Costco’s Midtown Store Rezoning Battle | Kansas City News

Kansas City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 9, 2026 · 1m

Costco’s eyeing a major shift: turning its midtown store into a business hub, ditching everyday shoppers for small business gear — and asking the city for rezoning to make it happen. With limited power to stop them, the city’s focus is on physical changes like parking and loading docks, not what’s sold inside. Residents are furious, especially over losing the pharmacy, prompting Councilmember Crispin Rea to push for community services to stay — even proposing a hybrid model. But Costco’s clear: if the conversion doesn’t go through, the store’s closing. Now the city’s caught between approving…