KC moves ahead on two big downtown projects

The Kansas City Council pushed forward two big building projects — one at 13th and Main streets and one at Third Street and Grand Boulevard in the River Market — after taking a timeout on the proposals in December.

The projects eventually could house as many as 1,800 jobs, and the council signed off on two ordinances Thursday that would empower City Manager Troy Schulte to negotiate development agreements, The Kansas City Star reports.

The project at 13th and Main, called Strata, would be the…