ABOUT PLAZA HEIGHTS
Westport Today of Kansas City LLC was founded in 1998 with the mission to revitalize and strengthen the Plaza Westport neighborhood. Westport Today of Kansas City LLC has partnered with Weltner Equities to redevelop single family homes in the north Plaza neighborhood. Plaza Heights new homes will maintain the historical and residential character of the area and offer a new sophisticated city lifestyle.
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
Westport Today of Kansas City LLC, is focused on preserving and improving the north Plaza neighborhood, having invested significantly in the neighborhood over the past twenty years through renovation, refurbishment and redevelopment projects.
Weltner Equities has partnered with Westport Today of Kansas City LLC and is the Developer and Owner’s Representative, led by its founder Doug Weltner. Doug is a lifelong Kansas Citian who has created high quality, enduring urban residential and commercial projects over the past four decades.
CONSTRUCTION & DESIGN TEAM
James Engle Custom Homes comes from the principals that have brought Kansas City more than 3,000 homes over the past 20 years. Most recently, Ben Tarwater and Kim Brune have spent their last 10 years working with James Engle Custom Homes developing Kansas City’s largest custom home building company and providing customers with the most advanced home building process.
Along with the team members at JECH, they have developed the systems, processes and award winning plans that thousands of people now call “Home.”
SALES TEAM
Susan Palmer |
Allison Rank |
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TIMELINE
Construction of the first phase of homes began in February 2019.