Overland Park site considered for Royals stadium could get new mystery tenant
A mystery company wants to move into Overland Park.
Dubbed Project Turtle, a company from outside Kansas plans to invest $125 million to renovate and lease 420,000 square feet of existing space on the Aspiria Campus, formerly Sprint, and employ 2,000 full-time employees with an average annual salary of $125,000, according to city documents.
Mayor Curt Skoog and city staff have worked with the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development team and the Kansas Department of Commerce to attract Project Turtle to the Aspiria Campus — located on West 119th Street and Nall Avenue. The developer is asking for a 10-year property tax rebate on property taxes paid for its leased space.
The rebate, approximately 40% of the total taxes, would exclude property taxes that would go to Blue Valley School District and Johnson County Community College, and it would be contingent on specific terms set by the city.
But at this point, no additional details on the developer proposing the project are publicly available.
Overland Park Chamber of Commerce officials signed a nondisclosure agreement and cannot comment, chamber Senior Vice President of Economic Development Libbey Tucker said via email. City officials said they couldn’t disclose details because the information is protected by the Kansas Open Records Act.
Secrets and incentives
This isn’t the first time a large investment came into Johnson County under wraps.
The Panasonic plant in De Soto received incentives from state, county and local governments that totaled more than $1 billion, but Kansas lawmakers didn’t publicly discuss any details on the state’s largest economic development deal until last year due to nondisclosure agreements.
The agreement remains binding until three years after the agreement was signed. Any information deemed to be a “trade secret” will remain confidential indefinitely.
The Kansas City Royals’ new ballpark is another mystery in the metro.
Like Panasonic, officials on both sides of the state line are putting together funding packages to incentivize the team to stay in the KC region.
After Jackson County voters rejected a sales tax to help build a new stadium in the Crossroads last spring, the team has eyed several sites across the metro as options, but nothing has been set in stone.
At one point, the Aspiria Campus — where Project Turtle is planning to lease office space — was under consideration for the stadium, according to past Star reporting. But Aspiria officials have said that it’s “just a rumor.”
Aspiria could not be reached for comment on Project Turtle.
The Overland Park Finance, Administration and Economic Development Committee will be discussing the project on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
This story was originally published April 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM.
