Lenexa condemned a disrepaired Radisson Hotel. The owners sued three days later

Mold contamination in hotel rooms. One elevator out of service and another leaking fluid. Fire safety hazards. Rusty electrical panels and a boiler installed without a permit.

These are some of the code violations that Lenexa inspectors recently found at the Radisson Hotel, located at 12601 W. 95th Street, in early March. According to city documents, the conditions led the city to deem the property unsafe and unfit for human occupancy and have it immediately closed.

But property owners and the property manager are pushing back on the city’s decision — claiming in a lawsuit that its push to close the property and prevent access to it is illegal. In the documents filed in Johnson County Court in April, the owners and property manager are requesting a judge to revoke the city’s decision to give them access to the hotel in order to make continued repairs and put in a temporary restraining order against the city.

“The city actions in denying … access to the property, to continue repairs and remediation, and to operate its Hotel with limited occupancy, and passing the determinations of the City, Notices of the City, and Orders and resolutions of the City are unlawful, arbitrary, capricious, involve an abuse of discretion, are illegal and unconstitutional and have and will continue to cause Plaintiffs to incur damages as a result,” the lawsuit states.

The property has a hazardous history — with more than 50 code violations cited in the last five years and the property was condemned at least one other time, according to city documents.

Despite the ongoing litigation, the Lenexa City Council will still hold a public hearing regarding the property’s condemnation in June.

Lenexa declined to comment on the ongoing litigation, spokesperson Denise Rendina said in an email. Attorneys for the property owners and manager couldn’t be reached before publication.

Continued disrepair of the hotel building

First built in 1970, with additional wings built in 1982, the Radisson Hotel has 282 rooms as well as a bar, restaurant, workout room, pool and conference rooms. Kansas Hotels LLC has been its owner since 2018, and over the years the property has been the subject of “several code enforcement efforts,” according to city documents.

The building was condemned for 10 days in 2021 because of 28 code violations related to property maintenance, building code and fire code. The owners and property manager pleaded no contest to 25 counts and paid $25,000 in fines. Less than a year later, the city cited violations again at the property and a judge imposed an additional $27,500 in fines.

Since then, seven additional code enforcement actions have been conducted, but not resulting in court charges.

The most recent efforts began in September 2025 after community standard officers joined the Lenexa Fire Department for an annual inspection — which also found only 24 of 144 rooms passed inspection, the roof in disrepair and leaking in multiple locations, a boiler installed without proper permits, soft flooring in multiple areas that can’t hold someone’s weight, broken HVAC systems in several rooms, extensive water damage, and missing fire system activation pieces.

The property managers had until the end of March to amend these issues and avoid condemnation, but the manager, Lenexa Vision, made minimal progress, according to city documents.

With inspectors finding 21 code violations in March, the City Council condemned the property during its April 21 meeting — authorizing the city to order the owners and managers to repair, demolish or abate the unsafe conditions before a certain date or the city will take over.

Temporary restraining order

Three days after the city made its decision, Lenexa Vision and the owners, Kansas Hotels LLC, filed a lawsuit in Johnson County Court against the city.

According to the lawsuit, owners claim they were making progress — including replacing the boiler and the fire detection systems — and provided progress reports on March 18 and 23.

But the city condemned the entire hotel anyway, the lawsuit said, and ordered its closure without providing owners with a comprehensive list of violations and an unreasonable amount of time to rehabilitate the property’s issues — which they claim is illegal, according to the near-200-page lawsuit.

“The city’s decisions that violations exist causing the property to be unfit for occupancy, a threat to the public health, safety and welfare, stop orders when the extensive efforts have proven positive results … should be reviewed by this Court and determined to be void,” the lawsuit said.

Because the city ordered for the site’s closure due to its conditions, the owners claim that they will lose profit and “significant sums” already invested in city-required remediation efforts and had to cancel all upcoming reservations, the lawsuit said.

Along with revoking the city’s order, the owners are requesting a temporary order against the city to prevent the city from condemning the property again while they continue work, according to the lawsuit.

Despite the ongoing litigation, the City Council will hold a public hearing on June 16 regarding the property’s future. The Lenexa City Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 17101 W. 87th Street.