Westwood's golf assets to be auctioned April 21

An auction of golf-related items is planned for Westwood Country Club while plans take shape to transform the property into a mixed-use development.

The Westwood’s owners, Mensch Capital Partners LLC, will host the auction on April 21. Items for sale include green mowers, fairways mowers and golf carts. Blackbird Asset Services LLC of Williamsville has been retained to handle the auction at the Westwood property on North Forest Road. It begins at 10 a.m.

Only course-related items are being auctioned.…

The Empire strikes back: George Lucas will pay $150 million to build affordable housing in Marin

Star Wars creator George Lucas will pay to build a 224-unit affordable housing project near his Skywalker Ranch studio in Marin County, Calif., a plan he adopted after neighbors blocked his attempts to build production studios.

After nearly a decade of efforts, Lucas gave up on plans for a 270,000-square-foot addition in 2012 and announced plans to build affordable housing there instead. He enlisted the Marin Community Foundation to review developer proposals and help identify funding, but the foundation…

El Tiempo operating two Montrose locations — for now

El Tiempo Cantina’s second Montrose-area location is now open, and its first isn’t expected to close in the near future, according to reports.

Roland Laurenzo, El Tiempo’s owner and president, first revealed in October that the restaurant at 1308 Montrose would have to relocate to make way for apartments. In December, the company revealed it would take over the La Casa del Caballo space at 322 Westheimer Road for its new Montrose location, dubbed 1308 Annex. The original 1308 location, known…

First in Print: Tracking Downtown's development

Supporters of Kansas City’s streetcar line always pitched it as more than just delivering people. They touted its ability to deliver economic development, too.

About $1 billion in projects have been announced since the city signed off on the first streetcar line. Now everyone, not just subscribers, can track where those projects are.

Reporter Austin Alonzo and designer Alicia Kramme have built maps for the River Market, Central Business District and Crossroads Arts District showing a project’s…

Columbia fights plan to take out Shakespeare’s pizza

Plans to tear down a building near the MU campus housing an iconic pizza place has the Columbia City Council debating a demolition moratorium, The Columbia Daily Tribune reports.

The council will debate a proposed ordinance that would enact a six-month moratorium on demolishing downtown structures. The action came after news came out that the building housing Shakespeare’s pizza at Ninth and Elm streets would be torn down.

At Monday’s meeting, the City Council will consider an amendment that…