LENEXA, KAN. — Copaken Brooks is set to begin development of Restaurant Row at Lenexa City Center. Located on the corner of 87th Street and Renner Boulevard, the project is adjacent to AdventHealth’s 13-building campus that is currently under construction. The first phase of Restaurant Row will include two restaurant concepts set to open in fall 2024, with two remaining spaces available for lease. Cactus Grill TexMex & Tequila, a local Kansas City restaurant that has operated for more than 30 years, will occupy 5,000 square feet. Restaurant Row will be Cactus Grill’s third location, following its original restaurant in Leawood and its newest in BluHawk. North Carolina-based Tupelo Honey will occupy 5,700 square feet. The Southern food chain currently operates 21 locations across the United States with six additional planned to open in the next 18 to 24 months. John Nolan of Crossroads Real Estate Group represented Cactus Grill, while Howard Zoldessy of Hatcher-Hill Brokerage LLC represented Tupelo Honey.
OLATHE, KAN. — BCB Development has signed leases with two new tenants at Southpark Commerce Center in Olathe. Rob Holland and Jack Goldsborough of Cushman & Wakefield represented BCB in each of the leases. United Rotary Brush leased the entire 135,000-square-foot Building B. Joe Accurso of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. Groundworks leased the entire 112,550-square-foot Building A. Whitney Freeburn of Flowers Capital Holdings represented the tenant. Southpark Commerce Center consists of three buildings totaling 382,500 square feet and delivered in December. There are 54,000 square feet remaining available for lease in Building C.
TOPEKA, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2 million sale of Englewood Apartments, a 27-unit apartment building in Topeka. The property at 5210 SW 10th Ave. has historically been fully occupied. Jacob Carroll and Aaron Kuroiwa of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The duo also secured and represented the buyer, an individual trust. The sale closed at the full list price.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Brinkmann Constructors has broken ground on the sixth building at Tallgrass Creek, a senior living community in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. The project is being built in partnership with Erickson Senior Living. The five-story building will include 84 units of assisted living and memory care and total 128,000 square feet. Amenities will include a community room, catering room, game room and designated living area. Completion is slated for late 2024.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Flying Cow Gelato and Made in KC have inked retail leases to open at the Edison District in Overland Park. The tenants will occupy 1,400 and 1,575 square feet, respectively. The transactions mark Flying Cow Gelato’s third location and Made in KC’s 12th location in the area. Made in KC is scheduled to open in July, with Flying Cow Gelato opening in the fall. The Edison District, owned by Overland Park Real Estate, features a mix of office, retail, restaurant and outdoor space. JLL negotiated the leases on behalf of ownership. The retail space at the Edison District is now fully leased. Made in KC sells local goods, gifts and apparel. Flying Cow Gelato makes fresh gelato every day and is the sister store to Annedore’s Fine Chocolates.
MERRIAM, KAN. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Georgetown Apartments in Merriam, a southwest suburb of Kansas City. The sales price was undisclosed. The 395-unit apartment community is situated on 33 acres at 7200 Eby Drive. The property was built in 1965, according to Apartments.com. Amenities include a pub room, billiards room, fitness center, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a clubhouse, event space and laundry facilities. Pete Evans, Michael Spero and Kevin Jury of Berkadia represented the seller, New York-based Malkin Properties, and the buyer, Illinois-based Artisan Capital Group. John Schorgl of Berkadia structured a five-year acquisition loan through Freddie Mac.
MERRIAM, KAN. — Brinkmann Constructors has broken ground on Merriam Grand Station Lofts, a 361-unit luxury apartment project in Merriam, a southwest suburb of Kansas City. Drake Development is developing the project on the site of a former retail development that has been vacant for 10 years. The development is part of the larger Merriam Grand Station, a $72.5 million project including retail, residential and public gathering space. Merriam Grand Station Lofts will consist of two buildings with 73,000 square feet of below-grade parking. Amenities will include a pool, pet wash station, game rooms and electric vehicle charging stations. Completion is slated for 2025.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Technology solutions company SnapIT Solutions has signed a 5,894-square-foot office lease at Financial Plaza III in Overland Park. Owned by Group RMC and located at 6900 College Blvd., Financial Plaza III features amenities such as onsite food service, conferencing facilities, covered parking and more. Anné Erickson of JLL represented SnapIT.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — McCarthy Mortenson NBAF, a joint venture between builders McCarthy Building Cos. and Mortenson Construction, has completed the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, approximately 55 miles west of Topeka and 115 miles west of Kansas City. Development costs for the animal disease research facility were estimated at $940 million. Developed to ensure public health and the safety and security of the nation’s food supply, the 707,000-square-foot facility is located on a 48-acre site. It is designed with stringent containment, blast-resistant and anti-terrorism requirements, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) high-wind design criteria adopted by the Department of Homeland Security. NBAF features laboratories functioning at multiple biosafety levels, including the first facility in the United States with biosafety level 4 containment capable of housing large livestock. The lab portions total 574,000 square feet, while the freestanding, 87,000-square-foot Central Utility Plant houses boilers, chillers, emergency diesel generators and other support elements for the main laboratory facility. In addition to having multiple laboratories, NBAF will also have a biologics development module to explore the development and production of potential vaccines, diagnostic platforms and veterinary medical countermeasures. The property will functionally replace the aging Plum Island Animal …
By Ted Branson, Landmark Commercial Real Estate There continues to be strong demand and a resulting shortage of industrial buildings in Wichita from 1,000 to 100,000 square feet for lease or for sale, not dissimilar from the fierce competition for housing, with prospects paying well above market rates just to keep from losing out “again” on an available property. With that, Wichita is seeing vacancies continue near 5 to 6 percent, an increase in average lease rates from $4 to $6 per square foot, and average sales prices increasing from $35 to $50 per square foot. New construction prices carry that considerably higher. That demand for space, and the increasing prices that prospects will pay, often leads to land sales and new construction. Many of the supply chain issues that caused construction to take up to two years have been improved or resolved, and several projects are underway. Developers have built several speculative warehouses, most notably in the new ICT21 Industrial Park, the former location of the Derby Oil refinery. Ron and Marty Cornejo did a masterful job of clearing the site of structural obstacles and rendering pollution issues innocuous, with Conco erecting three first-class, tilt-up concrete, high-bay warehouses, with …