Prospects for a new development at the old Wild Oats in Mission are on hold.
The developer who owns the property at 5101 Johnson Drive told the Post in an email last week that the company is “being patient” in order to find the right tenant.
Previously, the developer pitched a plan to the city of Mission for a 13,000-square-foot brew-pub space and a 9,000-square-foot unidentified retailer in a renovated Wild Oats building.
The $1.6 million public incentives package that the Mission City Council approved in May 2025 for that plan is null and void as of Nov. 1, 2025, as the developer failed to sign a brew-pub tenant to a 5-year lease.
Now, Dan Carr, a principal with the site’s owner and Kansas City-based developer US Federal Properties Co. LLC, told the Post in an email last week that the brew-pub planned for that site — Big Grove Brewery — signed a lease at a new Shops of Prairie Village space.
“Nothing new, the brewery ended up going into Prairie Village SC,” Carr said, later confirming that brew-pub as Big Grove. “We are being patient waiting for the right user.”
A look at the previous redevelopment plan
The 2025 plan called for the developer to renovate the Wild Oats building, which has remained vacant for nearly 20 years.
Carr purchased the former grocery store property in late 2024 and pitched a plan to renovate the existing 22,000-square-foot building.
Under that 2025 renovation plan, Carr would be able to bring two tenants to the space.
In the first 13,000-square-foot space, called tenant “A,” Carr planned to bring a brew-pub with a full-service kitchen, outdoor dining and recreation space to anchor the project.
As for the other side, called tenant “B,” Carr’s plan called for 9,000 square feet of retail for an unspecified type of tenant.
The $1.6M public incentives package is off the table
City Administrator Laura Smith confirmed in an email to the Post last week that the previously approved $1.6 million public incentives package is now invalid.
That’s because the development agreement, the document outlining the specific terms for both the city and developer as it pertains to public incentives, called for a brew-pub tenant to be signed to a lease no later than Nov. 1, 2025.
The city of Mission and the developer found out that the brew-pub tenant signed at a different space about two months after the city council approved public incentives for the project.
The $1.6 million public incentives package called for a tax increment financing, or TIF, a 2% community improvement district and industrial revenue bonds.
If the developer wants public incentives for any future plan for the Wild Oats site, then the developer needs to negotiate a new agreement with the city.
Developer wants to “be a bit patient”
In July 2025, it was unclear which regional brew-pub was considering leasing a space at the old Wild Oats.
Carr confirmed to the Post via email last week that the brew-pub was Big Grove, which announced plans to open its first Kansas location in September 2025 at a redevelopment at the Shops of Prairie Village.
Big Grove opened in Prairie Village in May 2026, citing the city’s high activity as one of the reasons it debuted its Johnson County location there.
The tenant signing a lease in a different space, coupled with additional apartments headed to the old Wendy’s to the south of Wild Oats, is leading the developer to “plan to be a bit patient,” Carr said.
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