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Olathe Development Update: Rivian, 175th Commerce Centre & Industrial Growth | June 2026

This month we're breaking down the biggest development projects from the June 22, 2026, Olathe Planning Commission meeting. Featured projects include: 🏭 175th Commerce Centre East (61-acre industrial development) 📦 Lone Elm Commerce Center expansion ⚡ Rivian's new Olathe sales location 🚗 Car City Olathe Kia special use permit renewal 🏡 Downtown accessory dwelling unit approval From logistics and warehouse development to automotive investment and housing flexibility, Olathe continues to be one of the fastest-growing communities in the Kansas City metro. Subscribe for monthly Planning & Zoning updates covering Olathe, Lenexa, Overland Park, Lee's Summit, KCMO, Wyandotte County, and communities across the Kansas City region. #Olathe #KansasCityDevelopment #CommercialRealEstate #PlanningAndZoning #IndustrialRealEstate #JohnsonCounty #KCMetro #EconomicDevelopment #MidwestCRE

Lenexa Development Update: New Housing, Fire Station & Mixed-Use Growth | June 2026

This month we're breaking down the biggest development projects from the June 2026 Lenexa Planning Commission meeting. Featured projects include: * 🏘️ Highlands at Clear Creek (50-lot residential subdivision) * 🏢 Canyon Ridge mixed-use development * 🎓 DeSoto School District - Cedar Trails Exploration Center expansion * 🏕️ Arrived Outdoors building expansion * 🚒 Proposed Lenexa Fire Station 6 * 📋 Updates to Lenexa's Unified Development Code From new neighborhoods and mixed-use development to public infrastructure and business expansion, Lenexa continues to be one of the fastest-growing communities in Johnson County. Subscribe for monthly Planning & Zoning updates covering Lenexa, Overland Park, Olathe, Lee's Summit, KCMO, Wyandotte County, and communities across the Kansas City metro. #Lenexa #KansasCityDevelopment #JohnsonCounty #CommercialRealEstate #PlanningAndZoning #KansasCity #KCMetro #Development #MixedUse #MidwestCRE

The Dirt Behind Data Centers: Land, Power & Brownfields with Kris McGee

Kris McGee joins Logan Freeman on The Kansas City Market Pulse for a conversation about land, data centers, power, utilities, and brownfield opportunity. Kris is a commercial real estate land advisor, developer, investor, and founder of Dirt Dawg Land Advisory Services. With 32 years of experience and more than 1,100 personally closed transactions, he brings a practical perspective on where land opportunity is hiding right now. In this episode, Logan and Kris discuss how data center demand is changing the land market, why power, water, and fiber are becoming critical site-selection factors, and why old industrial and energy sites may be some of the most undervalued infrastructure assets in America. They also cover brownfield repositioning, land investment strategy, and what investors often miss when they only look for clean, easy sites. As Kris says: “I sell land. Sometimes it has stuff on it.”

Is Kansas City’s Housing Market Shifting? Residential Update with Kent Welch

Is the Kansas City housing market shifting — or simply normalizing? In this episode of The Kansas City Market Pulse, Logan Freeman sits down with Kent Welch, President and Co-Owner of Weichert Realtors – Welch & Company, for a residential market update across the Kansas City metro. Kent shares what he’s seeing on the ground with buyers, sellers, builders, pricing, inventory, affordability, existing homes, new construction, and submarket demand. They also walk through the latest Heartland MLS and KCRAR market data to discuss what the numbers actually mean heading into the second half of 2026. Topics include buyer demand, seller expectations, affordability pressure, existing homes vs. new construction, KC metro submarkets, and what to watch over the next 6–12 months. The big takeaway: Kansas City’s housing market is not crashing — it’s normalizing, and the story changes by product type, price point, and location. #KansasCityRealEstate #KCHousingMarket #TheKansasCityMarketPulse

AI Data Centers in 99 Days? Navneet Aron on Speed-to-Power & AI Infrastructure

AI is creating massive demand for data centers — but the biggest bottleneck may not be the technology. It may be the physical infrastructure required to support it. In this episode of The Kansas City Market Pulse, Logan Freeman sits down with Navneet Aron, Founder & CEO of Livio Building Systems, to discuss the future of AI data centers, speed-to-power, modular construction, power availability, and the infrastructure race behind artificial intelligence. As AI workloads grow, data center development is becoming one of the most important conversations in commercial real estate, construction, energy, and infrastructure. Developers, investors, operators, and communities are all trying to understand the same question: How do we move from land + power to live compute capacity faster? Navneet shares how Livio Building Systems is approaching that challenge through Livio AI Factory, a model focused on faster, more predictable delivery of AI-ready data center infrastructure. In this conversation, Logan and Navneet discuss: • Why AI demand is reshaping the data center industry • What makes AI data centers different from traditional data centers • Why speed-to-power has become one of the most important metrics in site selection • How power availability is changing commercial real estate and development strategy • The role of modular construction and panelized building systems in data center delivery • Why land, power, cooling, electrical infrastructure, and permitting are critical to AI growth • What developers and investors need to understand before pursuing data center opportunities • How communities should think about the benefits and challenges of data center projects • Why the future of AI depends on physical infrastructure, not just software If you are interested in data centers, AI infrastructure, commercial real estate, real estate development, energy, construction, or the future of compute capacity, this episode is for you. Guest: Navneet Aron, Founder & CEO, Livio Building Systems Host: Logan Freeman, Midwest CRE Advisors Show: The Kansas City Market Pulse Season 2 | Episode 27 Subscribe to Midwest CRE Advisors for more conversations on commercial real estate, data centers, development, capital markets, construction, infrastructure, and the trends shaping the future of real estate. #DataCenters #AIDataCenters #AIInfrastructure #CommercialRealEstate #SpeedToPower #DataCenterDevelopment #ModularConstruction #RealEstateDevelopment #CRE #KansasCityMarketPulse