Riverside City Hall
2950 NW Vivion Road
Riverside, Missouri 64150
Phone: (816) 741-3993
Fax: (816) 746-8349
Site Work Under Way on Riverside Horizons Development
Riverside on Tuesday celebrated the initiation of site work for Riverside Horizons, the 260-acre office and industrial innovation development now under construction in the heart of the metropolitan area and its transportation network.
“Horizons will be a premier setting for a projected 5,900 jobs over the next generation,” said Mayor Kathleen Rose to a crowd assembled for a morning groundbreaking ceremony. “This job-creating, economy-boosting project is possible because of the state-of-the-art Missouri River levee that successfully protected hundreds of acres in our community this summer.”
Nathaniel Hagedorn, president of Briarcliff Realty, the developer chosen last spring to develop 2.6 million square feet of office and industrial innovation space, said his company is extremely excited to be moving forward with what surely will be a landmark economic development site benefiting the entire metropolitan area.
“We are starting to get some keen interest in this site because of its proximity to downtown Kansas City and its virtually instantaneous access to every major interstate traversing the metro area,” Hagedorn said. “Site work now under way will make tangible Riverside’s long-time aspirations to be a key player in the Kansas City economy.”
Riverside last spring named Briarcliff Realty to be master developer of the 260-acre site at Interstate 635 and Missouri 9 Highway. Briarcliff is preparing a parklike office and industrial setting with water features, pathways and lush landscaping that will be accessible to workers and the public alike.
“People in the 75,000 vehicles driving by each day on Interstate 635 have seen this large, open field as a blank canvas,” Rose said. “With site work getting under way, the entire community will begin to see the realization of vision that our community created last year with input from town hall meetings, surveys and planning meetings.
“We are thrilled to start painting what we know will be a beautiful picture for the Kansas City area’s economic and employment vitality,” Rose said.
Briarcliff Development is a Riverside partner and neighbor through Briarcliff Professional Plaza and its own nearby Briarcliff office and boutique retail space. Riverside Horizons complements and extends Briarcliff’s current development by providing additional corporate office options in addition to the industrial innovation opportunities.
Planning calls for 1.1 million square feet of office space and 1.5 million square feet of industrial innovation space. Sites for buildings ranging from 20,000 to 500,000 square feet up to four or more stories are scheduled to be available as early as next spring.
