Residents near a future Dillons in west Olathe said they were excited when they learned the grocery store was coming. They’re less enthusiastic about the hundreds of apartments and townhomes proposed next door.
City staff and developers gave a first look at what could occupy the approximately 30 vacant acres to the west of the future store near College and Sunnybrook boulevards on Monday.
The Olathe Planning Commission recommended approving two separate rezoning requests for the 31-acre site southwest of College Boulevard and Lone Elm Road, clearing the way for four single-story commercial buildings and a 333-unit residential complex with nine apartment buildings and six townhomes…