After 20 years of false starts, unpaid taxes and a foreclosure suit, a Johnson County District Court judge has finally given the go-ahead for a New York bank to begin selling the long-troubled Mission Gateway property, an early step in the continuing foreclosure process.
District Court Judge Robert Wonnell heard closing arguments on the long-running case on December 9, then granted Metropolitan Commercial Bank’s request to foreclose on the property.
The bank is now allowed to begin selling the much-watched property near Johnson Drive and Shawnee Mission Parkway in Mission, while remaining legal issues are sorted out…