Pedcor Investments won plan, rezoning and incentive approvals for the Trails at Bannister, a 342-apartment community just south of Cerner Corp.'s Innovations Campus. All of the units will be restricted at or below 60% of the area's median family income.
Under new master development terms, VanTrust Real Estate LLC would pay less for East Village properties it could acquire from the city, rather than receive a direct contribution to demolish vacant buildings and remediate blight. The agreement covers four properties in East Village, considered a top candidate for a downtown Royals stadium.
With a recent groundbreaking on its Jamestown Square apartment complex near KU Med, Milhaus now has close to 2,000 apartments built or planned across the Kansas City metro.
Two well-known sites — the East Village and 18th & Vine District — have dominated speculation about where the Royals might put a downtown stadium. But a new area of Downtown has emerged and is being pitched as a potential player in the debate.
Let It Fly Media, a media production company that celebrated its five-year anniversary earlier this year, looks to plant its flag as a Kansas City business as it expands its offices near the Country Club Plaza.