BThe Lenexa City Council Approved The Final Plan Tuesday Night For A New, Six-Story Office Building And Expansion Of An Existing Two-Level Parking Garage In City Center For Omaha-Based Construction And Engineering Company Kiewit Corp.’S Regional Headquarters.

The New Building Will Contain 181,680 Square Feet And Will Be Built On An Undeveloped Parcel At The Southeast Corner Of Penrose Lane And West 88th Terrace. Kiewit Spokesman Bob Kula Said The Building Would Cost About $43 Million And The Parking Garage Expansion About $7.5 Million. JE Dunn Is The Project’s General Contractor.

Kiewit Expects To Break Ground On The Project In The Third Quarter Of This Year And Complete It By Jan. 1, 2020. The Company Intends To Seek Tax-Increment Financing For The Project From The City At A Later Time.

Kiewit Recently Bought Two Adjoining Buildings From Lexmark Properties At 89th And Renner For An Undisclosed Amount. These Buildings, Formerly The Headquarters For Perceptive Software, And The New Building Will Constitute Its Regional Headquarters Campus In Lenexa. Combined The Campus Will Contain About 385,000 Square Feet.

The Company Anticipates Adding Another Office Building, From Two To Five Stories High, On An Additional Lot On The Site At An Undetermined Time. The Lot Will Function In The Meantime As A Plaza And Green Space On The Campus.

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