Founder @MolzerDev 🧱| Kansas City Development Firm | Historic Building Connoisseur 🏗️ | Building in Public (1M social media) 🎥

Joined January 2014
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Have tons of new faces following along so I figured I would reintroduce myself! I’m Zach Molzer, a Kansas City–based multifamily developer and the founder of Molzer Development. I graduated from the University of Nebraska and have been addicted to real estate for as long as I can remember. I officially launched Molzer Development in March of 2024, focused on adaptive reuse and ground-up multifamily projects across the Heart of America. Since then, we’ve scaled fast. Today, we have $45M in active development under construction, multiple projects breaking ground and stabilizing through 2026 and beyond. The flagship project is The Aladdin; a ~$37M redevelopment of a 100-year-old, 16-story historic tower in downtown Kansas City. We’re utilizing historic tax credits, preserving irreplaceable architecture, and turning a long-vacant icon into housing, amenities, and community space. Along the way, this account (& all of our socials!) have turned into something bigger than I expected. What started as sharing behind-the-scenes development updates has grown into a platform centered on transparency, numbers, wins, mistakes, and the actual process of building cities. We’re now 250,000 followers across platforms, averaging 7M views per MONTH. When I’m not on a job site or in a spreadsheet, you’ll find me: – Spending time with my girlfriend and family – On the golf course – Hanging with my dawgs – Trying new KC spots – Watching the Chiefs and the Huskers I believe deeply in building in public, owning your story, and using community as leverage; not just capital. If you read this and thought, “that guy seems fun, a little weird, and probably way too into buildings,” you’re mostly right. Be a sponge. Stay curious. Build things that matter. If you want a front-row seat as I keep building an empire (and having a lot of fun doing it), give me a follow @molzer. Godspeed.
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Anytime someone tries to create something there is always jealous opposition. An anonymous account left a bad review on a bar that hasn’t even opened yet. Show some love for Bar Phoebe and @molzer on Google Maps, grand opening coming soon. 🎆 maps.app.goo.gl/ojDsxcUNo9XG…
Hey Kansas City, you ready for Bar Phoebe? Grand Opening date coming soon 🔜
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I want to give a huge shoutout to @KansasCity planning & development team, City Manager @KCMOMario & @QuintonLucasKC for all their help with this project. I can’t even describe how helpful they have been getting things pushed forward. Kansas City 🤝 Molzer Development
Just placed my first ever project into service. TCO in hand! Happy Friday!!!!!
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Having a city in your corner makes life better. Is it perfect? No. Are there things that we need to improve? 100%. But having people in your corner that can get things done is huge. That’s how you effectively build a city
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Hey Kansas City, you ready for Bar Phoebe? Grand Opening date coming soon 🔜
Just placed my first ever project into service. TCO in hand! Happy Friday!!!!!
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Zach Molzer retweeted
“Since 2008, the old Federal Reserve Bank building has sat empty, left open to the elements, vandals, fires, neglect, and decay,” Lucas said. “No more. We’re taking action to ensure accountability from property owners and new life in this tower…” kansascity.com/news/local/ar…
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Just placed my first ever project into service. TCO in hand! Happy Friday!!!!!
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Just placed my first ever project into service. TCO in hand! Happy Friday!!!!!
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Next weekđź‘€
It’s Bar Phoebe and it’s opening soon.
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Views from Bar Phoebe last night. I can’t wait for the World to enjoy it the way I have enjoyed this process.
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Me wanting to jump into an ocean of bleach as a developer
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Bar Phoebe opens next week and we have $5 beers & World Cup games on Ur welcome
Checking out the KC Fan Fest at WWI Memorial. Awesome set up. Beer prices though, yikes
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I guess you could say there were signs? Baby Zach was a G
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Let me bless your feed from Bar Phoebe restroom
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Elevator inspection Monday! Does that mean… 👀👀
Hey KC, you ready for Bar Phoebe? We are ready as soon as KCMO sends an elevator inspector out here!
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Opening up two projects within 7 weeks of each other is not for the faint of heart! Add on that they are both 100 year old buildings & a combined $47M Blessed to have good people in my corner. Crunch time sucks, but it is going to be so rewarding.
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Will definitely be the coolest mailroom to ever exist
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What this will look like soon
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Got to tour one of the coolest penthouses in KC today. So much history !
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