The old Unleashed Pet Rescue and Adoption site in Mission is on the market for a new owner — or tenant.

More than a year after plans to turn the shelter, beleaguered by failed inspections and a license revocation order, into a dog day care under different ownership fell through, Jill Hays, the real estate agent listed for the space at 5918 Broadmoor St., says it is still available for lease or purchase.

It is listed on LoopNet for $600,000, which is down from the original $1 million asking price in 2024.

Unleashed still owns the space and is behind on 2024 property taxes, according to county property records. The space is empty as of August 2026.

After a fall 2022 inspection that found insufficient floor space in some kennels, the Kansas Department of Agriculture began the process of revoking Unleashed’s license.

The shelter came under scrutiny months later, when Fox 4 reported that multiple customers and former employees complained of conditions at the shelter, citing “dog bowls full of cockroaches, injured or sick animals” and a pervading stench inside.

Unleashed and the state have been in court over the revocation order since 2023.

A request for comment for this story suggests the state investigation into Unleashed is ongoing.

Heather Landsdowne, director of communications with the Kansas Department of Agriculture, told the Post in a mid-July email that the state is unable “to comment on pending litigation”.

For now, Unleashed’s former home on Broadmoor Street remains empty — more than a year after a doggy day care business hoped to move in.

The owner of that business points to contaminated soil as the reason for the deal falling through.

Meanwhile, Unleashed has focused its operations mainly on spaying and neutering in Kansas City, Kansas, according to the business’ Facebook page. Neither Unleashed nor its president, Danielle Reno, could be reached for comment for this story, after multiple attempts to reach them via email.

Unleashed left the space by April 2024

After coming under scrutiny for allegedly failing state inspections in 2022, and again in 2023, Unleashed continued to operate out of its Mission space until 2024.

In March 2023 alone, the city of Mission stopped sending animals to Unleashed, the state ordered the shelter to stop taking in animals, the state revoked the shelter’s license and the shelter appealed that revocation order.

Unleashed kept operating out of 5918 Broadmoor St. for several months through that period.

In September 2023, Unleashed allegedly failed another state inspection that was prompted by overcrowding concerns.

That inspection found Unleashed failed to properly kennel five of the 54 dogs in its care by separating animals of opposite sexes who have not been spayed or neutered.

At that time, two “intact” male Australian Shepherds were in a kennel with one “unaltered” female of the same breed. In a different kennel, an “unaltered” female toy Australian Shepherd and an “intact” male Bischon were found together.

Additionally, a 4-year-old male Cavalier King Charles in foster care lacked documentation that it had been neutered, violating regulations that all animals six months or older need to be spayed or neutered before being placed in foster care.

Six months after this inspection, Unleashed put the animal shelter building up for sale. The asking price was $1 million at that time.

It’s unclear when the pet rescue operation stopped at that building, but the Post confirmed it had at least discontinued operations sometime before April 2024.

Contaminated soil led to new business falling through

The space remains empty more than a year after Damien Hicks, owner of dog daycare Playful Pack, planned to open his business at 5918 Broadmoor St.

Last year, Hicks had a deal to purchase the property, which was listed for $1 million at the time. (It is now listed for $600,000.)

The Mission Planning Commission in May 2025 approved his proposal to open Playful Pack, a dog day care, at the site. That plan called for light renovations to the exterior of the building.

Hicks told the Post via email in early August that that deal fell through due to contaminated soil found at the site via “environmental study mandated by the bank.”

The contamination, which “was not disclosed to us prior to entering into the contract”, would likely need to be fixed, Hicks said.

“Discovering this after months of design work and coordination was particularly disappointing, as we had planned to open our first family business in Mission,” Hicks said. “As a result, the bank withdrew from the previously approved loan, citing the elevated risk associated with the asset.”

Hays, the real estate agent listed for the old Unleashed space, said she and the sellers were unaware of the contaminated soil before entering a contract with Hicks.

For her part, Hays said she knows that a grant in Kansas that will help cover the cost of remedying the contaminated soil, which she said she believes is the result of a previous dry cleaning business that occupied the space. (There is a Pride’s next door currently.)

Unleashed also owes $4K+ in property taxes

As the space sits vacant, the current owners are behind two years on property taxes.

The last payment made was in February 2024 for 2023 property taxes, totaling just over $2,000. Unleashed has yet to pay for the 2024 or 2025 property taxes, according to county records.

The business owes a total of $4,747 in property taxes on the site, with $2,422 owed for 2024 and $2,325 owed for 2025.

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