Local nonprofit Ability KC submits development proposal

December 2021

The organization offering therapeutic services to children and adults has turned in a development proposal to the city. The request calls for the construction of medical and educational office space at 31st Terrace and Main, along the planned streetcar route.

Ability KC wants to build a 3 1/2 story office building and four-level garage at 31st Terrace and Main, the latest big project proposed along the route of the planned streetcar extension from downtown to UMKC.

The nonprofit organization, which currently operates the Children’s Center Campus at the southeast corner of 31st and Main, describes its mission as providing educational, vocational and therapeutic services to children and adults with disabilities.

It has submitted a development proposal to city planners that calls for a 106,000 square-foot building at the southeast corner of 31st Terrace and Main. It would include ground floor retail along with medical office and educational space.

The proposal also calls for a four-level, 255-space garage to be built immediately east of the Children’s Center Campus building with an entrance off 31st Terrace.