Format
Brief
City
Kansas City
State/Province
MO
Country
USA
Metro Area
Kansas City
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Civic Uses
Entertainment
Hotel
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Adaptive use
Arena
Corporate headquarters
Downtown grocery store
Downtown revitalization
Historic restoration
Plaza
ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Winner
Site Size
13.7
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2007
Date Opened
2008
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The product of a public/private partnership between Kansas City, the state of Missouri, and the Cordish Company, the Kansas City Power & Light District is a large-scale mixed-use development comprising 1 million square feet (92,902 m2) of office space and 600,000 square feet (55,742 m2) of commercial space, situated on nine city blocks in downtown Kansas City. The once-blighted downtown core, resistant to development for over four decades, now includes a diverse mix of civic, cultural, and commercial anchors: Kansas City Live!, a one-block open-air plaza ringed by entertainment venues; the Sprint Center, an arena seating 18,000; the world headquarters of H&R Block; Cosentino’s Downtown Gourmet, the first grocery store in downtown Kansas City in over 50 years; two renovations of historic theaters; and a 213-room rehabilitated hotel. The US$875 million mixed-use district—named after the 1930s-era art deco Power & Light Building, Kansas City’s landmark skyscraper—has transformed the south loop area, stoked resurgence in downtown activity and residential development, and become a source of community pride for city residents.
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Format
Brief
City
Kansas City
State/Province
MO
Country
USA
Metro Area
Kansas City
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Central Business District
Land Uses
Civic Uses
Entertainment
Hotel
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Adaptive use
Arena
Corporate headquarters
Downtown grocery store
Downtown revitalization
Historic restoration
Plaza
ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Winner
Site Size
13.7
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2007
Date Opened
2008
Developer
The Cordish Company
Baltimore, MD
Design Architect
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners, LLP
New York, NY
Consulting Architects
ThreeSixty Architecture
Kansas City, MO
Booth Hansen
Chicago, IL
Rafael Architects, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
Helix Architecture + Design, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
Website
www.powerandlight.com
Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig, Alexandra Notay, David Leipziger
ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Winner