Repurposing
What's New?
UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS
Thu, Feb 2 @ 6:30PM: Scarritt Reuse Proposal Presentations @ St Anthony’s Parish Hall (new location)
FORMER WENDELL PHILLIPS/KCNA SITE UNDER CONTRACT
On September 28, 2022, KCPS approved the sale of the former Wendell Phillips/KCNA school site, 2433 Vine Street, to Urban Neighborhood Initiative (UNI) for a multi-use, multi-tenant facility, with a goal to engage, educate and enrich the residents of UNI’s neighboring communities. The facility will include UNI offices and program space, as well as office and storage space for UNI’s ten affiliated neighborhood associations.
Prior to the sale (scheduled for January 2023), KCPS, UNI and the Wendell Phillips Neighborhood Association (WPNA) are hosting two meetings (October 17 and November 3) to ensure community priorities are reflected in a Community Benefit Agreement. For meeting details and to learn more about UNI’s planned reuse of the site, go HERE.
GREENWOOD SCHOOL SENIOR APARTMENTS
KCPS sold the former Greenwood site to Missouri Housing Partners (MHP) on July 28, 2022 for redevelopment of a mixed-income senior residential development. As part of the sale, KCPS, MHP and the South Round Top Neighborhood Association (SRTNA) entered into a Benefits Agreement which includes seed funding for neighborhood projects and minor home repair, as well as, SRTNA access to meeting space within the building.
For more information about the project, go HERE.
About Repurposing
The Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS), through its Repurposing Initiative, is taking an innovative and comprehensive approach to promoting the reuse/ redevelopment of 30 of its closed school sites. The Repurposing Initiative, which began as a yearlong community engagement and planning process to develop community-driven reuse strategies, has transitioned from planning into action. Guided by the community feedback and technical reuse assessments outlined in the reuse strategies, the KCPS is in the process of soliciting proposals and promoting opportunities to reposition these school sites so that they once again serve as valuable assets for the Kansas City community.
If you are interested in getting involved or would like to be informed of upcoming meetings, please contact us at repurposing@kcpublicschools.org.
Interested in acquiring a closed school site?
KCPS is currently accepting proposals/offers for several closed school sites (see below) through Block Real Estate Services. All proposals/offers will be evaluated based on project feasibility, qualifications/track record, and consistency with community goals. Click here for proposal/offer requirements.
If you are interested in one of the district's Repurposing sites, please contact Aaron Mesmer (amesmer@blockllc.com) or Christel Highland (chighland@blockllc.com) at Block Real Estate Services at (816) 756-1400 or contact the Repurposing office at repurposing@kcpublicschools.org or (816) 418-7725.
School Site Info
6th Grade Center
6330 Swope Parkway
Ashland Site
4610 E. 24th St
Askew Elementary School
2630 Topping Ave
Bingham Middle School
7618 Wyandotte St
Blenheim School
2411 E 70th Ter
Bryant School
319 Westover Rd
Chick Site
4101 E 53RD St
DeLano School
3708 E. Linwood Blvd
Douglass School
2640 Belleview Ave
Dunbar School
5419 E 36TH St
Fairview School
3850 Pittman Road
Franklin School
3400 Highland Ave
Graceland School
2803 E 51ST St
Greenwood School
3711 E 27TH St
KCNA/Wendell Phillips
2433 Vine St
King/Weeks
4301 Indiana
Ladd School
3640 Benton Blvd
Longan School
3421 Cherry St
Malborough School
1300 E 75TH St
McCoy Site
1524 White Ave
Meservey School
4210 E 45TH St
Moore School
4510 Linwood Blvd
Northeast Middle School
4904 Independence Ave
Pershing School
5915 Park Ave
Pinkerton School
6409 Agnes Ave
Robeson Middle School
8201 Holmes Rd
Satchel Paige
3301 E. 75th St
Scarritt
3509 Anderson Avenue
Seven Oaks School
3711 Jackson Ave
Southwest High School
6512 Wornall Rd
Swinney School
1106 W 47th St
Switzer Annex Site
1810 Madison Ave
Switzer Old West School
1829 Madison Ave
Thacher School
5008 Independence Ave
Westport High School
315 E 39TH St
Westport Middle School
300 E 39TH St
West Rock Creek
8820 E 27TH St
Willard School
5015 Garfield St