Development

As Olathe looks to tighten spending to avoid a future budget deficit, city officials have raised questions about the value of aesthetics in major infrastructure projects. While discussing artwork proposed for the new downtown parking garage earlier this month, Olathe...

The new owners of Town Center Plaza and Town Center Crossing are asking Leawood City Council members to approve a special sales tax district to help them with the cost of an exterior makeover. Representatives of Federal Realty Investment Trust...

Corporate Woods, a major office district at the heart of Overland Park, could become the latest development in the city to look to a future with more housing, dining and retail. It’s part of a rezoning application from Georgia-based GSR...

Despite concerns from nearby residents and some city council members, developers can move forward with the Sunnybrook developments at College Boulevard and Lone Elm Road. The Olathe City Council on Sept. 15 approved rezoning 31 vacant acres next to a...

The Kansas City Chiefs have been assembling the architects, project managers and developers that will create their new headquarters, practice facility and surrounding mixed-use district in Olathe since announcing its move from Missouri last December. Last month, the team added...

A popular grocery store chain has submitted plans to build a location in a growing part of western Lenexa. Hy-Vee submitted preliminary plans to build a new store on about 32 acres of land, near 83rd Street and Kansas Highway...

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...

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....