The Kansas City Plan Commission approved City Club Apartments LLC's plan to redevelop a site in the Crossroads Arts District, which includes everything between 19th, 20th, Walnut and Main streets, except for the two buildings at the northwest corner of the block, The Kansas City Star reports. 

City Club expects to break ground on the $76 million project by the end of summer, a City Club spokesman told the Star.

The mixed-use project will add 283 apartment units and a new restaurant where Hereford House once stood. The Michigan-based developer also plans to add retail and restaurant tenants and revamp the vacant five-story Midwest Hotel.

Now that the plan has secured approval, City Club plans to announce retail and restaurant tenants in the near future.

City Club recently celebrated the grand opening of a similar project in Cincinnati, where it transformed a historic building into luxury apartments, creative office space, street-level retail and restaurants. City Club's portfolio includes about 10,000 apartments in 30 communities, $2 billion in real estate assets and $500 million under development, construction and lease-up in Kansas City, Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Louisville, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and the East Coast.

This 2013 file photo shows the vacant Midwest Hotel, a historic five-story structure at 1925 Main St., that will be preserved as part of the project.

Michigan-based City Club Apartments LLC will redevelop the block between 19th, 20th, Walnut and Main streets, except for two buildings at the northwest corner that house The Gown Gallery and Affare.

This October 2008 photo shows the fire-damaged Hereford House, 2 E. 20th St., and the buildings surrounding it in Kansas City's Crossroads Arts District. The building has since been demolished and is included in the redevelopment.

The 10-story Corrigan Building, 1828 Walnut St., sits adjacent to the land that City Club Apartments LLC overlooks the new redevelopment site, which includes this site where Kansas City's Hereford House used to stand. Corrigan Station is going through its own $50 million redevelopment into office and retail space.

The Gown Gallery and Affare (pictured) are not part of the properties that City Club Apartments LLC plans to purchase.

While the Midwest Hotel (right) will be preserved, the rest of the buildings on the Crossroads Arts District site will be replaced.

The vacant Midwest Hotel will house most of the amenities for the new apartments, including a rooftop pool.

Except for the buildings that The Gown Gallery and Affare occupy on the northwest corner, City Club Apartments LLC plans to buy all of the other properties on the block between 19th, 20th, Walnut and Main Streets.

Except for the buildings that The Gown Gallery and Affare occupy on the northwest corner, City Club Apartments LLC plans to buy all of the other properties on the block between 19th, 20th, Walnut and Main Streets.

A Detroit-area developer is planning a $72 million downtown redevelopment project that will include 293 luxury apartments plus a restaurant.

A Detroit-area developer is planning a $72 million downtown redevelopment project that will include 293 luxury apartments plus a restaurant.

A Detroit-area developer is planning a $72 million downtown redevelopment project that will include 293 luxury apartments plus a restaurant.

A Detroit-area developer is planning a $72 million downtown redevelopment project that will include 293 luxury apartments plus a restaurant.

The Kansas City location of Hereford House, 2 E. 20th St., burned to the ground eight years ago.

Read full article by Leslie Collins for Kansas City Business Journal here