Development

Overland Park engineering firm Black & Veatch is one step closer to turning its headquarters into a mixed-use district with a boost from hundreds of millions in public incentives in one of the largest redevelopment projects in the city's...

The ownership of Town Center Plaza and Town Center Crossing changed hands July 1. Both shopping centers in Leawood are now owned by Federal Realty Investment Trust, which bought the properties near 119th Street and Roe Avenue for an...

By Blaise Mesa Slumping Tesla sales, uncertainty around auto tariffs and proposed cuts to electric vehicle incentives could have serious implications for the new $4 billion Panasonic factory in De Soto, Kansas. The sprawling complex is being built to make batteries...

Trader Joe’s intends to be the first grocery store to operate in the city of Merriam in more than half a decade as part of a $102 million redevelopment effort at the site of a former county library. The specialty...

Lenexa is conducting a rare swap with a local home builder in which the city is getting land for a future city park while the developer gains acreage for a 175-home subdivision next door. Earlier this month, the Lenexa City...

The tourism district Loretto Companies has planned in Olathe, featuring an ultra-accessible amusement park and a sports complex focused on youth sports, is still happening, the developer says, but the timeline is uncertain. That’s because a lingering title issue —...

Editor's note: This story was updated at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 4 to include comments from Southwind CEO and cofounder Josh Herron.  Southwind Management, a Kansas City-based home services firm, has changed some of its plans but still intends...

Lenexa has advanced a $200 million, 75-acre mixed-use development near Kansas Highway 7 and Prairie Star Parkway. On Monday, the Lenexa Planning Commission unanimously approved the rezoning, concept plan and preliminary plan for Solera, a project featuring retail space, apartments,...

A recent announcement from the Kansas City Royals that it had acquired through an affiliate the mortgage of a keenly-watched property in central Overland Park raises some questions about the past and future of the mixed-use campus. Aspiria sits between...

A mixed-use project featuring several hundred apartments proposed in southern Overland Park can go ahead, but it looks a little different than originally planned. Located near the southeastern corner of 159th Street and Metcalf Avenue, the project originally proposed more...

By Blaise Mesa Kansas is the only state or local government to pass a plan to fund a Kansas City Chiefs or Royals stadium project. Dysfunction in the Missouri General Assembly might also mean the Show Me State has nothing to...

Editor's note: This story was updated Thursday to include a statement from the City of Overland Park. The Kansas City Royals say they have purchased the mortgage of the Aspiria development in Overland Park, leaving open the possibility the baseball...