# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs32PnRMlMC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810508-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-30T15:39:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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After months of feuding, a controversial restaurant development planned near the Country Club Plaza has been approved by city leaders.

Last week, the Kansas City Council approved a development agreement for Cocina47, a three-story restaurant building planned for 604 W. 47th St. That property, just across the street from the Country Club Plaza shopping district, is currently the home of the Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist. That historic brick building will be demolished to make way for the new project.

Initially proposed at three stories, the project was opposed by Block Real Estate, Historic Kansas City, neighborhood groups and Taubman Realty Group, which owns and operates the Country Club Plaza shops and restaurants.

Then, the developer proposed tripling the building to nine stories, escalating the debate into a public feud between two prominent Kansas City development firms, unearthing years-old resentments about construction rules and intensifying the debate about the future of the Country Club Plaza.

But the developer says those issues have been resolved.

“It’s taken a long time to get here, but I think the end product is really good for not only the Plaza, but for the city,” Matt Pennington, president of Drake Development, told a City Council committee last week. 

Read more about the project & its opposition at the link in our bio. 

#KansasCity #CountryClubPlaza #Development #KC #LocalNews

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