Swope Health has broken ground on Swope Health Village, a 12-acre, multi-phase campus designed to knit affordable housing, behavioral health, primary care, and community amenities into one destination along Swope Parkway in southeast Kansas City. Early site work followed demolition that started in January 2024; a ceremonial groundbreaking was held Aug. 7, 2025.
Planned in phases, the $126 million initiative will introduce senior housing, residential behavioral health care, a health clinic, and supportive services, with outdoor and community spaces that encourage wellness. Public support includes $5 million from the City of Kansas City, Mo., and $7.5 million in state American Rescue Plan Act dollars, alongside a capital campaign to complete funding.
Design and construction partners include Perkins Eastman, HFG Architecture, and Moody Nolan, with McCownGordon serving as general contractor. Perkins Eastman’s plan envisions senior apartments and behavioral-health rooms anchored by health and community buildings; subsequent phases contemplate additional services and adaptive reuse elements. Swope Health has indicated it will add a development partner for later phases.
The Village advances Swope Health’s 55-plus-year mission to expand access for patients regardless of ability to pay. The organization opened in 1969 as Model Cities Health Corporation—part of President Lyndon Johnson’s Model Cities program—in the basement of Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church. From serving about 2,000 patients with a $100,000 budget in its first year, Swope Health now provides integrated primary care, dental, and behavioral health to more than 50,000 patients annually across western Missouri and eastern Kansas as a federally qualified health center…