Kansas City Business Journal – ‘Healthy campus’ is at heart of new downtown KCK master plan

Rob Roberts – Kansas City Business Journal Mark Holland, mayor of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan., and representatives of architecture firm Gould Evans unveiled a new vision for downtown Kansas City, Kan., that centers around the mayor’s initiative to develop a healthy campus near the intersection of 10th Street and Minnesota...

Kansas City Business Journal – Lamar Hunt Jr. kicks off downtown KCK revitalization effort

Rob Roberts – Kansas City Business Journal Loretto Properties LLC, a real estate development firm owned by Lamar Hunt Jr., has kicked off efforts to help revitalize downtown Kansas City, Kan. The firm has begun renovating the former Katz Drugs building, a three-story, 20,000-square-foot structure at 730 Minnesota Ave. that it purchased from out-of-town...

Brian McKiernan – A Bright New Day on Minnesota Avenue

Whenever I post historic pictures or postcards of Minnesota Avenue, I always get comments that it’s a shame we don’t have as much activity as we used to downtown. People tell me that they are sad to see so many vacant buildings and so many fewer people compared to years ago.Thanks to the investment...

KSHB 41 Kansas City – Chiefs Hunt family to redevelop areas of downtown KCK

KSHB 41 Kansas City Chiefs Hunt family to redevelop areas of downtown KCK by Amy Hawley KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The Kansas City Chiefs Hunt family is bringing another business venture to the metro.This one is already in the works on the other side of the state line in Kansas City, Kan., and it...

Fox 4 KC – KCK’s downtown area to be transformed with help from Lamar Hunt’s development firm

POSTED 12:23 PM, JUNE 12, 2014, BY JOHN PEPITONE, JUNE 12, 2014 KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A development firm owned by Lamar Hunt Junior is making a big investment to help revitalize the downtown area in Kansas City, Kan. Minnesota Avenue is being transformed. The former Katz drug store and EPA office building are being...

The Kansas City Star – Downtown Kansas City, Kan., is tasting a revival

BY KEVIN COLLISON 05/06/2014 Downtown Kansas City, Kan., overshadowed by the more heralded revival of its bigger namesake across the state line, is beginning a modest comeback of its own. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County has been undoing the ugly 1970s zigzag makeover of Minnesota Avenue that choked traffic and terrorized tires with...