Met on 7th

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This article is about the 2016 residential development in Lakeview, for the former public housing project downtown, see Metropolitan Gardens.
Rendering of Metropolitan Apartments

Met on 7th, formerly Metropolitan Apartments is a 315-unit multifamily development on Block 441, between 29th and 30th Street South and 6th and 7th Avenues in Lakeview. It is owned by Maxus Properties of Kansas City, Missouri.

The project was announced by John Gilbert of the Bomasada Group of Houston, Texas in April 2014. The 4.6-acre site was acquired from George Barber Jr for $4.6 million. The architectural design was commissioned from Lord Aeck Sargent Architects of Atlanta, Georgia. Originally proposed as a four-story, 254 unit project, the developer expanded the proposal to five stories and 315 units in 2015.

Because the developers could not acquire the parcels housing offices of Mason Dillard insurance adjusters and Dobbins-Harville Realty at 2916 and 2918 7th Avenue South, the apartment building and its interior parking garage were designed to wrap around them. No retail or office space was planned as part of the project, which was expected to be completed in spring 2017 at a cost of $40 million.

In September 2018, with most of the units still unfinished, a fire broke out in the eastern portion of the project, destroying that section and one of the adjoining office structures. Investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms determined that the fire was intentionally set and offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the arsonist.

Maxus contracted with an industrial hygienist to evaluate the health risks from the fire to other units. In June 2019 the apartments' management company notified tenants in the surviving portion of the complex that they would need to vacate in order for the owners to carry out clean-up and repair work made necessary by the fire and by demolition of one of the adjacent office buildings. Residents were offered a 50% rent reduction for June and a $2,000 stipend to cover moving expenses. Maxus Metropolitan's insurer, the Travelers Property and Casualty Co., determined that much of the claimed damage, including the loss of rental income in the completed units, was not caused by the fire. and declined to pay. A Kansas City jury found that the insurer should have paid the claim, and awarded Maxus a $27.4 million verdict to cover actual damages with interest as well as legal expenses.

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