Lawrence’s housing market is in a slowdown — in every way except one. Housing prices aren’t falling at all, according to the latest numbers from the Lawrence Board of Realtors. Lawrence homes sales in June fell 13.5% compared to June 2021 numbers. For the year, Lawrence home sales are now down 7.8%. At the halfway mark of 2022, home sales have now posted year-over-year declines in all six months of the ...
What is generally thought to be the oldest community building in Lawrence has new owners — and new plans to become a performance venue on the edge of downtown. Plans have been filed at City Hall to expand the Turnhalle building, 900 Rhode Island St., as new owners seek to turn the old stone structure with its historic stage and balcony into a performance and event business. The new owners of the building ...
It’s demo days at the University of Kansas. Demolition work has begun both on Oliver Hall and the old Facilities and Operations building on the KU campus. As the Journal-World has reported, KU received approval to demolish both buildings as part of a campus initiative to reduce deferred maintenance costs. The sites of both buildings are planned to remain largely undeveloped after demolition is complete. ...
At the halfway point of 2022, the Lawrence metro area finds itself in a position it would rather not be in: It is the only metro area in the state that has fewer jobs now than it did a year ago. The job losses for the Lawrence metro aren’t huge. Jobs located in the Lawrence metro — which comprises all of Douglas County — are down by 300 compared with the same period a year ago. That’s only a 0.6% ...
A longtime supplier of bargain building materials is planning to make the move to south Iowa Street. But no, this isn’t a sign that a new, big discount chain is entering the market. Instead, it is Lawrence’s existing Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The nonprofit has announced a deal to move the store from its longtime East Lawrence home to a spot in a shopping center at 27th and Iowa streets. The ReStore ...
Shannon Hodges can envision a school day this winter where the temperatures are about 20 degrees and the big news of the school day is a fire inside a tent. No need to call the fire department. No need to call the principal. There’s not even a need to call a repairman for the furnace. At Hodges’ new private school, a fire inside a tent isn’t a bad day. It is just another day outside. And every day at ...