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The completed home will be a surprise for most tour-goers, but here’s a picture of this year’s “green” show home (above) under construction recently in the Sunset Hills neighborhood near the Country Club Plaza. Tickets will go on sale Wednesday for this Kansas City Homes & Gardens Boulevard of Dreams Green Living Show Home Tour. The “all-green” home [...]

What good is a downtown loft without a view? Guests checked out these great views from the rooftop and deck (see pictures above and below) at the Liberty Lofts recently during an open house hosted by Boveri Real Estate. Groups toured models featuring high ceilings, contemporary spaces and kitchens, and state-of-the-art fixtures. The prices were right, too – [...]

The challenge in urban living these days is that most buyers want “new,” but they also want “old.” For example, when searching for the popular loft, buyers still want lots of space, but often that’s hard to come by in much of the newer construction to which they’re attracted. That’s why the over-sized, modernized Rockhill [...]

The Kristin Malfer & Associates team braved the heat this week and held a tour of three upscale homes, including two at the Links At Lionsgate, a popular Overland Park golf course community that winds around the Nicklaus Golf Club south of 137th between Nall and Lamar. Most of the homes in the Links were [...]

Architecturally advanced, structurally solid, energy efficient, and really quiet. Those are a few of the features that attract buyers to 41 Penn, loft homes (above) in historic Westport. “It’s also completely new construction, and people really like that,” said Pam McKay, who markets the building for Prudential Kansas City Realty. 41 Penn consists of 32 [...]

Golf course living and a wide variety of choices when it comes to home-building has made the Stone Canyon community a popular draw in eastern Jackson County.  Boasting a picturesque, Greg Norman-designed golf course (above), Stone Canyon also features panoramic views in the rolling hills of Missouri.  Stone Canyon offers two distinct communities: The Retreat, with [...]

Adding to the progressiveness of downtown Kansas City, 909 Walnut (center above), one of the tallest residential buildings in the Midwest, announced that it’s undergoing a condo conversion after five years of rentals, which was required when the building was developed with historic tax credits. The change will take effect in October, said Alan Waterman, [...]

Most people driving by the Mission Farms development just south of 103rd Street and Mission Road gaze at the million dollar-and-up homes, the new shops and restaurants, and wonder,”What’s next?” The most noticeable change these days (see picture above) is that the development is expanding to the west side of Mission Road. Mission Farms owners [...]

Five agents are teaming up on Sunday to have an open house extravaganza in Corinth Downs, a maintenance provided community in Prairie Village. The homes will be open from 1 to 4 p.m., and the listing prices range from $500,000 to $950,000. Above, agent Gwenn Venable with Reece & Nichols shows off the front of her [...]

Phase IV of Staley Hills Moving Ahead
It’s not often that you see new residential and especially “spec” housing construction these days, but Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development is leading the way in the Northland by adding a fourth phase to its Staley Hills community. Above, Brenner Holland, director of residential real estate operations and Tammy Henderson, [...]