Construction is rolling on Hard Rock Hotel

Fogel-Anderson Construction is rolling on a new 241-room Hard Rock Hotel and Event Center in Edwardsville, Ks.

The hotel will anchor the new Village South mixed-use development, located near the Kansas Speedway and Legends Shopping District on the south side of I-70, just east of 110th Street.

"Fogel-Anderson has been engaged for nearly two years in the planning and pre-construction phases of the Hard Rock Hotel. We are beyond excited to get started and provide another transformative destination to western Wyandotte County," said Roger Summers, Fogel-Anderson vice president.

The 176,000+ SF hotel, developed by One10 Hotel HRKC LLC and operated by Aimbridge Hospitality, will feature five food and beverage venues, including two full-service restaurants, a lobby bar and music center, a Hard Rock retail outlet and a coffee shop. The VIP lounge on the 11th floor will also have a bar and food service following the Hard Rock theme.

The 50,000 SF event center will offer modern and flexible meeting and event spaces, including a 6,500 SF ballroom allowing the hotel to host large conferences, meetings, weddings and social events.

Hotel amenities include an indoor pool, spa, salon and fitness center, a business center and several Hard Rock memorabilia venues.

The hotel was designed by Lucien Lagrange Studio and civil engineering provided by Renaissance Infrastructure Consulting (RIC).

The grand opening is scheduled for Summer 2021.

Mission Gateway picks up speed, breaks ground on parking garage

Mission Gateway, a 550,000 SF mixed-use development in Mission, Kansas, broke ground on a three-story parking garage this week. The parking garage plans include 1,513 spaces of total grade-level parking, with 831 elevated spaces.

The development, located at Johnson Drive between Roe Avenue and Roeland Drive, initially began construction in September 2018.  After some minor project delays, site work resumed this summer. 

"In addition to breaking ground on the parking deck, Cinergy (Entertainment Group, Inc.) continues to make progress of their 90,000 SF destination entertainment venue and concrete work continues at the small shop retail and residential building. Additionally, work continues around the site to bring utilities to the various components," said Andy Ashwal, VP/senior assets manager at GFI Development Company.

Cameron Group LLC and GFI Development Company, who are spearheading the development, recently awarded the design of the parking garage to the architecture firm of El Dorado Inc.  El Dorado is also the architect of record and designer of the office, multifamily and small shop retail buildings which will front Johnson Drive and Roeland Drive. 

“This is a key piece of the Mission Gateway project, which is going to be a one of a kind destination in Kansas City,” said Roger Summers, vice president with Fogel-Anderson Construction.

Fogel-Anderson is the construction manager (CM) of the parking garage and of the overall Mission Gateway project. Other partners on the parking garage project include Olsson and Emery Sapp & Sons. 

Construction is scheduled to begin on the office buildings in the first half of 2020. The parking garage is scheduled to be complete by August 2020. 

Fogel-Anderson will manage Mission Gateway construction project, timetable

Fogel-Anderson Construction Co. has been named Construction Manager for the long-awaited Mission Gateway redevelopment project at Johnson Drive and Shawnee Mission Parkway, marking a departure from the typical General Contractor model.

“The complexities of Mission Gateway and our determination to use the best in class contractors led us to utilize a construction manager over a single prime general contractor,” said Tom Valenti of The Cameron Group, which is co-developing Mission Gateway with GFI Development Company. “We believe that Fogel-Anderson Construction, with their more than 100 years of experience in the Kansas City market, will enable us to deliver a development that residents of the area will be proud to live, work, play and stay in.”

Emery Sapp & Sons began site preparation in September, setting the stage for the first phase of construction that includes apartments, building pad sites and public road improvements. Future phases include a hotel, office building, 40,000-square foot food hall, and destination entertainment venue, all slated for delivery in 2021.

“Mission Gateway has a number of moving parts that are interrelated. Fogel-Anderson’s role as Construction Manager is to build and maintain the master budget, schedule, and plan the logistics of the entire development,” said Roger Summers, Fogel-Anderson vice president. “As construction ramps up on the separate buildings, our team will coordinate the activities of dozens of prime and subcontractors working on site.”

Neighbors Construction will serve as General Contractor for Mission Gateway’s first vertical construction, a multifamily-over-retail building adjacent to a parking garage. Located on the development’s north side along Shawnee Mission Parkway, the residential portion of the project is targeted for a spring 2020 completion.

Kansas City-based architecture design firm El Dorado, Inc. designed the overall master plan.