Plans to reimagine excess parking and unused space at Corporate Woods near the heart of Overland Park are moving ahead, paving the way for a future with housing, dining and retail.
Called The Woods, the site in question is in the northwest corner of the major office district near the heart of Overland Park. Currently, there are some mostly unused parking lots for existing office buildings and some undeveloped space that was originally planned for office development that never came to be.
Now, Georgia-based developer GSR wants to build more than 1,200 new apartments and townhomes alongside new retail and dining options while keeping the office buildings that have defined the office park for decades…