WRITER: Chad Lawhorn

Local housing market shows signs of tightening in early 2025; a closer look at how much property values have increased

Turnovers are creating all types of heartburn in Lawrence — some on the basketball court and some in the real estate market. There’s probably no need for a reminder about the problems turnovers caused on the basketball court. (It is unclear whether the T.V. still works at my house, nor whether it needs to.) On the court, too many turnovers were the problem for an entire season. In the Lawrence home ...

Development group files plans for senior apartments on city-owned parking lot near 10th and Vermont

A plan has been filed for the southern end of downtown Lawrence to receive a batch of affordable apartments for seniors, but the price of the project might include less public parking for all. An Omaha-based development group has filed a plan to build a four-story apartment building on the city-owned parking lot at 1020 Vermont St. The project is part of the city’s initiative to explore ways to redevelop ...

7 Brew Coffee files plans to open in front of Target on south Iowa; Panera Bread now in west Lawrence

Coffee has defeated sleep along a small portion of Lawrence’s south Iowa Street. The Arkansas-based chain 7 Brew Coffee has filed plans to build a new drive-thru coffee location at the site of a now defunct mattress store at 3231 Iowa St., which is next door to McDonalds and in front of Lawrence’s Target store. The development filing warms up plans for 7 Brew to enter the Lawrence market after it ...

KU among 45 universities being investigated by feds for improper use of race in university matters

The University of Kansas is among 45 universities that the U.S. Department of Education is investigating related to concerns that racial preferences are playing inappropriate roles in admissions or other operations. The Department of Education released via press release a list of schools that it had opened investigations regarding possible violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits ...

Plans filed for 500-bedroom apartment complex in south Lawrence; project to use affordable housing tax credits

There are new signs that a large affordable housing apartment complex will develop in the heart of south Lawrence’s big box retail district. A site plan has been filed for an approximately 500-bedroom apartment complex at the southeast corner of 31st and Michigan streets, which is basically across the street from the Menards home improvement store. If some of this sounds familiar, we reported in June that ...

'It is very valid to be anxious': University leaders react to rapidly changing federal environment for higher ed

University leaders have been told a lot recently. In February there was a “Dear Colleague” letter from the U.S. Department of Education that was a little light on the “dear.” The letter to university leaders across the country said they had “toxically indoctrinated” students with the idea that the United States had been built upon “systemic and structural racism.” It said universities were ...