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The building is historic, and the story familiar. Developers seeking to renovate the old Federal Reserve Building at 925 Grand told the 95-year-old…
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Whenever you make a purchase at the Ward Parkway Center, say a pair of shoes or a dress, you pay the customary 8.35 percent Kansas City sales tax on every…
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When Kansas City needed help keeping a prestigious global architecture firm from leaving town last year, it reached out to an unlikely partner — the Port…
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Much of the business development success in the metro today is due, in part, to TIF — tax increment financing — that has attracted investment and built…
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The recent failure of a proposal to convert an empty downtown warehouse into a showcase headquarters for BNIM architecture marked a milestone in Kansas…
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TIF (tax increment financing) is a major tool for encouraging development in blighted areas within the city. As neighborhoods transform and start to…
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Mayor Sly James hopes a plan to redirect some of Kansas City’s economic development revenue could spur more projects east of Troost.James pitched his plan…
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How did the Crossroads go from a gritty neighborhood with abandoned buildings to a vibrant destination spot? Crossroads pioneer Jim Leedy, an architect…
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Citizens for Responsible Government, the organization that collected petition signatures to send financing plans for a downtown Kansas City convention…
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Opponents of tax breaks for the proposed BNIM headquarters in the Crossroads Arts District may have defeated the proposal by default. A committee of…