At a combined $759 million, the proposed conference center, hotel and student housing development around the University of Kansas’ football stadium might be the largest single commercial development in the city’s history.
But it might be better if it were just a bit bigger.
Several downtown Lawrence merchants and stakeholders on Friday morning told KU leaders that figuring out how to get the project to ...
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A dispute between Douglas County and Grant Township is growing as county commissioners prepare to take a key vote next week on a controversial solar farm that would be located in the township.
Grant Township — which encompasses the rural portions of Douglas County north of the Kansas River — sent a letter asking the County Commission to cancel its planned vote on Dec. 18 on a ...
Here’s the thing about the recently completed presidential election: The problem for Democrats is rooted in a misunderstanding of the 2020 elections, where Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.
“Any Democrat would have won that election,” Chuck Todd, the chief political analyst for NBC News and past host of "Meet the Press," told a Lawrence crowd on Wednesday as part of the Dole Institute of Politics’ 2024 ...
KU needs another $300 million worth of development around its football stadium to create a true “gateway” to wow potential students and attract new dollars critical for the next generation, university leaders told the Journal-World.
An upscale Marriott hotel, a mix of restaurants and retailers, more than 400 new student apartments, and a unique 20,000-square-foot plaza area for outdoor entertainment are ...
It is beginning to look more likely that Lawrence home sales will rise in 2024, ending a streak of three consecutive years of declines.
Lawrence home sales had a strong showing in November, and are now up 3.3% for the year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Lawrence Board of Realtors. If that pace holds, it will be the first time since 2020 that Lawrence has posted an increase in the number of homes ...
A long-awaited redevelopment of the historic former Reuter Organ building at Sixth and New Hampshire is starting to take shape with plans to convert the structure into a mix of housing and commercial space.
But the deal almost collapsed before it ever began because the 1882 four-story limestone building almost literally collapsed.
A representative of the ownership group has acknowledged in filings with ...
