Development, Housing

Kirkwood Apartments: Dead on Arrival

Update: 05/02/2025 The Kirkwood Apartments are dead after a construction permit expired earlier this spring. Cause of Death (presumably): Stubbornly high interest rates (a policy response to stubbornly high inflation) made the project unprofitable at its current scope. It's a shame that the lot will continue to sit empty and unused, but I doubt we… Continue reading Kirkwood Apartments: Dead on Arrival

Housing, Policy Analysis, Transportation

Grant’s Trail and Our Industrial Wasteland

Kirkwood has finally settled on a route to extend Grant's Trail to the city's downtown core. To sum it up, I think the city has done a really nice job with the whole process. The route is the right amount of direct, enjoyable, flat, and practical (by which I mean: I think the city and… Continue reading Grant’s Trail and Our Industrial Wasteland