The mortgage lender for a troubled Radisson Hotel in Lenexa is suing the owner and operator so it can take control of the property.
On June 26 in Johnson County District Court, the Texas-based Wallis Bank filed a lawsuit against Kansas Hotels LLC and Lenexa Vision, as well as three other defendants, asserting that they defaulted and violated the terms of its $5 million loan.
Kansas Hotels LLC, the property owner, violated the loan terms by entering into an unauthorized lease with Lenexa Vision, the property manager, without the bank’s consent, causing the property to deteriorate to the point where the Lenexa City Council deemed the property dangerous and unfit for human occupancy on June 16, the bank alleges in court documents.
Kansas Hotels also owes the bank more than $5 million in unpaid loan payments, accrued interest and late fees, which the bank is asking them to bring current, as well as have Johnson County District Court appoint someone to protect and preserve the property, which the bank views as “deteriorating,” it stated in court documents.
“The Property is currently condemned, unoccupied, generating no income, and subject to ongoing deterioration. The Property is at imminent risk of further damage, demolition, or destruction,” it stated.
Property owners entered into “unauthorized agreement”
The defendants being sued include Lenexa Vision, Kansas Hotels LLC, and their three owners:
- Rajubhai Jagubhai Patel of Monterey, California
- Bharat Patel of Seaside, California
- Nupen Patel of Spring, Texas
In its 15 months of operation, Lenexa Vision collected about $750,000 in rent, which it sent to Kansas Hotels LLC to disburse among its three owners, the lawsuit stated. Lenexa Vision also “unjustly enriched” themselves via money it generated through sales including food, beverages and event operations, which they have yet to produce documentation of for Wallis Bank.
While Lenexa Vision LLC was generating money, it also allowed the property to fall into disrepair, the lawsuit stated.
The property has had problems since 2021
The city’s issues with the building date back to 2021, when the city condemned the hotel for 10 days due to safety violations.
In September 2025, when the city was conducting its annual safety inspection of the property, a city codes enforcement officer noticed similar problems that it had back in 2021.
After that, the City of Lenexa conducted six inspections of the property from November 2025 to March, reported the violations to the hotel and asked for the hotel to remedy those so it would be in compliance with city codes.
In response, they saw other violations pop up, like improper disposal of drywall with mold on it, drywall that was not fire-rated being used as a replacement, rooms with mold not being encapsulated and support beams that had rotted away, among other issues.
“These issues and the totality of all those pictures, all those violations that are occurring, clearly show that this is unsafe for its use as a hotel and having occupancy by the general public,” said Assistant City Attorney Ashlee Tomasic during a presentation of evidence of city code violations at the property in mid-June.
Following the city’s presentation on June 16, along with arguments to not condemn the property from a representative from Kansas Hotels LLC, the city council unanimously approved, 8-0, a resolution to deem the hotel unsafe and dangerous.
A representative for the bank talked to city council
During the June city council meeting, Jason Lieker, an attorney representing Wallis Bank, told the governing body that this lawsuit was coming and while he didn’t want to go into details of it before it was filed, Wallis Bank wanted control of property.
“We’re owed over $5 million. It’ll cost a million dollars to knock the building down. The land’s worth $2.3 million and the building, (when) occupied, (produces) revenues worth $11 million,” he said.
The bank would like an evaluation of the state of the building to see what their options are, Lieker added.
“We are seeking to take possession of the property, and we aren’t ready to commit — is it repair or tear down — because we don’t know everything yet,” he said. “The numbers support that it should not be a tear down if it can work, because if a property can produce $11 million versus just the land at $2.7 (million) — you can see where the math goes.”
What’s next
On June 29, Bharat Patel was issued a summons by Johnson County District Court to file answers to the plaintiff’s lawsuit within 21 or 30 days, depending on if he was served the lawsuit within the State of Kansas. If he does not answer within that time, then the court may enter a default judgment against him.
Per the city council’s resolution that deemed the hotel unsafe, Lenexa Vision has to obtain an engineering report within 30 days of June 16. From there, they will have to submit a comprehensive plan for either obtaining full compliance or removal of the structure by Aug. 17.
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