The Shawnee Planning Commission gave the green light to a proposed multifamily development that spans dozens of buildings on nearly 27 acres of land near Maranatha Christian Academy in western Shawnee.
On Monday, the commission voted 9-0 to recommend approval...
A new mixed residential neighborhood with single-family homes and duplexes planned near 172nd Street and Metcalf Avenue in southern Overland Park has cleared a key hurdle.
Earlier this week, the Overland Park City Council voted 11-0 to advance the required...
A new nonprofit connected to VanTrust Real Estate will partner with Johnson County commissioners to improve options for affordable housing, the commission decided Thursday.
Commissioners lauded the entry of an experienced developer into one of the county’s most difficult challenges....
The Lenexa Planning Commission has given the green light to an almost 21-acre development that will include about 300 apartments in the western part of the city.
On March 31, the planning commission unanimously voted 9-0 to approve the preliminary...
A developer is revisiting the long-shelved final phase of a subdivision plan in north-central Olathe, hoping to finally complete the development and add more new homes to Johnson County's tight housing market.
However, residents in and around the already-completed parts...
Another apartment developer in Mission will get public incentives to help finance their project.
The Mission City Council has unanimously approved a tax increment financing, or TIF, request from Block Real Estate Company for its proposed five-story, 300-unit apartment complex...
Plans for a nearly 42-acre subdivision in an open field in western Shawnee are underway. However, nearby homeowners worry that the surrounding streets will be unable to accommodate a possible spike in traffic.
The Shawnee Planning Commission, at its meeting...
A developer plans to bring roughly 150 new residential units to a mostly untouched 115-acre property near 172nd Street and Metcalf Avenue in southern Overland Park, though concerns about flooding and traffic persist.
On Monday, the Overland Park Planning Commission...
According to the latest revaluation report by the county assessor's office, the shock of the immediate post-pandemic years appears to be wearing off the Johnson County housing market.
Home values didn’t increase as much in 2024 as in the past....
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with new remarks from Johnson County Chairman Mike Kelly.
For years, Johnson County has held out an affordable housing trust fund as one of its major goals for addressing homelessness and housing insecurity.
But a...
During a record-breaking week of cold temperatures in the Kansas City area, the Lenexa City Council approved Johnson County's only homeless shelter to expand to 50 beds, as long as it follows a stricter set of rules.
During its Tuesday...
The potential to rehash a once-fraught debate over neighborhood building rules is not moving forward in Prairie Village.
The Prairie Village Planning Commission on Tuesday agreed there is no need to update neighborhood design guidelines first enacted in 2019 that...
