9th and Central KC

strangerthings · Post by **strangerthings** » Thu Oct 30, 2025 10:57 pm

27 floors inclusive of Pent House. 290’ tall.

Architect is Lamar Johnson Collaborative. Developed is Arnold Development Group.

Cermak · Post by **Cermak** » Fri Oct 31, 2025 8:26 pm

strangerthings wrote: Thu Oct 30, 2025 10:57 pm 27 floors inclusive of Pent House. 290’ tall.

Architect is Lamar Johnson Collaborative. Developed is Arnold Development Group.

That looks nice, will add some height to the northern part of DT. Kansas City’s still building downtown they just aren’t able to get anything over 400ft.

strangerthings · Post by **strangerthings** » Fri Jan 09, 2026 1:09 am

City Plan Commission signed off on this project.

An unknown developer has hired SOM to design a 19 floor high-rise on the same block as Arnold's 9th & Central tower. No renderings available for this SOM project yet.

Greg S · Post by **Greg S** » Tue Jan 20, 2026 10:22 am

That looks similar to Lied Place Residences in Lincoln to me:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lied_Place_Residences

strangerthings · Post by **strangerthings** » Tue Mar 17, 2026 7:00 am

A new tower proposed one block away from the 9th and Central tower.

This new project will be a pencil tower and nearly entirely data center uses.

OmahaRedWing · Post by **OmahaRedWing** » Thu Mar 19, 2026 8:43 am

Dumb question, but vertical data center?

almighty_tuna · Post by **almighty_tuna** » Thu Mar 19, 2026 9:03 am

OmahaRedWing wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 8:43 am Dumb question, but vertical data center?

The zero bits are lighter than the one bits and rise to the top.

It could also a space and proximity thing to get a data center close to an important trunk line or backbone but there's no room for a traditional data center layout.

strangerthings · Post by **strangerthings** » Wed Jun 17, 2026 8:31 pm

Development plans submitted for KC's first pencil tower. Heigh of 384' and a FAR of 14.

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Wed Jun 17, 2026 9:01 pm

Not quite sure I’d call that a pencil tower haha, but it does look nice.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Thu Jun 18, 2026 5:27 am

too bad we can't have one like that.

Post by **nebugeater** » Thu Jun 18, 2026 5:32 am

To be a pencil tower, wouldn't it need an eraser on top

strangerthings · Post by **strangerthings** » Thu Jun 18, 2026 10:35 pm

Garrett wrote: Wed Jun 17, 2026 9:01 pm Not quite sure I’d call that a pencil tower haha, but it does look nice.

The KC tower has a FAR of >14. Pencil towers are anything above the 10-12 FAR ratio.

CBJason · Post by **CBJason** » Fri Jun 19, 2026 9:31 am

I meant to ask this the other and didn’t but, what is FAR? I assume it’s not anything related to Federal Aviation Regulations. lol

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Fri Jun 19, 2026 9:54 am

CBJason wrote: Fri Jun 19, 2026 9:31 am I meant to ask this the other and didn’t but, what is FAR? I assume it’s not anything related to Federal Aviation Regulations. lol

Floor Area Ratio. Basically, the ratio of a building’s floor area to its lot size, so an FAR of 14 means that the building has 14x square footage as its lot does.

CBJason · Post by **CBJason** » Fri Jun 19, 2026 10:36 am

Cool, thanks Garrett!

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