New Apartments in West Bottoms in KC

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Greg S
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New Apartments in West Bottoms in KC

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This one surprised a bit. That's going to be a rough area to get some traction in. Smaller project.

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Re: New Apartments in West Bottoms in KC

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That area has iffy connections to the rest of downtown KC, still a cool project for a new area.
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Re: New Apartments in West Bottoms in KC

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Yes this is nice to see but it is disconnected. If they can add some more projects to this area it would be great. Definitely an uphill climb though.

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Re: New Apartments in West Bottoms in KC

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Somera Road, a NYC based developer, has bought out much of the West Bottoms. This comes after the success of nearly 1,000+ new units across Yards 1, Yards 2, West Bottoms Flats and others.

S9 Architecture is leading efforts for Somera Road. Lots of great work!
https://s9architecture.com/work/

Somera's Plan:
Phase One (first quarter of 2023 through fourth quarter of 2025): Demolition of the Weld Wheel building, making space for the first of as many as 266 new apartments southwest of St. Louis Avenue and Santa Fe Street; a 127-apartment conversion of the Moline Plow Building; adaptive mixed-use reuse of buildings at 1200, 1201, 1215 and 1218 Union Ave.; a hotel conversion of the Avery building, with as many as 50 rooms; open park space in place of an empty lot northwest of 11th and Santa Fe streets; and 520 surface parking spaces across different sites.

Phase Two (fourth quarter of 2024 through fourth quarter of 2026): Demolition of structures northwest of 11th and Mulberry streets for development of 308 apartments and mixed uses.

Phase Three (fourth quarter of 2026 through fourth quarter of 2028): A 31-apartment conversion of the Crane Co. building at 1105 Hickory St. and development of 236 multifamily units on surface parking to the east.

Phase Four (fourth quarter of 2029 through fourth quarter 2030): Completion of remaining apartments at the former Weld Wheel site; adaptive mixed-use reuse of 1320 W. 12th St. for 45 apartments; mixed-use revamps of 1222 W. 12th St. and the KC Pallet Supply Building at 1000 W. 12th St.; construction of 72-apartment projects on surface lots northwest of Mulberry Street and Union Avenue, and northeast of St. Louis Avenue and Santa Fe Street; and demolition of a building northwest of 11th and Hickory streets for 27 new apartments.

Phase Five (first quarter of 2030 through fourth quarter of 2035): Adaptive reuse of buildings at 1323 and 1331 Union Ave., with 54 total apartments.
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... 2022-06-03

Initial Somera Road Renderings:

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WB Flats: https://www.westbottomsflats.com
The Yards: https://www.theyardskc.com
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