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Planning Commission

An area of western Shawnee considered mostly unable to be developed in its current state could one day be home to new conventional neighborhoods, low-density multifamily housing, sprawling park space and commercial zones. Late last year, the city council authorized...
One of the last pieces of the bustling Lenexa Point retail center off I-435 and West 87th Street Parkway is moving ahead. Last week, the Lenexa Planning Commission unanimously approved a final plan for a proposed large self-storage center at...
A much-contested multifamily housing development near Woodland Road and K-10 at Olathe’s border with Lenexa is moving forward. Last week, the Olathe Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the Woodland Forest multifamily housing project’s preliminary site development plan. That comes with...
Plans for an 88,000-square-foot double hotel, restaurant and retail development in the Lenexa City Center near the Public Market and Shawnee Mission Aquatic Center are moving ahead. On Monday, the Lenexa Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the...
The Overland Park Planning Commission on Monday unanimously advanced a rezoning request for the former Sears site on Metcalf that marks a significant departure from the mixed-use concept initially pitched back in 2018. Klover Architects first unveiled the updated plan,...
Frustration boiled over Monday as a half dozen residents of the Nall Hills neighborhood approached the Overland Park planning commission with complaints about traffic, the flood plain, a portable toilet at Nall Park and the nearby Top Golf driving...
Changes in an Overland Park ordinance that would require neighborhood meetings and wider notification on certain development projects could help the city avoid future confrontations with irate property owners, proponents said during a public hearing Monday. Shortly afterward the city...
A development that would put apartments, restaurants and retail in the block around the former Sears building is back on track, now that the Overland Park Planning Commission has approved rezoning for the project. Redevelopment of the 18.8 acres at...
A revised plan for the property at 97th and Metcalf that houses the vacant Sears building eliminates a movie theatre that was part of the original filing and calls for the Sears building to be repurposed instead of demolished. Seritage...
The owner of Two Dogs and a Cat pet care facility believes his second location, planned for 7620 Metcalf Avenue, will offer a service that many new apartment dwellers moving into downtown Overland Park will use. Some neighbors, however, were...
For years the 17-acre tract of land sat vacant at the corner of 163rd Terrace and Roe Avenue, a sign promising that one day it would be home to the Cambridge Church. But the church never happened. Now a different...
The Novel Place senior living apartment complex proposed at 95th Street and Metcalf got an initial green light from Overland Park Monday as the city planning commission agreed to rezoning and a revised preliminary plan. The 134-unit, three-story project also...