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$156-Mil Mixed-Use Project Slated for Blighted River Market

KANSAS CITY-A developer's plan calls for 361 multifamily units, 256,000 sf of office space, 72,000 sf of retail space and a 15-room hotel in a formerly blighted area north of Downtown.

By Judie Burkhalter | Updated on January 30, 2001

KANSAS CITY-Large-scale development is coming to the River Market area north of Downtown. If all goes as proposed, it would bring a significant amount of much-needed housing to the city’s core as well as retail and office space.

Developer George Birt, whose company is experienced in the area having recently opened the Richards & Conover Lofts apartment building, has proposed a plan to construct $156 million in properties over the next decade.

Birt’s plan covers 23 acres near the Missouri River, includes 361 condominiums and apartments, 256,000 sf of office space, 72,000 sf of store space, a 15-room hotel and parking spaces for 1,400 cars.

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