$2.4B mixed-used redevelopment in Overland Park put on hold

The Overland Park City Council said changes to preliminary plans are needed before it could approve the $2.4 billion mixed-use redevelopment of the Brookridge Golf & Fitness Club at the corner of Interstate 435 and Antioch Road in Overland Park, Kan.

Following a Monday public hearing that lasted past midnight, the Kansas City suburban council voted unanimously to continue its consideration of rezoning and preliminary plan approval for the project until Nov. 2.

Project developer Overland Park Development Co. LLC is expected to work with the city’s planning staff in the meantime to make the plans more palatable to neighbors and the council.

The development group acquired the 27-hole Brookridge golf course last year for $17.55 million, and is seeking mixed-use zoning for the 138 acres that include 18 holes on the east side of Antioch Road. Plans call for maintaining a nine-hole course on the west side of Antioch that snakes through a single-family neighborhood. Residents of that subdivision and one immediately north of the project area have led opposition.

The density of the project is the neighbors’ biggest concern, according to the Kansas City Business Journal. So far, Overland Park Development Co. has reduced its request for office space from 3.8 million square feet to 2.2 million square feet.

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