Development

Johnson County commissioners earlier this month considered vetoing a tax increment financing plan for a De Soto assisted living facility, with most saying they were upset that there was no plan by the city to help the county recover...

Project Velocity, a proposed arts and entertainment district in Gardner, took multiple steps forward in the planning process this month. On Aug. 18, the Gardner City Council adopted a resolution “approving the execution and delivery to a Non-Binding Memorandum of...

Residents near a future Dillons in west Olathe said they were excited when they learned the grocery store was coming. They’re less enthusiastic about the hundreds of apartments and townhomes proposed next door. City staff and developers gave a first...

A $75 million redevelopment project of a decades-old city pool site is well underway in Roeland Park. Moraine, the redevelopment formerly known as The Rocks, is on track to bring a 287-unit apartment complex and a 3,500-square foot restaurant to...

Olathe’s industrial footprint continues to expand. The Olathe City Council unanimously approved up to $239.8 million in industrial revenue bonds for three facilities that will manufacture electrical and power systems for data centers on Aug. 18. The buildings, operated by Wisconsin-based...

Leawood city councilmembers approved the revised final plan for the Regents Park-One35 project last week but not before working through their alarm over the size of the proposed mixed-use building along 135th Street. The project, previously approved by the planning...

The first grocery store to operate in Merriam in nearly a decade will open in less than two weeks. Trader Joe’s, a national grocery chain based in California, will open its new Merriam location at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, Sept....

The city of Edgerton has filed a lawsuit in Johnson County District Court to block a citizen-led petition seeking to ban data centers in the small southern Johnson County community. On Aug. 4, the city filed the lawsuit against Kimberly...

A vacant property just south of Bluhawk on 167th Street in Overland Park could be developed with a mix of housing options and large-scale commercial uses. Price Brothers, the same developer behind the mixed-use Bluhawk project, wants to convert the...

Nearly eight months after the Kansas City Chiefs announced plans to move from Missouri to Kansas, work is beginning behind the scenes to relocate the team’s headquarters and training facility to Olathe. But some big questions remain unanswered. What will the...

Oak Park Mall, the only remaining traditional enclosed shopping mall in Johnson County, could soon see new life, with its owner proposing new apartments, dining, retail and other additions at the property. It’s all part of a rezoning application Tennessee-based...

A new proposal for an arts and entertainment complex in Gardner is pushing big plans for a 335-acre space on the north side of I-35 at 175th Street. Velocity Arts is a mixed-use plan comprised of many pieces, including a...