TKC TOLD YOU SO!!! KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN CONVENTION HOTEL SPRING GROUNDBREAKING PUSHED BACK!!!

“Now we’re looking at probably June,” said (Developer Mike) Burke . . . Blame goes to design trouble and price negotiations with J.E. Dunn . . . Behind the scenes KICK-ASS KANSAS CITY INSIDERS have long noted that trouble finding additional investors beyond City Hall is at the heart of the troubled project. Here's the clean version from the Biz Journal reported after pressure from our blog community . . .

$310M Hyatt clears planning hurdle, but more delays loom - Kansas City Business Journal

The group developing the $310 million Hyatt Regency convention headquarters hotel cleared a planning hurdle Tuesday, winning unanimous City Plan Commission approval for the downtown project's preliminary plan. But Mike Burke, a principal at KC Hotel Developers LLC, said delays in design had pushed back planned April financial closings.