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Council approves East Village final plan for 160-unit Elizabeth active-adult community
Summary
The council adopted a final plat and plan for 'The Elizabeth,' a 160‑unit, 3–4 story, 55+ mixed-use building in East Village that includes 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and structured parking; council debate focused on buffers, building size and construction impacts.
The Leawood City Council unanimously approved a final plat and final plan for The Elizabeth, a 160-unit age-restricted (55+) apartment building within the East Village development.
The approved final plan covers a roughly 300,000-square-foot building that includes about 220,000 square feet of residential space, roughly 10,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor and approximately 80,000 square feet of structured parking enclosed in the building. The building will be three stories on the east end and four stories on the west end to accommodate topography; total parking provided will be 265 stalls (227 enclosed, 38 surface).
Planning staff said the proposal was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission (7–1). Staff and commission…
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