CORE II is rising out of the ground with concrete pillars dotting the skyline. Construction started late fall on the second Northpointe Development apartment building. This five-story, 150-unit building will have retail on the ground floor and will bring an additional 70 parking spaces to the Riverfront. Completion is expected in 2026.

Phase I of the Master Development Plan for the KC Current is also moving swiftly. It too has catapulted out of the ground. Infrastructure work is still underway. If you drive Berkley Parkway you will run into underground construction taking place. Pardon the temporary mess.

The Town of Kansas Bridge refresh is complete. It took roughly 6 weeks to complete the cleaning, repairing and painting of the pedestrian and bike bridge that stretches from the City Market, over three rail lines, and overlooks the Missouri River. We thank all of our trail users for their patience in dodging the lift stretching the workers to some hard-to-reach places.

Parson Port Construction

Our $7 million dock and winch construction project is underway at Port Parson in the West Bottoms. Massman Construction will do much of this work from barges sitting along the banks of the Missouri River. This project includes building a dock (platform) between two cells. This will allow up to eight barges to dock, doubling the amount.

The State of Missouri approved this funding in 2023. Crews should wrap up the work by mid-summer 2025.  

Joe Perry says Goodbye

Joe Perry, formerly the Vice President of Real Estate and Development for Port KC, celebrated his last day in office on Monday, March 31. Joe was a month shy of 14 years of service to growing Port KC’s development footprint. He now takes those skills to Lee’s Summit. Joe is now the President of the Economic Development Council.

One of Joe’s missions was to design, develop, and innovate KC’s now famous Berkley Riverfront. We will miss Joe. He worked on roughly 70 projects and offered decades of expertise to our development team throughout the years. We congratulate Joe and the Lee’s Summit EDC on its hire.

Check these articles:

• LSEDC

• BizJournal

• PortKC

Goats are BAAAACK!

We love our spring visitors and the work they do. Goats will return to Berkley Riverfront around mid-May.

Alvis Goat Ranch will supply this year’s lawn care contractors. The 40 goats will graze roughly two-acres of Berkley Riverfront grounds between the Town of Kansas Bridge and the ABS Bridge. This will be our third year inviting the grazers to dinner. Their work is evident. The brush has remained low and pushed back from the sidewalk. The area looks cleaner, more inviting, and safer for our trail users. It doesn’t hurt that these quadrupeds are cute.

Streetcar Milestone

The Kansas City Streetcar Authority celebrated the track completion of the .0.7 mile Riverfront Extension of the Streetcar at the end of April. While the Grand St. Viaduct is back open, work remains at 2nd and Grand. The next phase includes the OCS installation and testing of the streetcars. The hope is Berkley Riverfront visitors will arrive using the streetcar in early 2026.

A new stoplight and an under-construction apartment complex at the intersection have already transformed the look and feel of pulling into the River Market from Berkley Riverfront.

📅  Upcoming Events

View a full calendar on the Events webpage.

• May 19: Board of Commissioners Meeting

• May 23 & 26 Port KC Closed (Memorial Day)

• June 9: Development Committee Meeting

• June 13: Finance Committee Meeting

• June 19: Port KC closed (Juneteenth)

• June 23: Board of Commissioners Meeting

📰  In the News

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