Grandview, MO

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Yea its too bad..Grandview really has become dumpy over the years.....I used to love going to the Crest Drive-in when i was a kid.

To be fair, it's languishing a bit in preparation for the 71 expansion. Those of you who haven't been there recently, it's f@cking HUGE, and it's anticipation has taken out a ton of businesses [the above mentioned McDs, BW, UMB, as well as the Red Bridge Ford Dealership and the gas station across from it, the School Bus yard [Laidlaw?], The bowling alley and other small businesses along Hillcrest] and has others [such as Truman Corners. If the expansion weren't pending, I'm sure a big box would've filled the Wards vacancy by now] waiting for things to develop before retooling and expanding. I think when that project is done, there's gonna be a TON of development on the corridor.

Also, Marion Lab's failure to follow through on their campus plans fooked them for a bit.

[KC Jones]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

To be fair, it's languishing a bit in preparation for the 71 expansion. Those of you who haven't been there recently, it's f@cking HUGE, and it's anticipation has taken out a ton of businesses [the above mentioned McDs, BW, UMB, as well as the Red Bridge Ford Dealership and the gas station across from it, the School Bus yard [Laidlaw?], The bowling alley and other small businesses along Hillcrest] and has others [such as Truman Corners. If the expansion weren't pending, I'm sure a big box would've filled the Wards vacancy by now] waiting for things to develop before retooling and expanding. I think when that project is done, there's gonna be a TON of development on the corridor.

Also, Marion Lab's failure to follow through on their campus plans fooked them for a bit.

Will Truman Corners be safe? I'd hate to see a gorgeous landmark and business/cultural mecca like that be lost for the ages. Maybe we should start a rundown suburban heritage society to save it.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by KC Jones

Will Truman Corners be safe? I'd hate to see a gorgeous landmark and business/cultural mecca like that be lost for the ages. Maybe we should start a rundown suburban heritage society to save it.

Who cares? Once Harry T's closed their doors, Truman Corners ceased to exist for me.

[KC Jones]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

Who cares? Once Harry T's closed their doors, Truman Corners ceased to exist for me.

yeah - I should have done more to indicate that was TIC. I stopped caring about Truman Corners when my parents had the foresight to move us out of the shithole that is Ruskin. My apologies to all Ruskin residents - I'm sorry you live there.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by KC Jones

yeah - I should have done more to indicate that was TIC. I stopped caring about Truman Corners when my parents had the foresight to move us out of the shithole that is Ruskin. My apologies to all Ruskin residents - I'm sorry you live there.

I went to Baptiste in the 7th grade

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by KC Jones

yeah - I should have done more to indicate that was TIC. I stopped caring about Truman Corners when my parents had the foresight to move us out of the shithole that is Ruskin. My apologies to all Ruskin residents - I'm sorry you live there.

My post was TIC also. Here's a web site that outlines all of the changes proposed to the Grandview Triangle area.

http://www.kctriangle.org/1h_design.htm

It looks like the hotel formerly known as Best Western will survive the improvements.

[Uatu]

Originally Posted by KC Jones

yeah - I should have done more to indicate that was TIC. I stopped caring about Truman Corners when my parents had the foresight to move us out of the shithole that is Ruskin. My apologies to all Ruskin residents - I'm sorry you live there.

Hah. I know a couple who, for some reason, bought a house there about 5 years ago. The house was rock bottom. I know people who have paid more for cars.

Unfortunately as far as an investment or trying to unload it someday when they want to move up, I think he's going to be out of luck.

[KC Jones]

Originally Posted by Uatu

Hah. I know a couple who, for some reason, bought a house there about 5 years ago. The house was rock bottom. I know people who have paid more for cars.

Unfortunately as far as an investment or trying to unload it someday when they want to move up, I think he's going to be out of luck.

location location location

You can never really know what the market will do, but you're almost always better off stretching yourself for a small place in a nice neighborhood with a good rep than with something big, cheap, and in a crappy hood.

[alpha_omega]

Didn't think this was worth its own thread, but it happened in Grandview so I figured I'd just put it here.

Also never heard of an agent just letting people look without them onsite. If that was happening it's easy to see how someone could get the lockbox code.
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Investigation underway for how thieves accessed lockbox of Grandview home for sale

GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Thieves stole video game systems from a Grandview home Tuesday afternoon. Now realtors and people selling homes are being put on alert.

Signs outside the Grandview home just east of 71 Highway advertise “Open House Everyday.” Tuesday, there were three scheduled showings and a last-minute booking and prompt cancellation.

Two boys, 18 and 19, live there with their family. They love to play the video game NBA 2K on a pair of Xbox next-gen consoles they just bought two weeks ago.

“We bought them together as a graduation thing because we graduate at the same time,” Eli Boyd said.

But when they returned home after being asked to vacate the home for the showings, they were missing.

“We walk in there and they are not there, and we are like, what happened?” Mechi Boyd said.

“We started shuffling through all the doors in the house and we were like, no, somebody definitely stole it,” Eli said.

The video game systems didn’t disappear during the showings, but later Tuesday afternoon as evidenced by cameras placed outside the home that captured the theft.

Video shows two women show up to the home in a dark Mercedes while on the phone, and then leave after just a couple minutes each with an Xbox in hand.

Grandview police haven’t yet said they are looking for the women, so FOX4 can’t show you their faces.

“We worked hard for that. That’s like two weeks of labor just cracking out and gone in a matter of minutes,” Mekhi said.

The family noticed something else on the video happening during the process of selling the home.

“There are people that come solo, which to my understanding is not proper protocol, so that’s a little bit concerning,” their mother Shannon Stoops said.

We talked with a realtor not involved with the sale or potential purchase of the home who told FOX4 real estate agents should never give someone who says they are interested in buying a home the code to get inside.

“A buyer should never be in a house unaccompanied by their realtor, for safety, for insurance reasons, and honestly just for ethical reasons,” Jocelyn Rivard said.

Rivard also points out the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors has more secure lock boxes that can only be opened by Bluetooth via a subscription service on realtor’s phones.

There are several showings scheduled at the home Thursday, but we are told the seller’s agent now plans to be there for all of them just in case buyer’s agents aren’t present. The family is also having interior cameras installed.

Working For You, we reached out to Grandview police to find out if they are investigating any other cases like this, but we didn’t hear back Wednesday.

[alpha_omega]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

Who cares? Once Harry T's closed their doors, Truman Corners ceased to exist for me.

Nah...Pudge's foosball was still open.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by alpha_omega

Nah...Pudge's foosball was still open.

That's the place...!!

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by KC Jones

Will Truman Corners be safe? I'd hate to see a gorgeous landmark and business/cultural mecca like that be lost for the ages. Maybe we should start a rundown suburban heritage society to save it.

Crest drive in, Truman Corners, and there used to be a Shakey's pizza we used to go to.

Used to pay foosball across the street from Truman Corners. we also used to ride our bikes up hillcrest from Bannister all the way to truman corners...

[4th and Long]

Originally Posted by stevieray

Crest drive in, Truman Corners, and there used to be a Shakey's pizza we used to go to.

Damn! I'd forgotten all about those places! My memory isnt what it used to be, obviously.