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DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2004, the Downtown Council conducted a housing study for Downtown Kansas City. Under their definitions of Downtown, it compasses an area of approxomately 2.9 square miles.

Their housing study found that Downtown had reached a population of about 15,100 people. In 2000, this number was as low as 13,000 people. In four years, the redevelopment efforts had added nearly 2,000 people to the area. Experts estimate that Downtown will grow by 3,000 to 6,000 people by the year 2010 to a population of from 18,000-21,000 people.

In Early 2004, Downtown Kansas City had a density of approx. 5,207 people per square mile in it's 2.9 square mile area.

According to Local Market reports, Downtown houses about 20 million square feet of office space. However the vacancy of this space is at about 17%

Currently about 2.8 million square feet of office space is under construction in Downtown Kansas City.

There is also about $2 billion of money going into re/developing Downtown.

'' Downtown Council ''

'' Local Market Reports ''


ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES

''See Also: Architecture In Kansas City ''


REDEVELOPMENT

''See Also: Downtown Kansas City Redevelopment ''


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NEIGHORHOODS

  • The Central Business District is centered around 10th and Main and includes most of the large office buildings and corporate headquarters. The current condo boom has defined and mixed residential areas with the Central Business District.


  • Quality Hill is in the west end of the business loop and was originally developed as mansions to house the owners of the stockyards below. In the 1980s it was one of the first Downtown areas to be successfully redeveloped. It is now a very popular neighborhood with a mix of townhouses, apartments, and Case Park.


  • The Garment District is just to the east of Quality Hill , across Broadway. It originally housed the city's thriving textile industry. Its old industrial buildings have since been redeveloped into loft apartments and offices.


  • River Market - the area between the freeway loop and the Missouri River. Its old industrial buildings hold the City Market, a popular farmers market, and numerous loft apartments, condos, and offices.


  • Columbus Park - a residential neighborhood just east of River Market. A traditional home of Italian Americans, more recent immigrants include Vietnamese and other Southeast Asians.


  • Government District - an area on the east side of the freeway loop centered around Ilus Davis Park (The Civic Mall) that includes City Hall, Jackson County Courthouse, Bolling Federal Office Building, Charles Whitacre US Courthouse, and other government offices.


  • SoLo - short for South Loop, this area long targeted for an entertainment district is now under development. Lining Truman Boulevard and I-670, the district is bordered on the west by the Bartle Hall Convention Center and includes Municipal Auditorium, H & R Block 's new headquarters and the new 18,000 seat Sprint Center (the latter two under construction).




TRANSPORTATION


City Buses


The MAX

Launched by the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) in August 2005, "The MAX" (Metro Area Express) is a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line extending from downtown to the Country Club Plaza . Lots of these busses include GPS recievers so bus stops can give real time data about the next pickup time. All busses have special bus lanes and also can make the street light change according to the route via Please Add Something Here . The Downtown MAX stops include:

Many other KCATA routes have stops throughout downtown, centered on the Transit Plaza at 10th & Main streets.


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