# @thekansascitystar on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cra-TdbBPWq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18810604-thekansascitystar-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-24T14:00:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kansas City Star (@thekansascitystar) — https://gondola.cc/thekansascitystar

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A dilapidated building on the National Register of Historic Places will be torn down as part of a wider $500 million redevelopment project planned for Kansas City’s West Bottoms.

Last week, a city board signed off on plans to demolish the Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. Building at 933 Mulberry St. That will kick off the first phase of New York-based developer SomeraRoad’s plans to revamp more than 20 acres in the area.

The developer aims to bring more than 1,200 new apartments, plus offices, restaurants, retail space and hotel to the area. SomeraRoad plans to renovate some existing buildings and build new ones in phases over more than a decade as it works on the more than 40 properties it owns and controls in the neighborhood.

The Ridenour-Baker Grocery Co. Building was the first wholesale grocery building west of the Mississippi located on a railroad line. It’s also known as the Weld Wheel building because of the last company that occupied the structure. The 1910-era building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

Historic Kansas City has endorsed the developer’s plans, including the destruction of the building.

Read more about the $500 million redevelopment at the link in our bio. 

#KansasCity #WestBottomsKC #Development #HistoricKC

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historickc, westbottomskc, development, kansascity

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