Arvest Bank, out of Bentonville, Arkansas, is planning to build its first location in Shawnee — a prototype different than traditional brick-and-mortar banks.

Shawnee city leaders last month took steps to approve plans for Project Homeland, a proposed industrial park in western Shawnee. Several councilmembers shared their support for the project, saying that once it’s complete, it could produce property tax revenue that may reduce the city’s need to rely on residential property owners for taxes.

A developer is planning a sizable mixed-use development in Shawnee. Located at the northeast corner of Interstate 435 and Shawnee Mission Parkway, the development would include 823,000 square feet of multifamily development and 204,000 square feet of office and retail.

Downtown Shawnee soon could get a new apartment complex.
Stag Commercial LLC, led by President Kevin Tubbesing, will propose a $13 million, Class A, 67-unit apartment complex near the company’s previous office development, Stag’s Creek.

The Shawnee city council has shared its support for conceptual plans of a mixed-use development on city-owned property downtown.

The council in its Tuesday committee meeting considered design plans by Box Real Estate Development of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, to construct a mixed-use residential and commercial site on about 2 acres of city-owned property on the southeast corner of Nieman and Roger roads.