Pioneer Crossing: $2.3B Development Transforming Northland

0:00A 472 acre chunk of unused land owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kansas City's Northland is about to. Flip into a massive $2,300,000,000 development called Pioneer Crossing, right near Interstate 435 and Highway 152. It'll pack in over 7500 homes more than 1 million square. Feet of retail, offices, a hotel, and entertainment spots. Land Reserve, the Church's Utah-based developer, has teamed up with local officials for years to turn this into a gateway hub with high-end shops, eateries and fun zones, kind of like the Nexus City Center or Lee Wood Town Center. Councilman Kevin O'Neill is hyped, saying the Northland's finally drawing big retailers that ignored it before, and he's pushing for spots like Trader, Joe's. The build-out should hire 28,000 workers during construction, then create 9,000 permanent jobs once it's buzzing.

1:00The Church has held the land since the 1980s, but rough terrain and no infrastructure held things back, thing new roads, sewers, and water. Lines ahead, with public funding in the works. Still, it's spot next to busy highways, with over 40,000 cars daily, each makes a prime real estate. Developers see the Northland as underserved and right for this growth, and they're gearing up to lock in those retailers fast, putting this corner of. Kansas City on a whole new level. From your city, powered by AI, this is Kansas News Today. I'm Corey with The Story.