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Mark Coulter and Rouse Frets White Goss Assist With Economic Development Incentives for $37.6 Million Conversion of Downtown Kansas City Hotel

By December 5, 2024Client Results, Firm Highlights

Kansas City, Mo. – December 5, 2024: Mark Coulter, an attorney with Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C., recently assisted clients Molzer Development, Cardinal Crest and Free Heel Capital with securing economic development incentives for the $37.6 million conversion of an historic downtown Kansas City hotel.

The incentives for the project, which will renovate the Aladdin Hotel into 122 studio and one-bedroom apartments, included a property tax exemption through Port KC.

About Mark Coulter: Mark has significant experience in public law, economic development, government affairs, transportation, and public-private partnerships (P3). Previously, Mark served as general counsel for Port KC for more than a decade and contributed on more than $26 billion in incentivized projects.

About the firm’s Public Law Practice Group: For decades, the firm’s Public Law attorneys have represented clients and local governments in many high-profile and successful commercial, residential and mixed-use projects. The firm’s attorneys assist clients in obtaining approval of land use entitlements, changes in zoning and economic development incentives. Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes attorneys offer insight on local governments approvals based on prior public service experience of several attorneys and through experience working closely with staff and officials to develop collaborative solutions over many years. Click to view a project map of work the firm has completed.

About the firm:

Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes deploys skilled and client-focused practice groups to engineer favorable solutions in efficient and effective ways. Our clients benefit from blue-ribbon talent unencumbered by mega firm business models.

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