Community Builders of Kansas City in April took home a Capstone Award for The Rochester at The Business Journal’s annual ceremony honoring the 26 top real estate and development projects in the Kansas City area. According to The Business Journal, “In 2023, submissions for Capstone Awards were stacked, and the [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City brings Health Forward Foundation, a Kansas City-based nonprofit that seeks to build inclusive, powerful and healthy communities characterized by racial equity and economically just systems, will own and occupy 20,000 square feet on the third floor of the 64,000-square-foot Class A commercial building located at [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) has closed on financing and construction has begun on the complete renovation of The Cleveland, the $14.3 million project that will combine Mt. Cleveland Heights and Mt. Cleveland Townhomes into one project. Located at 51st Street and Cleveland Avenue, the property boasts all three-bedroom [...]
The Rochester, Community Builders of Kansas City’s first-of-its-kind development east of Prospect, is taking application for its 64 units now. “The Rochester brings a residential option to this corridor that previously did not exist,” said Emmet Pierson, Jr., president and CEO of CBKC. “The 81,400-square-foot, $12.6 million project adds another [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City was recently awarded Missouri Housing Development Commission low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) for a substantial $8.8 million renovation of its Twin Elms retirement community. Located at 41st Street and The Paseo, Twin Elms Senior Housing Complex fills an overwhelming need for affordable senior housing in [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) is preparing to close on construction financing for the complete renovation of The Cleveland, the $12.6 million project will combine Mt. Cleveland Heights and Mt. Cleveland Townhomes into one project. The outcomes will include modernization of 80 residential units and the new construction of [...]
Community Builders of Kansas City’s innovative Offices at Overlook project located at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Chestnut Ave. is officially underway. Environmental abatement is now complete including the successful removal of asbestos containing materials, necessary permits and inspections are secured. Demolition of the buildings on the 11-acre [...]
Over 30 years, since its 1991 founding, Community Builders of Kansas City completed $250 million in development in neighborhoods throughout the East Side. In the last two and a half years, since 2019, CBKC has participated in more than $40 million in new investment on its Dr. Martin Luther King [...]
It is told that R. (Rochester) Charles (Chuck) Gatson, wasn’t big on groundbreakings. Grand openings, now that is another matter but ground breakings, not so much. So it was that on Friday, April 16, 2021, a few dozen people came together on the Community Builders of Kansas City (CBKC) headquarters [...]
The Cleveland, Community Builders of Kansas City’s (CBKC) $12.6 million rehabilitation of its very first catalytic project, The Mt. Cleveland Initiative, will get underway this summer with renovation of 70 duplexes and 10 townhomes and the addition of a community building. The project will transition these multi-family communities from fully [...]