In May the City Commission discussed final design options for the parking garage south of Rally House as well as improvements to the streetscape surrounding the garage and a new alley running between the garage and Rally House. The new alley will create a unique and inviting gathering space for businesses behind the garage and will create direct and safe routes from the garage to those businesses as well as Moro Street and Triangle Park. Construction began in December and will be completed by early A 3-story mixed-use building on the corner of 14th and Laramie, across from Burger King, is expected to be constructed with about 5, square feet of commercial-retail space and 25 loft apartments.
It would be the first private redevelopment along the Laramie Corridor since the plan adoption. The building would serve as a gateway to Aggieville from the west, creating a more urban edge defining the district. In August , the southwest corner of 12th and Bluemont, including part of the old City parking lot next to Starbucks, was rezoned to allow for the construction of a five-story hotel. The hotel contains guest rooms and a stall parking garage.
This was the first major private commercial redevelopment following the adoption of the Aggieville Community Vision Plan, which envisions the Bluemont corridor as a high-density urban edge of Aggieville. Construction began in October was completed Summer In May , the City Commission approved the new design for 12th street north of Moro street. The construction was completed in early South of the alley is curbless and features retractable bollards at the alley to easily close off the street for pedestrians during weekends or special events.
Landscaping, sidewalk dining, and new lighting is also featured in the new space. The street redesign represents the first street redesign project in Aggieville, setting the tone for remaining streets. In , the City of Manhattan was awarded a grant from the Kansas State Historical Society to study the history of Aggieville and assess the historic significance buildings throughout it. The study area included all property in the Aggieville district. Results of the survey included a historic inventory of 90 buildings in the district, searchable on the Kansas Historic Resources Inventory website.
The history and significance of these and the area in general is more broadly described in the Aggieville Historic Resources Inventory Survey Report. This survey may be used by property owners in the district looking to nominate their buildings or create a district to help preserve the historic fabric of the district and qualify for rehabilitation funding sources.
In May the northwest corner of 11th and Bluemont was rezoned to allow for the construction of the 4-story, unit apartment building addition to the 12b lofts. This project further develops the vision for the the Bluemont Avenue Corridor as a high-density urban edge of Aggieville, providing additional housing options in the Aggieville area.
The project was completed in summer of On October 23, the City of Manhattan held an open house where preliminary design concepts for the parking garage located south of Rally House were vetted to the public. Concepts were taken to the City Commission for consideration. The Aggieville Community Vision requires a funding source to finance public improvements like multi-story parking garages, landscaping, and street amenities.
When a TIF district is created, the City establishes a base assessment valuation of property in the district and freezes it. The district continues to provide property tax revenue to the City, County, USD and State at that level for the next 20 years.
The City then captures the increase above the base in tax revenue resulting from rising property value in the future years from redevelopments and the natural increase in property value over time. The City invests that money directly back into the district in the form of public improvements. Those public improvements attract more private development and reinvestment, which in turn increases the value of property in the district that the city can again capture and invest back in the district- and the process repeats itself.
This is the same mechanism the City used to finance improvements to Downtown since It is not a new tax or fee, but is simply a redirection of tax revenue.
The Manhattan City Commission established the boundary in March and it was finalized Summer Because of the nature of TIFs, the more valuable and earlier in the 20 year window redevelopment occurs, the greater value the TIF will provide for Aggieville. In May the City Commission authorized finalization and execution of design agreements with Olsson, of Manhattan to begin creating designs for a public parking garage on the city-owned parking lot at N.
With the garage will come a parking management plan. The garage is was planned to supply approximately spaces on five levels. Ground floor commercial space will be integrated along N. Manhattan and Laramie street with a ground breaking around the beginning of Designs for the streets around where the new public parking garage will be built south of Rally House and where the new hotel will be built at 12th and Bluemont were also created. It later became St. The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity purchased the building in Ownership has been maintained by the fraternity ever since.
The building is listed as an excellent example of both the twentieth century revival style and the mid-century modern style in Manhattan. Preserving this building is a priority in the ACV plan. Changes related to increased building heights, building design, and reduced parking requirements in Aggieville's Zoning C-3 were adopted by the City Commission in March See City Zoning Regulations. These changes will unlock private redevelopment potential on the edges of Aggieville along Laramie and Bluemont primarily by allowing buildings up to five stories tall.
These redevelopments will ultimately support the vision for Aggieville as a vibrant urban district. In Summer we kicked off the streetscape and Triangle Park design phase of the plan. It included public visioning sessions, design charrettes, surveys, and focus groups to close in on a design concept to improve the streets, sidewalks, landscaping, traffic circulation, and pedestrian experience in Aggieville.
Plan concepts were accepted by the Commission in early New parking limits went into effect fall Find live performances almost every weekend at a variety of Aggieville Bars. If you brought your boots get to two-steppin at Dirty Dawgs. If you're looking for a hot dance bar head to Kite's or Tubbby's Sports Bar. Aggieville is the place to celebrate loudly whether it's for a Wildcat Victory, acing an exam or that you made it to Friday. Check out Our Visitors Guide to learn all there is to know about Manhattan!
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