Hunt Midwest complete construction of The Hudson multifamily community, built in partnership with KU Endowment and LANE4 Property Group to offer 228 new luxury residences next to The University of Kansas Health System campus in Kansas City, Kansas.
Ace Hardware opens at KCI 29 Logistics Park
Ace Hardware opens its new 1.5 million-square-foot retail supply center at KCI 29 Logistics Park, the largest distribution center by building footprint in the Kansas City region featuring the company’s iconic logo across more than 400,000 square feet to be seen by travelers flying to KCI Airport.
Hunt Midwest completes 3.8M SF of build-to-suit projects
Hunt Midwest completes more than 3.8 million square feet of build-to-suit industrial developments for national and international operations, including a Fortune 10 company, Ace Hardware, Grainger, and global premium auto parts supplier LKQ.
2024
Google data center joins Hunt Midwest Business Center
Google unveils a new $1 billion data center campus at Hunt Midwest Business Center to support its artificial intelligence and cloud operations, the largest single investment in a data center first phase in the company’s history.
Heartland Logistics Park opens
Hunt Midwest completes construction of Heartland Logistics Park Building II, a 574,732-square-foot facility for Standard Motor Products at K-7 and 43rd Street in Shawnee, Kansas.
Hunt Midwest develops Simpsonville 64 Logistics Park
Construction begins on Simpsonville 64 Logistics Park just outside Louisville, Kentucky, which will support up to 3.4 million square feet with 775,000 square feet of speculative buildings underway today.
2023
KCI 29 Logistics breaks ground
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson joins Hunt Midwest to celebrate groundbreaking at KCI 29 Logistics Park, the state’s largest shovel-ready industrial park at 3,300 contiguous acres that will support up to 20 million square feet of industrial space.
$2M pledge to workforce development
Hunt Midwest pledges to contribute up to $2 million to the Platte County R-III School District to support the district’s construction of a new, state-of-the-art $60 million Northland Workforce Development Center.
Industrial expansion continues across Southeast
Hunt Midwest completes construction on its first industrial projects along the Interstate 85 industrial corridor in South Carolina, including packaging giant Smurfit Kappa’s building at Evergreen 85 Logistics Park in Anderson and Fort Prince Logistics Park in Greenville-Spartanburg.
Hunt Midwest completes construction of the first spec building at the 1.4 million-square-foot Ocala South Logistics Park in Ocala, Florida.
2022
New brand, new office
Hunt Midwest unveils new branding highlighting how the company leverages its reputation, resources, and relationships to create innovative real estate solutions.
A new corporate office opens at Corrigan Station II in the heart of Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District to accommodate the firm’s continued growth and increase its visibility in the community.
Senior living in Colorado
Hunt Midwest completes construction on The Capstone at Centerra assisted living and memory care community in Loveland, Colorado, the third Capstone-brand senior living facility in its portfolio.
2021
Industrial, senior living divisions expand across Southeast
Blankenbaker Logistics Center is completed and the 322,831-square-foot building is fully leased to Piston Automotive, marking Hunt Midwest’s first industrial development outside Kansas City.
Hunt Midwest completes construction on two new assisted living communities, The Capstone at Royal Palm Beach in southeast Florida and The Capstone at Station Camp outside Nashville, Tennessee.
2010’s
2019
The Vue opens in historic Downtown Overland Park, Kansas
Hunt Midwest completes The Vue, a 219-residence luxury, mixed-use multifamily community, which spark a wave of redevelopment across the historic Downtown Overland Park.
2018
Fairways at City Center opens
The Fairways at City Center opens with 80 for-lease luxury twin villas walkable to Lenexa City Center, one of the first build-to-rent communities in Kansas City
StorTropolis self-storage is created
Hunt Midwest creates a new climate-controlled self-storage platform called StorTropolis, which today features six locations and more than 4,000 storage units across the Kansas City metro.
2016
Mission 106 opens in Leawood, Kansas
Hunt Midwest completes Mission 106, a luxury multifamily development featuring 132 apartments, 7 townhomes, and 7,500 square feet of retail space within the Mission Farms mixed-use development in Leawood, Kansas.
Hunt Midwest Business Center expands
Hunt Midwest Business Center begins its spec-to-suit and build-to-suit expansion, which will ultimately include nine HMBC Logistics buildings totaling almost 3.3 million square feet of industrial space.
2015
Twin Creeks Sewer improvements complete
Hunt Midwest reaches a landmark $100 million in completed public-private-partnership infrastructure projects, including the construction of the $16.6 million Twin Creeks Sewer improvement project to open 14,000 acres of land for development in Kansas City’s Northland.
Hunt Southwest is formed
Hunt Midwest creates a new joint venture with the Hunt family office called Hunt Southwest, which has created 7.5 million square feet of industrial development across Texas and New Mexico.
2014
SubTropolis Technology Center is created
Hunt Midwest creates SubTropolis Technology Center, a mission critical campus for purpose-built data centers, and welcomes LightEdge Solutions as the first tenant.
Hunt Midwest sells mining operations
Hunt Midwest sells its 50% interest in mining company Hunt Martin Materials to Martin Marietta Materials.
2013
Automotive Alley is born
Hunt Midwest and Ford Motor Company open the 29-acre North American Vehicle Logistics Outbound Shipping Center (NAVLOS) at Hunt Midwest Business Center, the principal logistics facility for every new Ford Transit produced at the automaker’s Claycomo Assembly Plant.
“Automotive Alley” is created with more than a dozen automotive suppliers and upfitters clustering around NAVLOS at Hunt Midwest Business Center and SubTropolis to support the Ford Transit and F150s as they leave Claycomo on their way to customers across North America.
5M SF developed at SubTropolis
SubTropolis reaches 5 million square feet of underground space developed.
2012
Derrough Drive portal opens at SubTropolis
A new east portal into SubTropolis opens, named in honor of longtime Hunt Midwest President & CEO Lee Derrough, facilitating the development of another 9 million square feet of leasable space underground.
National Archives joins SubTropolis
Hunt Midwest completes the first phase of a U.S. National Archives & Records Administration document storage facility in SubTropolis, where the federal agency now stores millions of records in a 385,000-square-foot, GSA Level III secured facility.
2011
Hunt Midwest enters senior living market
Hunt Midwest enters the senior housing market with partner Principal Senior Living Group to construct and operate nine Benton House communities offering assisted living and memory care across Kansas City.
2000’s
2009
Infrastructure services division created
Hunt Midwest adds construction and infrastructure management services, completing a wide range of public and private road, trail, and utility projects.
2008
5,000 residential lots
Hunt Midwest Residential plats its 5,000th lot, making the company one of Kansas City’s largest developers of residential master-planned communities.
Northgate Village wins prestigious award
Hunt Midwest’s Northgate Village redevelopment project in North Kansas City is named a “Development of Distinction” by the Urban Land Institute as a premier example of New Urbanism design principles.
2007
SubTropolis Storage opens
Hunt Midwest constructs SubTropolis Storage, a 288,000-square-foot underground storage facility for RVs, boats, and cars.
2004
Hunt Midwest Mining merges with Martin Marietta
Hunt Midwest Mining merges with industry leader Martin Marietta to form Hunt Martin Materials to produce and market crushed limestone in the Kansas City region.
2000
First industrial megasite is formed
The Parvin Road TIF district is created, spurring growth of the 2,500-acre Hunt Midwest Business Center, located on land above SubTropolis, that is now home to more than 60 companies.
1990’s
1995
Worlds of Fun, Oceans of Fun sold
Hunt Midwest sells Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun to Cedar Fair, at the time the nation’s sixth-largest amusement park operator.
1993
First new home community
Hunt Midwest enters the residential real estate market with North Brook, one of the first master planned new home communities in Kansas City’s Northland, a 300-acre development with 900 homes in five distinct neighborhoods.
1980’s
1985
Hunt Midwest is formed
Lamar Hunt merges Great Midwest Corporation with Mid-America Enterprises under the Hunt Midwest Enterprises name, including three subsidiaries: Hunt Midwest Entertainment, Inc., Hunt Midwest Mining, Inc. and Hunt Midwest Real Estate Development, Inc.
1984
Introducing the Lamar Hunt Trophy
The NFL introduces the Lamar Hunt Trophy, awarded each year to the winner of the AFC Championship, in honor of Hunt’s contributions to professional football.
1983
3M SF developed at SubTropolis
SubTropolis reaches 3 million square feet of underground space developed.
1982
First annual Groundhog Run 5K
The first Groundhog Run 5K charity race is held to support therapeutic and educational services for children at what is now known as Ability KC’s Mary Shaw Branton Therapeutic Preschool.
USPS opens stamp center in SubTropolis
The United States Postal Service opens its Stamp Fulfillment Center in SubTropolis, a more than 300,000-square-foot facility where the USPS safely stores copies of every stamp ever made and fulfills orders for stamps across the country.
Oceans of Fun opens
Oceans of Fun opens next door to Worlds of Fun, adding 60 acres of water features and rides to Mid-America Enterprise’s popular amusement park.
1970’s
1973
Worlds of Fun opens
Mid-America Enterprises and its leaders Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman open Worlds of Fun, a 300-acre amusement park on Parvin Road above the underground.
1970
Great Midwest Corporation is formed
Great Midwest Corporation is created with Lamar Hunt as a key investor, purchasing Midwest Precote and investing in commercial re-use of the underground former mine space.
1960’s
1964
Underground storage begins
A storage company is formed to begin leasing space in the underground, welcoming Ford, Pillsbury and Russell Stover as its first tenants.
1963
The Kansas City Chiefs are born
Lamar Hunt relocates the Dallas Texans to Kansas City, changing the team’s name to the Kansas City Chiefs and playing at Municipal Stadium.
1950’s
1959
Hunt forms the American Football League
Lamar Hunt and the “Foolish Club” create the American Football League to rival the National Football League with eight original teams, including Hunt’s Dallas Texans.
1940’s
1945
Mining begins at SubTropolis
Midwest Precote begins lateral underground mining of limestone on property located just east of what is now I-435 in Clay County, Missouri.
1930’s
1931
Midwest Precote is formed
Midwest Precote begins marketing asphalt-treated aggregates, eventually becoming one of the largest asphalt paving companies and crushed stone providers in Kansas City, Missouri.
