Demographics
As of 2010, Downtown has 22,576 permanent residents and 14,240 housing units. In 2000, the population may have been as low as 10,000 people with 7,330 units. There are currently 2,649 housing units planned for construction in Downtown. In 2005, Downtown Kansas City had a density of approximately 5,617 inhabitants per square mile (2,169 /km2) in its 3.0-square-mile (7.8 km2) area. According to Local Market reports, Downtown houses approximately 20,000,000 square feet (1,900,000 m2) of office space. However, the vacancy of this space is at about 15%. There are also about 12,800,000 square feet (1,190,000 m2) of Class A&B office space in Downtown, with a vacancy rate of 15.9%. There are over 100,000 employees working in the Downtown area. Downtown has a total of 5,606 hotel rooms or 22.5% of the total amount of hotel rooms in the metropolitan area. The average occupancy of these rooms is about 56.5%. Currently about 2,800,000 square feet (260,000 m2) of office space are under construction in Downtown Kansas City.Current investments into downtown redevelopment have exceeded $6 billion.
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