City planners have given preliminary approval for Children’s Mercy to add a four-story medical office building and lobby extension to its Overland Park hospital campus, a move officials say will consolidate outpatient services, add parking, and support a wider $152 million expansion of the facility.
The Overland Park Planning Commission this summer unanimously approved a revised development plan and forwarded the proposal, which covers the site near 5808 West 110th St, to the City Council with conditions that address stormwater, signage, mechanical screening, and pedestrian access.
Hospital officials have said the office building is a central element of the system’s multi-phase program to modernize the Kansas campus, consolidate outpatient clinics now scattered across multiple locations and free up space inside the hospital for renovated inpatient and procedural services. The health system announced the broader $152 million project in April, describing the medical office building as part of work that also includes surgical upgrades, new service offerings and exterior and parking improvements.
Children’s Mercy’s public materials and local news reports say the new outpatient facility is intended to create a more seamless experience for patients and families and to concentrate specialty clinics and administrative offices that currently occupy a variety of sites. Project schedules published by the hospital indicate the medical office building is slated to open in the summer of 2027, with other campus renovations rolling into 2029.
The planning documents submitted to the city include site maps, stormwater studies and design standards that will guide the next stage of approvals; they require the hospital to resolve engineering and landscaping details before a building permit is issued. Those conditions are typical for campus expansions that abut established neighborhoods and major arterials, city staff wrote in a companion report.
If the City Council approves the plan, the project will move into final development review and permitting. Hospital leaders have framed the work as an investment in regional pediatric capacity, saying improvements at Overland Park will benefit families across Kansas while complementing Children’s Mercy’s larger system campuses.
Header image: A rendering of the preliminarily approved new four-story medical office and lobby extension of Children's Mercy– Overland Park, Kan. Image | Children's Mercy credit: HDR