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Hunt Midwest recently closed on the acquisition of over 1,300 acres located adjacent to the Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Missouri. The property is contiguous with roughly 2,000 acres already owned by Hunt Midwest. Its addition results in nearly 3,300 acres under a single ownership for development of the largest logistics park in the State of Missouri.

The recently dubbed KCI 29 Logistics Park, will support up to 18 million square feet of Class A logistics and manufacturing space along with 20 plus acres of commercial mixed-use. It has the potential to attract over 8,000 employees with an overall capital investment of nearly $1.3 billion over the next decade. Its highly accessible location provides immediate access to KCI Air Cargo operations and Interstates 29 and 435 via the Mexico City Interchange. Area infrastructure is robust with available onsite transmission level power, a transmission waterline, and a wastewater treatment plant.
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GRID wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:11 am Good lord that is a huge area. Seems perfect for such a development. Hopefully the massive solar farm gets built.

normalthings wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:17 am

GRID wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:11 am Good lord that is a huge area. Seems perfect for such a development. Hopefully the massive solar farm gets built.

can't help but think the land would be better used for data centers and industrial. airport owns it so the revenue would go to maintenance and lowering fees

Eon Blue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:14 pm

normalthings wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:17 am

GRID wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 8:11 am Good lord that is a huge area. Seems perfect for such a development. Hopefully the massive solar farm gets built.

can't help but think the land would be better used for data centers and industrial. airport owns it so the revenue would go to maintenance and lowering fees

Why not both? Put the solar panels on the roofs of the boxes.

For now, Hunt Midwest Senior Vice President of Industrial Real Estate Mike Bell says they’ll start small, developing part of the site and improving local roads.

“So it’ll be both,” Bell said. “We’ll do spec development for industrial and we’ll also work with the local economic development authorities and try to attract large manufacturers here to Kansas City.”

Hunt Midwest is underway on design work for the park's roadway and utility extensions. Once complete, those extensions could begin construction in 2023, according to Port KC materials.

Port Authority of Kansas City commissioners on Wednesday approved an expression of intent to give an undisclosed international retail company a personal property tax exemption for "Project Gateway," a large distribution center contemplated northwest of Interstate 29's interchange with Mexico City Avenue.

Kansas City is competing against multiple other states and communities for the codenamed "Project Gateway," Port KC CEO Jon Stephens said Wednesday. The mystery company would occupy a 1.25 million-square-foot industrial building and invest about $110 million in personal property, including advanced distribution equipment technology. The company would create 350 jobs, with average annual salaries of $45,760, per Port KC documents.

langosta wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 11:24 pm It’s a rush to secure a foothold in the infrastructure that will define the 21st and 22nd century.

Governments are rushing towards Data centers, internet lines, advanced manufacturing to secure a foothold

normalthings wrote: ↑Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:07 pm More details on what is planned. This is being positioned for the likes of a Tesla or Intel mega-facility.

For now, Hunt Midwest Senior Vice President of Industrial Real Estate Mike Bell says they’ll start small, developing part of the site and improving local roads.

“So it’ll be both,” Bell said. “We’ll do spec development for industrial and we’ll also work with the local economic development authorities and try to attract large manufacturers here to Kansas City.”

https://fox4kc.com/news/kci-29-logistic ... nsas-city/

Rasmussen, Hrubes, and Lampit all discussed Tesla’s decision to locate its newest Midwest facility in Pontoon Beach. The company initially targetted the Kansas City market but couldn’t find the 700,000 square feet of space it needed, they said. Tesla then found exactly what it sought at Gateway TradePort, one of the newest industrial parks in the 70s corridor. Hrubes said infrastructure investment has been key to spurring development all along the corridor.

GRID wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:26 pm Does anybody here do a lot of driving through Indiana, Illinois and to a lesser extent Ohio?

Be careful what you wish for with these all these warehouses. There are some stretches of highways in rural IN and IL where there are more big semi trucks than cars. No way MODot can really handle that kind of truck traffic on its highway system.

My view in those areas every time I drive to KC:

langosta wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:58 pm

GRID wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:26 pm Does anybody here do a lot of driving through Indiana, Illinois and to a lesser extent Ohio?

Be careful what you wish for with these all these warehouses. There are some stretches of highways in rural IN and IL where there are more big semi trucks than cars. No way MODot can really handle that kind of truck traffic on its highway system.

My view in those areas every time I drive to KC:

My ideal America reserves highways for mostly freight while passengers fly or take the train. I really don’t see what the problem is with that photo. People should be riding the rails or flying - not driving.

langosta wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 11:24 pm It’s a rush to secure a foothold in the infrastructure that will define the 21st and 22nd century.

Governments are rushing towards Data centers, internet lines, advanced manufacturing to secure a foothold