Leawood’s 135th Street corridor is getting another major housing bet: Lashbrook Cos. is planning The Regent, a mixed-use project planned to bring nearly 200 luxury apartments to the area. The units are expected to average 1,040 square feet, with construction potentially wrapping up in 2029. For a corridor that has spent years waiting for its next big wave of development, this is a substantial step forward.
The Kansas City Business Journal reports that The Regent is aimed at “renter-by-choice” residents — people who may be able to buy but prefer the flexibility of high-end rental living. The project’s approval represents a revised version of Lashbrook’s plans for the 135th Street corridor, though the development still must move through additional design and construction steps before residents can move in.
The Regent Fits Into Leawood’s Larger One35 Plan
Klover Architects describes One35 as a 6.7-acre complex at the southwest corner of 135th and Kenneth. A January ordinance from the City of Leawood approved revisions to part of the residential plan, including a change affecting 4.66 acres of attached and detached housing. According to the Johnson County appraiser website, the county offers a land records search tool where parcel values can be looked up by address, Quick Reference Number, or KUP Number. According to Johnson County's Parcel Information Viewer (ArcGIS Online), the county maintains a searchable parcel map and Parcel ID search options for retrieving property details.
The larger One35 concept has been evolving for years. According to Klover Architects, the 6.7-acre mixed-use complex at the southwest corner of 135th and Kenneth was designed to combine apartments with ground-floor retail and restaurant space, offices and pedestrian connections. The earlier design described 184 apartments, making The Regent’s nearly 200-unit version a slightly larger iteration of the same development push.
A New Apartment Bet Amid Leawood’s Housing Debate
The approval arrives as Leawood officials and residents continue debating what kinds of housing belong along 135th Street. The Johnson County Post reported that a consultant urged the city to be cautious about adding too many apartment projects that do not match market demand, while a separate Mission Road proposal with more than 334 apartments was rejected. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's QuickFacts for Leawood, city-level demographic and economic statistics are available to contextualize local income, age and housing-tenure characteristics.
The Regent is also joining a corridor that is already collecting new development proposals. A May report from the Kansas City Business Journal said Leawood Market Center could add 64 townhomes and a new grocer. Taken together, the projects suggest 135th Street is gradually shifting from a primarily drive-to shopping corridor toward a more residential, mixed-use district — assuming the plans make it from approval to actual construction.
