Drake In The News

Drake Development’s Matt Pennington says the best projects are born from struggling to get top tenants and locations — and this delivers win-wins.

Drake Development's Cocina 47 project now is underway, with multiple restaurant openings anticipated ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Kansas City’s “crown jewel,” the Country Club Plaza, has new owners. Many of the people with a stake in the iconic shopping district say they’ve made a good first impression.

Drake Development's Oldham Village project promises to remediate and bring new mixed uses to an industrial site that once housed an auto auction facility.

Drake Development says lease announcements are in "final stages" for part of the three-story Cocina 47, which will replace The Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist building.

A new 50-acre mixed-use development proposed for Lee’s Summit, Oldham Village, will include 307 Class A apartment units, a sports and fitness complex, restaurants, an eatertainment (a restaurant with activities such as bowling or mini golf) and a grocery store.

National coffee shop chain Starbucks will open a new location in Merriam. The coffee shop will join Drake Development’s Merriam Grand Station project at Shawnee Mission Parkway and Antioch Road, the site of a former Kmart.

Drake Development plans to sandwich two restaurant buildings between apartments and green space in the Merriam Grand Station project off Shawnee Mission Parkway and Interstate 35.

Mayor Bob Pape, councilmembers, and Drake Development held a groundbreaking ceremony for Merriam Grand Station on Monday afternoon.

The $100 million Wheatfield Village development at S.W. 29th and Fairlawn will bring new businesses to Topeka, including a Marriott hotel, a nine-screen theater, a Johnny’s Tavern and a SPIN! Pizza.

A robust team approach has been instrumental in keeping site work on track for the Streets of West Pryor, a $178 million mixed-use development at the gateway to Lee's Summit, for which Drake Development is lead developer.

The Denver-based company told the Kansas City Business Journal that it still plans to open on the Country Club Plaza inside the historic Jack Henry Building, where it's slated to be an anchor tenant occupying 21,665 square feet.

The first restaurant tenants have been announced for the Streets of West Pryor development, currently under construction at I-470 & Pryor Road in Lee’s Summit, Mo.

A transformation is planned for a landmark on the Plaza. The historic Jack Henry building has been sitting empty for months, but plans are in the works to bring it back to life.

Drake Development will break ground Friday, May 17, on Streets of West Pryor, a 70-acre, $180 million mixed-use project in Lee’s Summit.

Work has started on a $180 million, 70-acre mixed-use development that will bring a grocery store, hotel, luxury apartments, senior living, restaurants and retail to Lee’s Summit.