According to The Kansas City Star, IAS Partners Ltd., the developer who took over the Metro North Shopping Center site has announced its first new tenant will be T-Shotz, a golf and entertainment complex that will also be owned by IAS. The project is expected to open in 2020 and will reside in a 52,000-square-foot freestanding building.

Metro North Crossing spreads over 106 acres at the northeast corner of U.S. 169 and Northwest Barry Road. Plans for the $187.5 million project also include a cinema, hotel, multi-family residential, retail and restaurants, and a specialty grocery store. Metro North Crossing also will incorporate a balloon-theme in homage to the mini hot air balloons in Metro North Shopping Center.

The shopping center had been a fixture in the Northland since 1976. It shuttered in April 2014, except for the Macy’s attached to the west end of the mall. IAS Partners Ltd. formed Metro North Crossing LLC and closed on a deal to redevelop the site a year later. They have since demolished most of the shopping center and worked on infrastructure for the new development.

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