Wallstreet Tower Exposed

07/17/2026

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the July 17, 1981, Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse, one of the darkest days in Kansas City history. We remember the 114 people who lost their lives, the hundreds who were injured, and the families, first responders, and community members forever affected.

Our beloved “building on stilts,” Wallstreet Tower, has a notable connection to the Hyatt project. Jack D. Gillum was Wallstreet Tower’s structural engineer and Havens Steel Company its structural steel fabricator. The same firms involved in the Hyatt project.

Wallstreet Tower’s own construction history also raises serious questions. During fast-tracked construction in 1974, project superintendent Charles Winder stated that, of 200 recently completed welding joints on the sixth floor, 64 had broken during severe cold, even after the steel was preheated.

Current residents have more recently recorded creaking and popping sounds, along with what they perceive as excessive movement or sway. These observations and facts evidence the need for qualified, independent investigation and full transparency about the building’s condition.

A 2025 professional review from an outside engineer identified multiple, significant matters requiring further investigation, including visible corrosion at support-column interfaces, the condition and inspection history of structural welds, incomplete testing of the columns, and the need to measure the building’s deflection during high winds.

These concerns are now part of litigation against the condominium association. One lawsuit alleges the homeowners association neglected deteriorating structural elements that have allowed water intrusion into commercial spaces and the other alleges that residents who raised building-safety concerns were met with restrictions, fines, threats, and efforts to discourage communication with neighbors, public officials, and the public.

Residents should not have to choose between remaining silent and asking questions about the building in which they live.

The condominium association and management should disclose all engineering reports, explain what inspections and repairs have been completed, identify what remains outstanding, and provide a credible plan for continued monitoring and maintenance.

If they will not provide that transparency voluntarily, Kansas City officials must require it.

07/08/2026

Today's high-rise emergency in New York City is another reminder that structural warning signs deserve attention, not silence.

Wallstreet Tower is a 20-story high-rise supported by five exposed, fluid-filled steel support columns. Public court filings and an independent engineering review have raised concerns involving corrosion, structural welds, and the need for nspections and repairs.

Photos show that after visible corrosion was documented at the base of at least one of the columns, metal shrouds were installed over that area.

Wallstreet Tower was designed by the same engineering firm that later worked on the Hyatt Regency project prior to the 1981 walkway collapse, a reminder that engineering, inspection, and transparency matter.

Over the coming weeks, this page will share publicly available engineering reports, court filings, photographs, and other records involving Wallstreet Tower.

We suggest starting with a review of Jackson County Case No. 2516-CV32938.

Ask questions. Read the records. Demand transparency.

06/25/2026

Don't neglect warning signs.

Federal investigators announced Monday that the Surfside, Florida, condo building collapse that killed 98 people in June 2021 began three weeks prior to the structure falling.

Investigators said the initial column failures in the Champlain Towers South condominium caused “cracks to grow and loads to redistribute in the pool deck over the next three weeks.”

The report was released almost five years after the building’s partial collapse.

Read more: https://abcnews.visitlink.me/Ox27DP

05/30/2026

Another week, another Wallstreet Tower pool update, and still no opening date.

In the latest email, management states:
"Please know that these delays are outside the control of Management, staff, and the Board."

Really?

Last year, after the pool finally opened late into the season, management told owners that:
"the balance of the repairs [was] scheduled for mid September."

That was nearly nine months ago.

Those repairs were not completed in September. They were not completed during the Fall. They were not completed during the Winter. Now, for the second year in a row, pool season is being consumed by a project that should have been completed long ago.

At what point do planning, scheduling, oversight, and accountability become the responsibility of management and the Board?

Who approved these delays? Why wasn't this completed during the off-season?

Owners have a right to expect transparency and performance from the people they pay to manage their property. FirstService Residential is paid $5,400 a month or nearly $65,000 a year for Management services at Wallstreet Tower.

Is their performance acceptable?

05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day from Wallstreet Tower, where every construction project is simultaneously “almost complete” and somehow still unfinished months later.

For the second consecutive year, residents enjoyed Memorial Day weekend without a rooftop pool despite repeated updates assuring everyone there had been “great progress” and things were “moving smoothly.”

Last year was more of the same. Residents were told:
“Pool and Cool Deck projects began and will be completed this fall.”

Before that, residents were told the work would be completed before pool season.

Instead, the pool remained closed well into summer 2025, followed by additional promises that repairs would then be completed in Fall 2025.

Now here we are again in 2026.

At this point, the timeline for the rooftop pool has had more revisions than a Marvel movie release schedule.

And let’s not forget the entry vestibule project, which residents have apparently been watching evolve in geological time. In April we were told “construction is complete” followed by “we continue to make forward progress…”

Which honestly may be the most accurate summary of management at Wallstreet Tower: Perpetual forward progress. Never actual completion.

Nothing says “luxury downtown living” quite like paying premium HOA fees while searching for public pools every summer because management somehow keeps scheduling major pool work during actual pool season.

Impressive consistency though. Second Memorial Day in a row!

See everyone at the neighborhood pools!

03/29/2026

Apparently deeds don’t matter anymore. At least not according to this HOA.

There is a recorded deed on file in Jackson County showing ownership. A real one. The kind people rely on when they buy property.
But in court filings the Wallstreet Tower HOA and management company FirstService Residential have decided an individual is “no longer a unit owner.” despite holding title and deed.

Not a typo. Not a misunderstanding. That’s their actual position. And they haven't stopped there.

They are asking a court to declare that this deeded owner is not entitled access to the condo building or amenities.

When they show up? They call it trespassing.

Their working theory seems to be:
Deeds don’t matter
Ownership is optional
Access is whatever the HOA feels like that day

Instead of correcting course, they’ve doubled down—filing counterclaims and spending association resources to defend this position in court.

All paid for by the very owners they’re claiming may or may not actually be “owners.”

If they can redefine ownership here, they can do it to anyone.

02/05/2026

HOA Fight Club? 🥊🥷 🚓👮

Board members attacked and blocked entry to a residents unit with family inside in 2024. KCPD issued assault related charges after the incident. The suspects appeared intoxicated, carrying beers. The police report details this "has been an ongoing issue" with the HOA board who have allegedly "been trying to get [the victim] evicted". First Service Residential, the property manager, has refused to fine the board members for their misconduct.

Pictured:
Prev. Board President - Kent Harms
Prev. Board Secretary - Jay Fisher
Spouse: Lisa Harms
Spouse: Elizabeth (Beth) Fisher

01/18/2026

Home Sweet Home

01/11/2026

A former board member selling their unit previously stated:

“𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥.”

Prospective buyers should consider that perspective when evaluating condominium ownership. Is selling and running away really the adult move? Are buyers being properly informed of material defects or issues that could impact their desire to purchase and the price they'd pay? 🤔👀

01/04/2026

If you want to live in an "adult dorm" full of cliques and nepotism, then Wallstreet Tower is the place to be! Don't take our word for it, take it from Heidi Coates, one of our most esteemed residents!