Kansas City could force an owner to transfer control of a former middle school in Waldo to another developer as the building sits vacant and awaiting long-promised redevelopment.
It’s a move the city doesn’t use often, but depending on how it plays out, could possibly inform officials’ approach to other struggling buildings across the city.
The City Council’s finance committee voted to forward a plan that would place the former Paul Robeson Middle School at 8201 Holmes Road, under the receivership process, which is a legal maneuver under city code aimed at bringing blighted properties into the hands of someone who could fix them…