$72 million mixed-used transit/trails-oriented development breaks ground in Kansas City's Berkley Riverfront Park | KCStar

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Ground is to be broken Tuesday on a new $72 million apartment and retail project on Kansas City’s riverfront.

Partners Port KC and Flaherty & Collins Properties will kick off development of 410 luxury apartments, 12,400 square feet of retail space, and a parking garage at 1298 E. Riverfront Road.

The development, named Union | Berkley Riverfront Park, will overlook the Missouri River just northeast of downtown and the River Market. It will be the first mixed-used project in the park.

“Our partnership, from day one, has been focused on fulfilling the vision of creating a vibrant new community along our waterfront,” said Michael Collins, CEO of Port KC, the Port Authority of Kansas City, which owns 55 acres of the riverfront property.

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$72 million mixed-used transit/trails-oriented development breaks ground in Kansas City's Berkley Riverfront Park | KCStar

MoBikeFed comment: Like the Lee's Summit Paragon Star mixed-use development, which breaks ground 30 November 2016, this is another transit and trail oriented development. The location is on Kansas City's south riverfront, immediately adjacent to the Riverfront Heritage Trail and Berkley Riverfront Park.

Development of both the trail and the riverfront park was done with an eye to making the area attractive to a mixed used development of this type, which has been in the works for over a decade.

Site plan: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2016/11/10/mw-builders-berkle...

Berkley Riverfront Park: http://berkleyriverfrontparkkc.com/

Paragon Star: http://mobikefed.org/2016/08/paragon-star-new-premier-sports-complex-jac...