KC Development Watch: What's Coming to the Metro

A ~155-acre pro-sports campus near College Blvd & Ridgeview Rd — the Chiefs’ HQ, practice facilities, plus hotel, retail and restaurants. Announced 2026, a ~$300M STAR-bond project targeted to open by the 2031 season.

A ~$320M accessibility-focused tourism district (amusement park, arena, hotel, medical) at 119th & Renner. Under construction, targeted completion early 2027.

A ~$400M, 600,000-sq-ft production campus in south Olathe near Hedge Lane & 171st — opened in 2025, adding a major employer.

44 townhomes plus small commercial at 133rd & Black Bob, with 32 units priced under $500K — City Council approved in 2026.

A new downtown parking garage, a much larger animal shelter, and a $234M citywide sewer/stormwater program are all approved and moving.

The 4.7M-sq-ft battery plant (open since 2025) is expanding — adding lines toward a 4,000-job target and shifting some production toward AI data-center batteries, with a second wing expected operational in 2027.

A mixed-use development at K-10 & Kill Creek (the first De Soto exit from KC): 102 single-family homes, 350 apartments, a hotel and retail. Incentives approved; phased build began 2026.

A 126-unit residential development south of 95th St along Lexington Ave — apartments plus duplexes — advancing through approvals.

A $3B+, ~2.9M-sq-ft data center campus at 103rd & Edgerton — under construction, Phase 1 targeted 2028.

An ~$895M expansion of the existing De Soto facility plus a new R&D lab, adding roughly 200 jobs.

Roads, water storage/treatment, sewer and fire-safety upgrades tied to the area’s growth — described locally as a generation’s worth of improvements.

188 new homes — 97 single-family and 91 townhomes — in western Shawnee at Silverheel St & K-7. Construction underway since late 2025.

A downtown mixed-use project at 5700 King St: a 40-unit apartment building plus 14 townhomes on the former children’s-museum site.

60 townhome-style units near K-7 on Hedge Lane Terrace — construction resumed after an earlier delay.

21 attached homes on 5.6 acres in southwest Shawnee, off 75th between Silverheel & Monticello — approved 2025.

A revitalized retail center at 75th & Quivira anchored by a grocer, plus a renovated Garrett Park with new pickleball courts.

A ~$200M, 75-acre mixed-use development near K-7 & Prairie Star Pkwy with 500+ homes (apartments, townhomes, duplexes) plus retail — incentives approved 2026.

An 11-story, 132-unit active-adult (55+) building with a rooftop restaurant and pool at 87th St Pkwy & Renner — advancing through approvals.

A 500+-unit apartment community in western Lenexa — broke ground late 2025, Phase 1 targeted 2027.

A single-family development at 83rd & Clare Rd in western Lenexa — approved late 2025.

Ad Astra Park & Pool renovation (reopening 2026), a new ~$27.7M fire station, and new Old Town retail are all moving.

246 single-family homes on 78 acres ($400K–$600K range) at 175th & Four Corners, with a splash park and trails — City Council approved, construction slated for 2026.

A ~$23M project at 175th & Clare Rd: 250+ townhomes/apartments plus a hotel, restaurants, child care and retail — infrastructure underway.

2.8M sq ft of warehouse/light-industrial across eight buildings near the intermodal corridor — first building under construction.

264 townhomes at 167th & White Dr — pre-construction, sales anticipated in 2026.

A new 78,000-sq-ft elementary school on Kill Creek Rd plus Gardner Rd interchange and Moonlight Rd bridge improvements.

The Fortune 500 payments firm is renovating ~427,000 sq ft at the former Sprint campus (119th & Nall), bringing about 2,000 jobs in a ~$175M investment — the largest office project recruited into the market — phasing in from 2026.

The 200-acre former Sprint HQ is being redeveloped into a mixed-use district (Andretti Indoor Karting opened in 2025), with its long-term direction — including a floated Royals ballpark site — still evolving.

The AdventHealth Sports Park district near 159th & US-69 is adding hotels — a Holiday Inn Express opening in 2026 with more to follow — anchoring the region’s big youth-sports complex.

In 2026 the city approved a citywide pilot of 26 pre-approved smaller-home and duplex designs with reduced minimum lot sizes and waived fees — expanding home types and price points across Overland Park.

The city is creating a new ‘OP Central’ city hall at College & Metcalf, and downtown is getting Clock Tower Landing — a $34M farmers-market pavilion and plaza — opening in 2026.

A ~$2B multi-phase mixed-use development at I-435 & Antioch — residential, retail, dining, office, and green space — is underway as a long-term, multi-year build.

A $765M, 34-acre mixed-use campus at College Blvd & State Line — a 12-story office HQ (insurance brokerage Lockton as anchor), a 145-room hotel, ~400 apartments, restaurants, and childcare — approved in 2025, with office construction targeted to begin in 2027.

A mixed-use project at 135th & Mission Rd with 294 apartments plus retail and office received approvals and an extension — advancing along the 135th Street corridor (timeline still firming up).

The 1950s former city hall and fire station on Lee Blvd is planned for adaptive reuse into a public park with trails, a playground, and a demonstration garden.

The former Macy’s at the Village Shops is being converted into multiple retail and dining spaces — confirmed tenants include Hen House and Big Grove Brewery — with first openings targeted for 2026 and courtyard upgrades underway.

The former Paul Henson YMCA site at 79th & Mission is being redeveloped into 20 single-family homes fronting Harmon Park — rezoned in 2026, with first homes anticipated in 2027.

Prairie Village is building a new ~18,350 sq ft city hall on Mission Rd plus police and municipal-court renovations, funded by voter-approved bonds — currently in the design phase.

A planned 352-home community with a pool, pavilion, and playground at 207th & Ridgeview — construction started in late 2025.

A new subdivision across from Spring Hill High School on Ridgeview Rd — phase one underway, ultimately 113 single-family homes plus 255 townhomes.

A 115-lot townhome and single-family development on 207th St, with homes move-in ready in 2026.

A single-family subdivision near K-7 & 199th St that has already sold 100+ homes as of early 2026.

199th Street roadway improvements (with sidewalks and a trail) plus a new 5-million-gallon-per-day wastewater plant — built with room to expand, signaling capacity for years of continued growth.

The 1,700-acre BNSF intermodal Logistics Park — one of the metro’s biggest job engines — has 7M+ sq ft built and roughly 1,100 developable acres still remaining for new distribution and industrial space.

In 2025 a portfolio of Class A LPKC industrial buildings (leased to Amazon, Walmart, and others) was acquired by national real-estate investors — a signal of the park’s ongoing strength and job growth.

Edgerton pairs value-priced, small-town housing with immediate access to thousands of nearby logistics and industrial jobs — a combination that continues to draw buyers.

A redevelopment at Antioch Rd & Shawnee Mission Pkwy bringing a Trader Joe’s, a new restaurant, and apartments — a ~$120M plan approved in 2025 with Trader Joe’s targeted to open around 2026.

The former Kmart site is being redeveloped into a ~$130M mixed-use destination of restaurants, housing, and retail.

A proposed 180-unit apartment community at Martway & Roeland, replacing an old restaurant site — early approvals granted in 2026.

A 262-unit, two-building apartment community with retail near the Powell Community Center — under construction.

A 307-unit apartment community rising on the former JC Penney call-center site at Foxridge & Metcalf — under construction.

The former Wild Oats grocery at 5101 Johnson Dr is being redeveloped (a regional brew-pub is targeted), part of Mission’s ongoing downtown revitalization along Johnson Drive.

A $75M mixed-use redevelopment at 48th & Roe Parkway — 287 apartments (including universally designed ‘aging-in-place’ units), a sit-down restaurant, parking garage, and EV charging. Construction began in late 2025, with completion estimated around 2028. It’s the city’s dominant redevelopment story.

A ~$3.3B domed stadium and training facility planned on ~235 acres in Wyandotte County near the Legends — STAR-bond funding approved by the state and Unified Government in 2025–2026.

A theme park featuring Barbie, Hot Wheels and other Mattel brands at Village West — targeted to open in 2026.

A 74,000-sq-ft travel center with 225+ jobs near the Kansas Speedway — under construction, opening around fall 2026.

The Legends Outlets were acquired by Tanger for $130M in 2025 and are rebranding, with the center near full occupancy.

Momentum on the east side, including a proposed 12-story downtown apartment tower and other Unified Government-backed redevelopment.

A ~$300M project at 11th & Mississippi next to the rebuilt football stadium: a 162-room hotel/conference center, 443 student-housing beds, ~43,000 sq ft of retail and office. Incentives advanced in 2025.

15 three-story row houses two blocks off Massachusetts St, priced from the low $600Ks — under construction, targeted completion 2026.

~170 single-family homes on 60 acres on the city’s northeast edge — moving through approvals, groundbreaking targeted mid-2026.

~130 single-family homes south of the Kansas Turnpike, with land reserved for a potential school — plans refiled, groundbreaking anticipated mid-2026.

A ~$171M widening of the South Lawrence Trafficway from two to four lanes with new interchanges — under construction through ~2028.

In 2026 Eudora approved incentive districts supporting 250+ single-family homes and 49 duplexes — a major expansion of the housing supply.

A ~15-acre, ~335,000-sq-ft mixed-use development at K-10 & Church St — retail and dining (‘The Village Shops’) plus about 140 apartments and villa units — advancing toward development agreements.

At 10th & Peach: ’10 Union Lofts’ (96 units) and ‘Paschal’s Landing’ (36 units) are both under construction, targeting 2026–2027.

A developer agreement at the K-10 & Church St interchange could bring up to 335,000 sq ft of commercial and multifamily space — Eudora’s growth is often tied to its proximity to the Panasonic plant in nearby De Soto.

A $239M KDOT project is reconstructing and widening 2.5 miles of I-70 near downtown and the riverfront — underway since 2025, with completion anticipated in 2027 — modernizing the aging elevated highway.

A permanent, year-round ice rink at Evergy Plaza reached full funding in 2025, with an opening targeted for fall 2026 — the latest piece of downtown Topeka’s revitalization.

Stormont Vail Health moved its administrative headquarters into the former Capitol Federal ‘Capitol Tower,’ consolidating staff downtown and reinforcing the office core.

Security Benefit — one of the area’s largest financial-services employers — reaffirmed its commitment to expanding its Topeka workforce, signaling continued job growth.

New residential rezonings are advancing in fast-growing southwest Topeka (the Auburn-Washburn area), including proposed multi-family and duplex development near SW Urish Rd.

Downtown Topeka’s redevelopment plan and business-improvement district continue funding façade, streetscape, and mixed-use investment along the Kansas Avenue corridor around Evergy Plaza.

A tech company plans up to six data centers (1.8M sq ft) on ~380 acres at the KCI Logistics Park in Platte County — announced 2025, construction starting 2026, with workforce-training commitments.

A 400-acre mixed-use district near Shoal Creek Pkwy, I-435 & Hwy 152 — homes, townhomes, apartments, retail, a hotel and entertainment. First TIF phase approved 2026.

A 106-acre, $250M+ redevelopment of the former Metro North Mall site, with apartments, retail and dining — actively filling in.

153 single-story build-to-rent homes near Barry Rd off Hwy 152 — targeted opening 2026.

The Royals announced Crown Center as their future downtown ballpark site in 2026 — a ~$1.9B plan advancing through the city (context for the wider metro).

A $1.4B, 568,800-sq-ft data-center campus on Old Hughes Rd near the Liberty Commerce Center — approved by City Council in 2026.

A council-approved framework adding high-density homes, a three-story retail-plus-apartment building, and mixed-use with a potential public plaza around the square.

Active neighborhoods include Homestead (along Withers Rd), Timber Ridge (custom homes from the mid-$400s off Nashua Rd), and Riverwood (maintenance-included homes on Conistor Rd).

A new downtown police HQ on Missouri St, funded by a voter-approved public-safety sales tax — under construction.

In 2026 Liberty adopted stricter apartment design rules (no vinyl/metal siding, more open space) — signaling higher-quality product going forward.

A ~60-acre annexation off Highway 45 for roughly 246 homes — single-family, duplexes and triplexes positioned as attainable housing, extending the Creekside area. Preliminary approval in 2026.

An $18.3M downtown corridor upgrade — crosswalks, a new signal, turn lanes, lighting and pedestrian improvements from 4th St to Park University.

The large master-planned district at I-435 & Hwy 45 continues to add townhomes and commercial (Creekside Village, The Woods at Creekside).

A rebuilt farmers-market structure by English Landing Park downtown opened in 2025, with parking and pathway improvements following.

A Parks Master Plan and a wetlands project at Platte Landing Park along the Missouri River, plus sidewalk-connectivity work.

VanTrust’s 577,500-sq-ft industrial building at the I-49/Dean Ave logistics park is under construction (targeted 2026); the park has already generated 1,500+ jobs (Nuuly, Southern Glazer’s and more).

Active build-out includes Creekside Ranch (3-acre-lot homes near Gore & Kurzweil), Madison Valley (final phases) and the Ascend townhome community.

The Dean Ave extension to 195th St wrapped in 2025, plus I-49 underpass improvements — opening the southern corridor to more growth.

Recent and coming additions around downtown and T.B. Hanna include Einstein Bros. Bagels, a local barbecue spot, a dental office, and a remodeled Walmart Supercenter.

Curb, sidewalk and resurfacing work along Route 58 starting 2026, plus a planned I-49 & Route 58 interchange study.

Gladstone’s downtown city-center centerpiece — 222 apartments plus ground-floor commercial in a ~$28M public-private effort at Linden Square — recently completed, anchoring ongoing downtown growth.

A new event and celebration venue under construction at the historic Atkins-Johnson Farm & Museum — opening in 2026.

Gladstone is adding its first dedicated dog park and an all-inclusive, accessible playground at Flora Park.

A ~$120M, 16,000-capacity Live Nation outdoor amphitheater on ~135 acres near Horizons Pkwy by the Missouri River — under construction, targeted to open in 2026. The marquee project driving Riverside’s growth.

Broader riverfront and Horizons-area improvements as part of a long-term destination-development initiative tied to the amphitheater.

A near-doubled Renner Brenner Skatepark and progress on the Missouri River North trail connecting Riverside to the wider Northland network.