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flyingember wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:43 pm With a decade to plan, you would think they would have staffing figured out...

mgsports wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:16 pm Still getting a big box place but haven't annouced it yet.

bchociej wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 12:14 am Grading for the Cinergy pad was completed over a week ago. Fences were adjusted, grass was mowed, and not much else since then.

bchociej wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 8:18 pm Yep, the official line was that Cinergy wanted their building done ASAP, and all the trailers and stuff were sitting on the Cinergy pad. So, out it all went. Now I assume they are trying to mobilize the contractors back to the site since it is graded and ready to go. I get the impression the contractors are, uh, less than eager to get going after they had to file liens last fall.

Gateway (Roe and Johnson Drive) -

Construction of the apartments over first floor retail was started last fall. In mid-December, Cinergy Entertainment Group, Inc. announced that they would be joining the project with plans to open in 2020. The 90,000-square-foot facility will include an elevated rope course with zip lines, a “game floor” with 100 interactive games, virtual reality attractions and 16 bowling lanes, in addition to a high-end movie theater. As a result of the Cinergy timeline, which also drove the need to move construction of the three story parking structure forward in the project phasing, the developer had to secure additional financing for the project. Work was halted in December and in March the developer closed on a private financing package that construction to continue in essentially one continuous phase. Construction activity has been slow to resume, primarily because the developer was waiting for a permit from Johnson County Wastewater to begin work on the Cinergy pad site. That approval has been given, and the City issued a building permit for Cinergy the first week of July. In late June, plans for the Marriott Element hotel, located at the Shawnee Mission Parkway/Roeland Drive corner of the site, were submitted and are being reviewed. Plans for the parking garage are also anticipated in the next few weeks. An architect is currently being selected to design the 40,000-square-foot food hall run by celebrity chef Tom Colicchio. Work to secure a tenant for the office building is on-going. The developer is working with staff and the Council to revise the current construction milestones included in the Redevelopment Agreement approved in December 2017.


The developer has engaged Colliers to assist with leasing. View the Colliers project materials here.

The project will include:

168 apartments over retail (along Roe and Johnson Drive)
100,000+ sq.ft. of retail/entertainment space
40,000 sq.ft. food hall currated by Tom Colicchio
200 room Element hotel