Parade Park Homes was once one of the oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives in the country. The redevelopment there includes plans for about 1,100 new housing units, with some reserved as affordable or for senior housing.

Construction is now underway on the $300 million redevelopment of Kansas City’s Parade Park Homes , one of the country’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives.

The transformation will result in about 1,100 apartments, townhomes, and flats near the Historic 18th and Vine district.

“I want the people of Kansas City to know just how important it is,” said U.S. Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II at the groundbreaking on Friday. “This was once one of the citadels for the African American community.”

The redevelopment plan, led by Flaherty & Collins Development and

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