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Quixotic Fusion December 27, 2009-Local Kansas City non-profit performing arts group Quixotic Fusion and Nathan Granner; one of the three American Tenors will be traveling to Providence, Quixotic, a nonprofit corporation; is an ever-evolving ensemble of musicians, dancers, aerialists, composers, designers, and choreographers collaborating to produce new forms of artistic expression. Quixotic goes beyond the limits of any specific art form to create a total sensory experience for its audiences. WaterFire Providence®, the award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans installed on the three rivers of downtown Providence, has been praised by Rhode Island residents and international visitors alike as a powerful work of art and a moving symbol of Providence’s renaissance. WaterFire’s one hundred sparkling bonfires, the fragrant scent of aromatic wood smoke, the flickering firelight on the arched bridges, the silhouettes of the firetenders passing by the flames, the torch-lit vessels traveling down the river, and the enchanting music from around the world engage all the senses and emotions of those who stroll the paths of Waterplace Park. WaterFire has captured the imagination of over ten million visitors, bringing life to downtown, and revitalizing Rhode Island’s capital city. Both Quixotic and Granner performed the past two years at the WaterFire Kansas City on the Country Club Plaza to crowds of thousands of people including Barnaby Evans, the creator of WaterFire. Evans first created WaterFire in 1994 and continues to direct and present WaterFire. He believes in using the entire urban fabric as a palette with which to create a new cityscape and a new urbanism. Giving back by providing performances to help out different charities is nothing new to Quixotic Fusion. In 2009, Quixotic supported several non-profit organizations in Kansas & Missouri by providing performances to raise funds for their specific cause. These include: AIGA KC Programming Committee, Revolution Party for Salvation Army, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Black Tie Ball, Lily Ball, Annual Tourism Celebration, Moulin Bloom, Crossroads Music Festival, Midwest Arts Alliance, Midwest Ear Institute and the Kansas University Medical Center Gala. For more information on the event please visit WaterFire’s website at www.waterfire.org. For more information about how to support Quixotic, please visit their website at www.quixoticfusion.com.
MOXIE CATERING Moxie Catering has been named as a finalist for the Best Caterer Using only the best ingredients available and possessing Voting link: May 11 , 2009 - CoStar Group OFFICE SITE ON DELAWARE STREET Kenn Williams and Dirk and Erica Moss sold the two-story office building at 315-317 Delaware St. in Kansas City, MO, to Mark and Deb Swanson of Swanson Property Management 109 LLC. The property traded for $1.08 million, or approximately $111 per square foot. The 9,800-square-foot office building is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was... To continue reading, go to: April 13, 2009 - The Kansas City Business Journal Mel Mallin finds his purpose in revitalizing River Market, Downtown Editor’s note: The inaugural Jim Davis Award recognizes Mel Mallin of Mallin/Gibson Family LP for his pioneering contributions to Downtown’s redevelopment. Named for the Kansas City Business Journal’s senior reporter who died in August, the award is a tribute to Davis’ appreciation of the urban core and his respect for the people whose efforts and personal commitments shape it. To continue reading, go to: Dec 12, 2008 - The Kansas City Business Journal East Village Apartments Lose on Tax Credits A Missouri agency on Friday approved state and federal low-income housing tax credits for five new developments in the Kansas City region, but the East Village Apartments weren’t among them. The 70-unit East Village Apartments have been expected to kick off residential development within the $350 million East Village mixed-use redevelopment project in Downtown. “We’re deeply disappointed,” said Bill Jones, president of Swope Community Builders, a community development corporation focused on the city’s East Side. “But the process is very, very competitive.” This year, the Missouri Housing Development Commission received applications for low-income housing credits from developers of 25 projects in the Kansas City region. The Kansas City regional developers who were granted 10-year tax credits Friday, their projects and their annual tax-credit totals:
The East Village Apartments didn’t make the top five, even though Swope’s former East Village development partner, Minneapolis-based Sherman Associates Inc., was granted $1.7 million in credits for the East Village Apartments project — then called the 10th Street Lofts — in December 2007. Sherman’s 10-year credits, which developers sell for about 70 cents on the dollar, would have covered about $12 million of the cost of the East Village Apartments, to be built on 10th Street between Cherry and Locust streets. But they weren’t transferable to Swope, which took over sole master development responsibilities in East Village after it and Sherman agreed to dissolve their partnership earlier this year. Located on the east side of the downtown loop, East Village is the home of a new $60 million headquarters for JE Dunn Construction, which is scheduled for completion next year. It also is in the running for a new federal office building that the General Services Administration has proposed for housing 1,000 of its employees now working at the Bannister Federal Complex in south Kansas City. East Village also is to include a 200-room hotel, smaller office and retail projects, and residential projects including 400 to 500 units, Jones said. The tax-increment financing plan that the city approved for East Village requires Swope to begin construction on one of those projects by March 2010, he said. If the Missouri Housing Development Commission had approved its tax credit request this year, “we’d have been a year ahead of plan,” Jones said. “At worst, we will be on schedule,” said Jones, whose corporation plans to either make another tax-credit request for the apartment project next year or proceed with it as a market-rate project.
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Nov 6, 2008 - The Kansas City Business Journal East Crossroads project wins tax break A Kansas City economic development agency may have helped start a trend toward office redevelopment in the East Crossroads District through an action by its board Thursday. During its monthly meeting, the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority board voted unanimously to assign development rights and property tax abatement to a partnership planning to renovate the historic Kirkwood building at the northeast corner of 18th and McGee streets. The partnership, Down by the River LLC, includes the principals of Service Management Group, a fast-growing market research firm that will move to the Kirkwood building from 210 W. 19th Terrace. Service Management Group, which has about 150 employees, plans to close soon on the purchase of its new headquarters site, a four-story 1920s building, and will spend $8 million to $9 million turning it into three floors of office space with ground-level retail, restaurants or both, said Andy Fromm, president of the company. The 48,000-square-foot building, room for 37 adjacent parking spaces and about 150 nearby spaces on the south side of 18th Street are being purchased from Levitt Enterprises Inc. Levitt, who received PIEA approval for a similar renovation plan for the Kirkwood building in 2007, was granted a standard PIEA property tax abatement — 100 percent for 10 years, then 50 percent for 15 years. It will be transferred to Down by the River LLC after it closes on the property, said Jerry Riffel, a lawyer with Lathrop & Gage who represents Levitt Enterprises. Riffel said the area between the Crossroads District and the 18th & Vine Historic Jazz District largely had missed out on the redevelopment boom that has taken place in the downtown area the past few years. But the Kirkwood renovation could kickstart office redevelopment in the area, Riffel said. The Kirkwood building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, originally served as a luxury car dealership, Fromm said. Designed by the same architects who designed the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in 1933, the building included an elevator that moved its stock of Duesenbergs, Auburns and Cords from floor to floor, he said. Asked by PIEA board member Gary Sage why he decided to move his business into an old building without many surrounding amenities, Fromm said: “I have a belief in the urban core and feel I’m doing my part by investing here.” Fromm, who has chosen Helix Architecture but hasn’t yet selected a contractor for the renovation, said the Kirkwood building also was attractive because of its size. Service Management Group has outgrown its current 20,000-square-foot location, he said. Service Management Group, which ranks No. 35 among U.S. market research firms, has been experiencing 10 percent to 15 percent annual growth in jobs, with new employees earning an average of $60,000 a year, Fromm said. Started in 1991 by Fromm and his father, Barkley founder Bill Fromm, Service Management Group conducts research for about 120 brands, including Hallmark Cards Inc. and Starbucks. The company posted $22 million in revenue last year, and Fromm expects that to increase to $45 million in five years.
Friday May 1, 2008 - The Kansas City Business Journal Bond Issue Closes for First East Village Phase Stern Brothers & Co. announced Tuesday that it closed on a $29.3 million bond issue for the first phase of the Kansas City East Village Redevelopment Project. The East Village project includes redevelopment of 12 blocks northeast of City Hall into 1,183 housing units, 87,200 square feet of retail and 204,000 square feet of office space that will house the world headquarters for J.E. Dunn Construction. The bond money will finance land acquisition and remediation for part of the overall project, and construction costs for a 750-space public parking garage. Stern Brothers served as senior managing underwriter for the bonds. Tom Moriarty, managing director of Stern Brothers, said the bond maturity dates range from 2011 to 2031, with interest rates between 2.78 percent and 4.83 percent. The bonds have a 10-year call provision, allowing Kansas City to redeem the bonds at any point after that period. The city will finance the bonds with revenue from state and local tax increment financing set up for the project. Monday February 11, 2008 Patterson announces Broadway Boulevard development Greg Patterson…the Champion of Kansas City’s Broadway Boulevard(Kansas City, Mo.)…Broadway is Greg Patterson’s passion. That is, the grand street in the Kansas City urban core between the Metro’s highly-visible Country Club Plaza and Crossroads District. Patterson serves as president of the Broadway Westport Council. He has lived and worked in the area for thirty years. Tuesday January 15, 2008 JE Dunn Starts Building $40.5M HQ Jan 15, 2008 - The Kansas City Business Journal Groundbreaking on the $40.5 million building began Monday. About 520 JE Dunn employees will work in the five-story structure southeast of 10th and Locust streets. Occupancy is planned for mid-2009. Construction of the headquarters and an adjacent, $18.3 million parking garage for 780 vehicles had been delayed for about a year while the Tax Increment Financing Commission of Kansas City acquired property for the project. The commission made the purchases because it's financing the garage's construction. Property owners balked at the commission's initial offer, less than $35 a square foot. Sales came at $45 a square foot. JE Dunn ranks No. 1 on the Kansas City Business Journal's list of the Top Area Commercial Contractors.
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