June 18, 2013

Edgerton PC discusses protest petition

The Edgerton Planning Commission will meet at 7 p.m. May 14 to consider a protest petition regarding a billboard sign, and two proposals regarding land usage at the intermodal.
Click here for the complete Agenda.…

Laying track

Photo courtesy of Larry L. Byers

An automated track laying machine was used April 11 to install a new lead track on the east end of the new Kansas City Intermodal Facility. This picture was taken looking to the southwest from the closed Grand Street crossing on …

Company breaks ground for warehouse

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Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
The DeLong Company feels right at home in Edgerton, Bo DeLong told a handful of onlookers on April 22. The DeLong Company, a grain exporter, broke ground on an 8-acre site that will house a warehouse.
Its …

Groundbreaking set for DeLong facility at intermodal

The DeLong Company will host a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction on its warehouse project on April 22.
The grain-exporting company will build warehouse facility on 8 acres near the intermodal. It is the first tenant of the Logistics …

BNSF offers sneak preview of intermodal

Nine story electric cranes are visible in the distance from the approximate center of the 400-plus acre intermodal property. Staff photo by Danedri Thompson

Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
It’s big, Nathaniel Hagedorn described the intermodal facility to a crowd of more than 200 people during a sneak peak of the facility last week.
Hagedorn is the President and CEO of NorthPoint Development, the company who …

New developer named for logistics park adjacent to intermodal

An electric crane rises above the railroad tracks near Waverly Road and 191st Street. The crane is one of five to be constructed on the intermodal site. Edgerton Holdings Company, a division of the developer for a logistics park near the site, will build a 490,000-square-foot warehouse nearby. Staff photo by Danedri Thompson

Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
The Allen Group of Kansas City will no longer serve as the developer of the Logistics Park of Kansas City, the planned warehouse development adjacent to the Edgerton Intermodal.
Edgerton officials approved an agreement March 28 that …

BNSF, Edgerton to work with new developer; Allen Group-KC out

Danedri Thompson

dthompson@gardnernews.com

The Allen Group of Kansas City will no longer serve as the developer of the Logistics Park of Kansas City, the planned warehouse development adjacent to the Edgerton Intermodal.

Edgerton officials approved an agreement March 28 that …

Planners approve Allen Group site plans

Charlie Troutner
Special to The Gardner News
Four agenda items relating to the BNSF Intermodal project were the topics of discussion at the Edgerton Planning Commission meeting on March 12.
The commission approved a Preliminary Plat Plan and Preliminary Site …

Consultants discuss anticipated intermodal growth with public officials

Graphics courtesy of Southwest Johnson County Area Plan

Danedri Thompson
dthompson@gardnernews.com
A team of consultants anticipates between 12 million and 16 million square feet of warehouse development in southwest Johnson County related to the intermodal. However, it may be years, decades even, before all of the development arrives.…

Industrial boom

A real estate sign markets land near the intermodal for development. Mounds of dirt and road closed markers show progress near Four Corners Road and Waverly where work is underway to build an interchange. Staff photo by Danedri Thompson

Drivers and nosy neighbors can’t get too close to ongoing development near the intermodal. However, work is underway on the project, which is set to open in the fall of 2013. Meanwhile, real estate signs marketing developable land are becoming …