A local joint venture in late 2019 secured city incentives to build a 25-story office project called Strata above existing retail southwest of 13th and Main streets. Kansas City officials now may reassign development air rights for the prime site to a builder with significant experience in Downtown.

The Seiden's Furs building has been down for years, but despite a close brush with demolition, the 1874 historic structure is not yet out of the running for a productive reuse as retail or restaurant space. Local developer Chris Sally is assembling a team to give the building its best possible shot at preservation.

A new $14.2 million apartment proposal, Citihome KC, will see 78 units and 9,300 square feet of commercial space built on a grassy corner at 6th Street and Prospect Avenue. The plan is set to become the first to meet Kansas City's affordable housing set-aside policy more than two years after its introduction.

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority voted Wednesday to dissolve the RideKC Development Corp. and shift its work driving transit-oriented development to a new internal department. Here's more information on how that change will look in practice.

Kansas City has issued VanTrust Real Estate LLC zoning compliance letters for a collective 12.25 acres throughout East Village, one of two finalists for a new Royals baseball stadium and ballpark district. Such letters often precede a sale, though VanTrust says no deal is imminent.

Under a recent Kansas City policy imposing construction deadlines for incentive-receiving developments, the team behind a Hyatt House hotel in Quality Hill would have had to complete the long-stalled project by June 2024. City officials agreed to extend that timeline two years due to financial difficulties stemming from the hotel's original planned lender.