Kansas City Revitalization

Facts at a Glance

The following is a snapshot of the many revitalization projects underway in Kansas City's downtown core, with  more exciting projects announced every week.  Here are a few facts at a glance:

•  An unprecedented development boom, funded by the city itself and its business community, are devoting $3 Billion to revitalize Kansas City's downtown districts in the next two years.

•  Cornerstones of the project include a new entertainment district, professional sports arena and a one-of-a-kind government campus, all designed to catapult KC into national prominence.

•  Along with this aggressive infrastructure, urban residential growth in the area is expected to keep pace bringing in thousands of new KC residents.  New city center jobs and activities will create the need for new and upgraded housing.

•  Rather than an underutilized 9 - 5 workplace, Kansas City's downtown will become a bustling 24 hour destination for multitudes of residents and visitors from around the midwest.

•  4,000 new residential units of loft, condominium, homes, and apartment space have been successfully marketed in the area in the past five years.

•  Developers are expected to add 1,500 new residential units  on the market in the next two years.

•  The total inventory of multifamily housing now completed, under construction or in development since 2000 is more than 4,236 units according to the Downtown Council.

•  Throughout the urban core, once neglected former office and industrial buildings are getting a second chance at life as area developers convert vintage architecture to residential and mixed use projects.

•  About 15,000 people currently live in downtown Kansas City, with another 4,000 projected to move downtown by 2007.

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