Overview
- Platform Ventures said on Feb. 12 it will not proceed with selling the I‑49 Industrial Center to the U.S. government, citing terms that no longer met fiduciary requirements after learning the buyer was the government.
- DHS and ICE officials toured the roughly 900,000‑square‑foot warehouse in January, prompting sustained demonstrations by local groups including Stand Up KC and the Missouri Workers Center.
- Video recorded around 5:50 p.m. Thursday shows a woman spraying an accelerant and igniting windows at 14901 Botts Road; firefighters quickly extinguished the flames and reported no injuries.
- Kansas City police said Bomb and Arson detectives opened an arson investigation and are seeking the suspect, who left the scene before officers arrived.
- Mayor Quinton Lucas said he supports halting any conversion of the site and plans legislative and legal efforts to prevent similar mass detention uses in the city.