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Builders Bet Tiny Apartments Will Lure Renters

Builders Bet Tiny Apartments Will Lure Renters Will 300-square-foot apartments fly in Pittsburgh and Kansas City? Bedrock’s micro lofts in Detroit are small, but Dan Mullen, president at Bedrock, said the tall ceilings and windows help make it feel larger. PHOTO: ROCK VENTURES By  Laura Kusisto April 15, 2017 7:00 a.m. ET 144 COMMENTS The…

Developer plans KC’s first all-micro-apartment project

From The Kansas City Business Journal, April 5, 2017, by Rob Roberts UC-B Properties, a Kansas City-based urban-core developer, received a unanimous rezoning recommendation from the City Plan Commission on Tuesday for the city’s first all-micro-apartment project. John Hoffman and Lance Carlton, both principals with the firm, said they plan a two-story building including 47…

UC-B Properties looks to build Scholars Row apartment project at 55th and Troost

From The Kansas City Star, April 4, 2017, by Steve Vockrodt Troost Avenue in central Kansas City, an area known for its history of neglect, continued on a run of new investment when a $4 million apartment project won early approval at City Hall on Tuesday. UC-B Properties, a prolific real estate firm in Kansas…

Tonic for Troost: $18M redevelopment planned for Katz Drug site

From The Kansas City Business Journal, February 16, 2017, by Rob Roberts Troost Avenue, the racial dividing line of Kansas City’s past, is becoming an important part of its development future. In the latest of several recent developments along the thoroughfare, Kansas City-based UC-B Properties is now looking to turn a former Katz Drug Store…