Hy-Vee has filed an application to build a new supermarket in western Lenexa, proposing a 93,000-square-foot grocery store paired with a Fast & Fresh convenience station at 22939 W. 83rd St., near the intersection of 83rd Street and Kansas Highway 7. The site would sit next to Westside Family Church and the Freedom Fields baseball fields, in a stretch of the city that has been rapidly converting farmland into subdivisions and apartment complexes.
The application, first reported by the Kansas City Star, will go before the Lenexa Planning Commission on October 5, 2026. City spokesperson Denise Rendina confirmed that Lenexa received the application, which requires approval from both the Planning Commission and the Lenexa City Council before construction could move forward. Greg Watson, an engineer with McClure who is listed on the project, did not respond to the Star before publication, and Hy-Vee itself also did not respond to the paper's inquiries.
The broader development plans submitted to the city describe eight separate buildings on the property, including the grocery store and fuel station, a restaurant, a bank, and several offices, according to the Star's reporting. No other tenants have been named for those additional buildings so far. The Lenexa parcel is officially listed in the city's planning pipeline under the name Hy-Vee 83rd & K7, according to City of Lenexa records, which show the Planning Commission reviewing preliminary site plans before forwarding a recommendation to the City Council.
A Fast-Growing Corner of Johnson County
The proposed store would land in an area undergoing significant residential growth. The western Lenexa development plans also include an 11-lot subdivision at 98th Street and Woodsonia Drive, along with the Canyon Ridge Apartments, a 346-unit complex, per the Star. Just over three miles south along the K-10 corridor, the Lenexa Planning Commission approved final plans in June 2026 for Canyon Ridge, which had cleared the City Council back in early 2024 despite opposition from roughly 100 nearby residents worried about density, according to reporting from Johnson County Post and TKC Group. That same development also includes an 80-bed nursing home and a separate gas station.
Lenexa's population reached an estimated 59,427 residents as of July 2024, and the city issued 286 residential building permits in 2024 alone, adding 557 new housing units, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures cited by Bryan Bechler Real Estate. Lenexa has consistently ranked among the fastest-growing suburbs in the Kansas City metro, and city planning documents show that western Lenexa's master development strategy has prioritized major commercial nodes at key intersections along Highway 7 and Highway 10 to absorb growing commuter traffic between Shawnee, Olathe, and De Soto.
Closing the Gap With the Nearest Grocery Store
Right now, the closest full-service grocer to the proposed site is McKeever's Price Chopper at 1906 W. 101st St., about four miles south, meaning a new Hy-Vee at 83rd and K-7 would represent a meaningful convenience shift for residents in the surrounding subdivisions. The store would also join an existing Hy-Vee location at 13400 W. 87th St. Parkway in Lenexa, where developers separately submitted plans in July 2026 to create a Community Improvement District that would use additional sales tax revenue to help fund exterior renovations, according to Johnson County Post.
Hy-Vee's proposed Fast & Fresh station reflects a small-footprint format the company has expanded aggressively across the Midwest, combining convenience store staples and fuel pumps with fresh produce, bakery items, and ready-to-eat meals, according to the Business Record. Hy-Vee is an employee-owned company founded in Iowa in 1930 and headquartered in West Des Moines. It now operates hundreds of stores across Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
What Comes Next
Walmart, Price Chopper, and Hy-Vee continue to hold the largest market shares among supermarket chains across the Kansas City metro, even as regional rivals such as Dillons pursue new suburban locations, Hoodline previously reported in coverage of a second Dillons Marketplace store advancing near Tiffany Springs in the Northland. Whether nearby property owners will organize formal opposition ahead of the October 5 hearing remains an open question, as does the construction timeline Hy-Vee would pursue if the preliminary plan clears both the Planning Commission and the Lenexa City Council.
