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prOgrEss arOuND EvErY COrNEr In addition to the projects already mentioned, Lee’s Summit is growing and changing in every sector. $800,000,000 in commercial projects are in various stages of design, engineering or construction throughout the city. Below is a quick list of some of the projects. COMMErCial prOJECts Community Product Improvement • hartlEY’s BlOCk - Kurt Pycior and his partners are moving along on their $8 million project to renovate and add on to this downtown landmark. Eighteen new residential condos, 19,000 sf of retail/ restaurant and 4,500 sf of office are planned on 1.3 acres. • CiviC plaZa - The Meyer Brothers and their partners have a $60 million, 250,000 sf office/retail project planned on 27 acres at the Southwest corner of Tudor and Douglas • ChapEl riDgE - Mike Atcheson continues the transformation of our northwestern edge. Adding to the existing 600,000 sf of retail and office will be another 435,000 sf of office, 99,558 sf of retail and 334 multi-family units, as well as a hotel. This phase, including improvements dedicated to the Strother Road interchange, will cost about $194 million. • i-470 BusiNEss & tEChNOlOgY CENtEr - 975,000 sf of office/warehouse and 125,000 sf of retail are planned on 125 acres south of Strother Rd and west of I-470 for this $71 million dollar project planned by Wilgate Development’s Jay Burchfield and Bob LeMone. • suMMit tEChNOlOgY CaMpus - Nearly 95% leased, (1,000,000 sf) with over 4,500 employees, the remaining 50 acres could accommodate another 1 million sf of mixed use development. Count on Summit Tech Campus to continue to attract site seekers and decision makers to explore Lee’s Summit’s entire inventory. • highwaY 150 in south Lee’s Summit has so many commercial projects completed or in the pipeline it is hard to keep track of them. Suffice it to say residential development in Cass County, Greenwood and Lee’s Summit will make this location Main and Main for our southern gateway.
Community Product Improvement puBliC prOJECts • lEE’s suMMit sENiOr CENtEr - A voter-approved continuation of the parks tax is financing the $3,000,000 new senior center at the southwest corner of Independence and Second Street. • r-7 sChOOl DistriCt - At long last the district’s administrative offices—The Tony Stansberry Leadership Center—will move from the former school building on Mill Street to a new 30,000 sf facility on the Lee’s Summit North High School Campus. • strOthEr rOaD - A $30 million project to widen I-470, add frontage roads and construct an interchange is scheduled to start in 2008. • i-470/prYOr rOaD/BluE parkwaY - This $40 million project is in the final stages of engineering. Plans call for a new exit off I-470 at Pryor and a later elevated ramp east to Blue Parkway. The project will greatly improve traffic flow around Summit Technology Campus and other nearby projects. • DOwNtOwN lEE’s suMMit - The extensive $20,000,000+ infrastructure, streetscape and city hall project is nearing completion. Plans call for the cones and detours to be nothing but a memory by the beginning of the holiday shopping season. R&D TOOL BREAKING THE MOLD Entrepreneurs Summit R&D Tool’s leadership team gathers on the floor of its Lee’s Summit manufacturing facility. From left, CEO Rex Luchtel, VP of Engineering David Wescoat, CFO Rick Lantefield and VP of Manufacturing Dean Rohr. Lee’s lsedc_postcards_2007.indd 11 2/16/07 10:48:54 AM Talk about being at the right place at the right time. Just as the soft drink industry was transitioning from glass to plastic bottles in the 1980s, R&D Tool was deploying some of the world’s most advanced mold manufacturing equipment in its Lee’s Summit plant. Today, with 250 U.S. employees, plus 70 more in England, R&D Tool is among the top mold makers in North America. “Smart, motivated, well-trained employees working in this great community has been a real secret to our success,” says CEO Rex Luchtel. Getting young people interested in manufacturing so they will consider it as a profession is a new priority. Luchtel takes a personal hand by sponsoring high school robotics competitions. Last year’s Lee’s Summit High School won honors as Top Rookie team in the U.S. For more information visit www.rdtool.com.
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