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Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and KC Area Development Council approve Union Station move
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At the Kansas City Area Development Council’s March board meeting this morning, Board members approved proceeding with lease negotiations to move the organization’s offices to Union Station. KCADC’s board decision follows the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce Board’s approval last week to begin lease negotiations for their move to Union Station.
“As we evaluated possible office locations for KCADC, Union Station stood out as the ultimate symbol of regional cooperation - a fundamental value at the core of KCADC’s area-wide mission and the mission of the Greater KC Chamber,” said David Fowler, co-chairman of the KCADC board of directors and office managing partner, KPMG LLC.
The two organizations are currently located in the Commerce Bank Tower at 911 Main Street in Kansas City, Missouri. Both have leases which expire at the end of this year in their current location.
Chamber Chair Peter deSilva said, “As one of our board members noted, without The Chamber, Union Station may not have survived.” deSilva added, “Making this move in coordination with KCADC reaffirms our organizations’ collaboration. I hope that this move will become a catalyst for other civic and non-profit organizations to consider Union Station as part of their future space plans.”
Union Station opened in 1914 to a crowd of over 100,000 and today is recognized as a historic and architectural treasure. As the third-largest rail terminal in the nation, Union Station is a unique and impressive landmark for regional partnership.
As ridership declined, Union Station sat desolate for several years. In 1996, The Chamber worked on the creation of the first-ever, bi-state cultural tax legislation and spearheaded the campaign to restore Union Station. With voter support on both sides of the state line, its doors were opened once again.
Mike Haverty, chair of the Union Station Board of Directors and chairman and CEO of Kansas City Southern, said, “We are fortunate to have such a unique and iconic structure in our city. Union Station’s regional significance makes it the ideal location for two of our largest regional civic organizations to continue to achieve their goals.”
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