Eric Adler
The Kansas City Star
KANSAS CITY 鈥 It looks like the 鈥淜atz on Main鈥 apartment complex project is testing yet another of its nine lives, being clawed again by nearly $1 million in fresh mechanic鈥檚 liens after failing to pay contractors for their work on the project.
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Entrance to the former Katz Drug Store, being renovated into the entrance of the Katz on Main apartment complex at Main Street and Westport Road.
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Despite a fraud indictment of its top executives, Lux Living insists it鈥檚 鈥渇ull steam ahead鈥 on their Katz on Main luxury apartment complex near Westport. But one subcontractor stopped work five months ago. The roof of the former Katz Drug Store remains open to the weather.
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Interior of the former historic Katz Drug Store. Lux Living, which is to turn the building into a new entrance for Katz on Main apartment complex, insists that renovation will be finished by early 2026.
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