Mission Gateway project loses its deal with the city after it failed to pay property taxes

By Suzanne Hogan,

Published July 20, 2023 at 11:10 AM CDT

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After developers failed to pay more than $450,000 worth of property taxes, the city of Mission terminated the Mission Gateway redevelopment agreement in a special meeting Monday.

The city of Mission said it decided to terminate its deal to bring a $270 million mixed-use development to the long-vacant Mission Gateway site, after the owner failed to pay almost half a million dollars in property taxes by deadline.

On Monday night, Mission City Council voted unanimously in favor of terminating its most recent redevelopment agreement for the Mission Gateway project.

The development, which sits at the former site of the Mission Center Mall on the corner of Johnson Drive and Roe Avenue, has seen its fair share of setbacks since the Cameron Group LLC bought the property back in 2006.

Juliana Garcia, a reporter for the Shawnee Mission Post, told KCUR that the city council is frustrated by the most recent turn of events.

“They spent all of 2022 working on the 2023 approved redevelopment agreement trying to position the developers for the most successful outcome," Garcia said.

Garcia said the city is uncertain as to what will happen next as Aryeh Realty, a subsidiary of the Cameron Group LLC, is held up in court over a foreclosure lawsuit.

Juliana Garcia, reporter for the Shawnee Mission Post