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Planning commission approves 21.9-acre rezoning for Black & Veatch world headquarters mixed-use campus

5937727 · October 13, 2025
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Summary

The Planning Commission voted 10-0 on Oct. 13 to rezone 21.89 acres at the former Black & Veatch campus to MXD and approve the master preliminary development plan that includes a 10-story world headquarters, mixed-use parcels, a 2.13-acre park and a 2,440-space garage.

The Overland Park Planning Commission on Oct. 13 voted 10-0 to approve a rezoning and preliminary development plan that would transform the Black & Veatch campus at 11140 Lamar Ave. into a 21.89-acre mixed-use district.

Planning staff described the proposal as a mixed-use master plan for the campus area that would allow office, retail, townhomes, multifamily, a hotel and a 2.13-acre central park. The applicant's regulating plan shows a 10-story, roughly 725,000-square-foot office world headquarters building, a 2,440-space parking garage, approximately 4,022 total parking spaces across the site, about 988,850 square feet of office, 163,396 square feet…

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