Plans to build nearly 300 apartments in Overland Park's College Boulevard and Metcalf Avenue corridor are moving ahead.
On Monday, the Overland Park City Council voted 11-0 to approve the rezoning for the project — dubbed Livano Overland Park —...
By Dylan Lysen
Real estate agent Natalie Moyer has helped Kansas residents purchase homes for the past 16 years. But the housing market is so tight right now, it’s been very difficult for first-time homebuyers to find a house within...
Lenexa Planning Commission made a rare move to allow a developer more time to design a massive multifamily development in the city.
On Monday, the commission approved a continuance for the rezoning and preliminary plans for Ross Canyon, a large...
A mixed residential rental project planned in Olathe aimed at filling a “missing middle” housing gap easily cleared a major hurdle this week.
The Olathe City Council unanimously approved a rezoning request and preliminary site development plan for the prospective...
By Dylan Lysen
Julie Riggins has spent much of her adult life looking for housing to avoid being homeless.
Despite earning a paycheck during many of those years, Riggins rarely had enough money to afford rent for the housing that was...
The proposal for a homeless shelter and services center for adults in Lenexa may have failed, but the issue of emergency housing is not going away.
With that in mind, United Community Services of Johnson County and advocates throughout Kansas...
A mixed-use and “workforce housing” development proposed in southern Olathe has hit a snag.
On Monday, the Olathe Planning Commission unanimously recommended the denial of the HōM Flats rezoning and preliminary site development plan application.
The proposal features just over 200...
Plans for what would have been the first around-the-clock homeless center for single adults in Johnson County came to an official end Thursday as county commissioners voted to terminate the contract to buy the La Quinta Inn and Suites...
Correction: A previous version of this story inaccurately stated Mayor Sollie Flora was absent from this meeting. This story has been updated to show Flora was present.
A downtown Mission apartment complex is receiving public incentives for a second phase.
The...
After almost a year of discussions at both the county and city level, the Lenexa City Council voted on Tuesday to deny a special use permit for a proposed Johnson County homeless shelter off Interstate 35.
A more than six-hour...
Advocates of a proposed homeless shelter and services center in Lenexa have long worried that denial of a city permit could blow up a project uniquely suited to a county that has no shelter for unhoused adults without children.
The...
With praise for Lenexa’s partnership and a pledge to back the city up if problems arise, Johnson County commissioners have forwarded a letter urging Lenexa officials to approve a proposed homeless services center and shelter.
Commissioners voted 4-2 Thursday to...
