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Cordish Kicks Off Conversion of Historic Midland Building
The Cordish Companies officially is underway on a long-planned conversion of downtown Kansas City’s historic former Midland office building into workforce housing. The plan involved a 135-unit conversion of the building at 1221 Baltimore Avenue, reported the Kansas City Business Journal.
The property will feature 135 studio and one-bedroom apartments, intended as affordable for renters earning as much as 80% of the area’s median family income. The former Midland office building was built in 1927 and previously was the headquarters for the NCAA and AMC Theatres. The office building and adjoining 3,000-seat theater were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
With the Midland Lofts project, Helix Architecture + Design — also the architect behind the theater’s renovation in the mid-2000s — looks to meld historic character with upscale finishes evocative of Cordish’s “Light” buildings, in partnership with RD Jones + Associates as the interior designer.
