Lenexa seeks public input on City Center parking study

The City of Lenexa wants to know where you're parking at City Center and whether you can find a spot.

The city launched a parking study for the growing City Center district and is collecting public feedback through an online survey. Responses are due by Friday, Nov. 20.

The study will examine how parking is used across the district, identify problem areas and look at options for improvement, according to the city's announcement published Nov. 9. Survey results will help guide recommendations for managing existing parking and planning for future needs.

The survey is open to anyone who visits City Center to shop, dine, work or attend community events.

Why parking matters now

City Center has added major developments in recent years, each bringing new visitors and new demand for parking. A dual-branded Marriott hotel with more than 250 rooms opened at 8710 Penrose Lane in September, as KCTV 5 reported. Lenexa Mayor Julie Sayers called the hotel opening a key milestone in the city's three-decade vision for the 200-acre district.

The city's 2025 Economic Development Report listed several other recent additions at City Center: a 240,000-square-foot AdventHealth hospital, a 54,000-square-foot medical office building and a fourth building at the Kiewit campus.

More construction is in the pipeline. The Lenexa City Council approved final plans on July 21 for The Rise, a 10-story building at 87th Street Parkway and Renner Boulevard with 121 apartments for adults 55 and older, office space and a restaurant and bar, as first reported by the Johnson County Post. The development’s parking plan includes 197 spaces, spread across a ground-level garage, a second-floor lot, a surface lot and on-street spaces.

Residents have flagged the problem before

Parking frustrations are not new at City Center. During an Oct. 6, 2025 planning commission meeting on The Rise, longtime Lenexa resident Rebecca Ward said finding a spot near the recreation center had become difficult.

"It's almost impossible to find a parking space over at the Rec Center when there's classes being offered," Ward said, according to the Johnson County Post. "Last time I parked, I was on the top (floor), and that's at like, 10 o'clock in the morning."

Another resident, Susan McCurdy, said congestion had changed her habits. "I do feel like parking is a very big issue in this City Center area, to the point that when I first moved here seven years ago, I used to come down for lots of things on Friday night," McCurdy said. "And now, I just don't even come because it's a parking issue."