Another Zona Rosa Update

Took a trip up to Zona Rosa last weekend. A couple of updates.

• It appears that ground work has begun on the Old Navy (between O'dowds and the new massage place)
• GNC (next to Forever 21) is open
• In the former food court there are signs stating to watch the area for something new in the near future

Carrington Place Vertical Construction

Was out this weekend and noticed that vertical construction has begun on the Carrington Place Apartments (Flintlock and 152). According to KIVA, the complex will have about 270 units. This along with the new apartments off of Barry Rd near Metro North Mall should provide housing during this real estate cool down. It will be interesting to see how quickly this fills up. See below for a couple of pictures I snapped from the car.

Hampton Inn Across From Worlds of Fun

Construction has begun on a Hampton Inn on Corrington (across 435 from Worlds of Fun). There isnt a sign at the site but looking on KIVANet, you can find a Hampton Inn at 4233 N Corrington Ave. It looks like your typical interior corridor Hampton Inn. It will be nice for visitors to Worlds of Fun, the casinos and area businesses to have yet another option.

A couple of pics:

Tuscany Hills Town homes

It looks like construction has begun on the Tuscany Town homes project at 435 and 291. Vertical construction is in progress on 2 of the buildings. According to the filing with the city, the project will have 4 and 5 unit buildings for a total of 255 multifamily units.

Buffalo Wild Wings at Shoal Creek

As most of you know, the new Buffalo Wild Wings is now open at Shoal Creek. Its a great game watching atmosphere with several TVs and projectors strewn across the restaurant. At the booths they have interactive games on touch screens (for a charge). They also have the quiz games on the televisions that ask trivia questions etc.

The food is great, they have 14 different flavors of wing sauce (Mild to Blazin) and they have several specials. There is a full bar and they have happy hour from 4-7 and 10- close on weekdays.

Daily Specials:

• 40 cent wings on Tuesdays
• 50 cent legs on Wednesdays (best deal)
• 50 cent boneless wings on Thursdays
• 40 cent wings every day after 10pm
  

ESPN2HD on Time Warner Cable

I dont know if this has been announced but I noticed that I now have ESPN2HD on Time Warner Cable Kansas City. I'm sure I speak for many when I say, "It's about time!"

Skybus Receives FAA Certification

Skybus has received their FAA certification today. They will start service from KCI to Columbus on May 22 with 1 flight a day. They are a new low cost carrier that is modeled after Ryan Air in Europe. The thought here is to charge low fares (there is a $10 each way promo) and make money from food, travel insurance and other add-ons. I have a trip scheduled this summer and will definitely blog on my experience.

New Liberty High School Plans

According to the Star, plans have been published on the new Liberty High School. They expect for the school to open for the 2010 - 2011 school year and will be built in 2 phases. About 600 students should be in the building for that first school year.

With the apparent overcrowding that is taking place in the Liberty school district right now, this new school cant come soon enough!. Hopefully it wont already be overcrowded when it opens with the New Town development and the continued growth of the 291 corridor.

Old Navy In Zona Rosa

According to the Kansas City Star, Old Navy will be relocating to Zona Rosa. It looks like they are going into the empty field between B&N, Dicks and Bo Lings. My assumption is that they will be relocating from Barrywoods Crossing over to Zona Rosa. Hopefully they can get something to fill that spot as quickly as they filled Barnes and Noble's spot.

I hope that phase 2 of Zona Rosa brings more new to the northland or maybe even new to the Kansas City metro tenants instead of many relocations. If this trend continues the Barry Rd corridor from Metro North Mall on to Zona Rosa will have many vacancies.

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