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Dean Development in Kansas City

Since Southcreek Office Park is a Dean Development Investment, you might be curious to learn a little more about DDI Commercial, Inc. in Overland Park. DDI is a full-service brokerage firm that has been helping landlords and tenants with real estate needs for over seventeen years. Our firm specializes in leasing, buying, and selling of commercial properties and land for our clients. We have a firm grasp on true real estate market conditions, so if you are looking for office suites for rent in Kansas City, Dean Development, Inc. can provide professional advice and guidance to help you find office space at locations such as Southcreek Office Park.

Want to contact DDI to get more information about their services? You can call or email one of their agents:

Elaine Sight 913.685.4100 — Elaine Sight

Elaine R. Sight is a commercial agent, a veteran to the real estate industry who provides personal service and expertise to her clients. She has leased millions of square feet of office spaces over the course of her career, and has also assisted long time clients in the growth of their own personal real estate portfolios.
Email: elaine [at] ddirealty.com
Phone: 913-685-4100

Kathy H. Woodward 913-685-4100 — Kathy H. Woodward

Kathy H. Woodward is a commercial broker who has been honored with multiple Kansas City real estate awards and has served in different positions in the Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors. She has extensive experience working with a wide range of company sizes, from large corporate users to small, hometown users, to help them negotiate leases.
Email: kathyw [at] ddirealty.com
Phone: 913-685-4100

To learn more about our brokers and how we can help you with your commercial leasing, visit our page on the Southcreek Park and DDI website.

Fitness Centers Near Southcreek Executive Office Rental in Kansas City

If you are looking for commercial space for rent in Kansas City near a fitness club, it is worth noting that there are several fitness clubs in Southern Johnson County near Southcreek. From well known health club names to more specialized exercise opportunities, there are plenty of options in the area:

Red Bridge Family YMCA: 11300 Holmes Rd. Kansas City, MO 64131. The YMCA offers a mix of health and fitness, which includes swimming, team sports, child care, senior and special needs recreation programs.
Life Time Fitness: 6800 West 138th Street, Overland Park, KS 66223. Another well known health club, Life Time Fitness offers personalized, complete weight loss system with nutrition, exercise and lifestyle experts, as well as facilities such as racquetball courts, a rock climbing wall, and weight lifting.
Jazzercise: 10530 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66212. For those looking for more specific, guided exercise, Jazzercise classes offer the opportunity to burn some calories through dance-based cardio mixed with strength training and stretching. Classes are available most weekdays from 5:45 am to 6:40 pm.
24 Hour Fitness: 7420 Metcalf Avenue Overland Park, KS 66204. For ‘round the clock workout gurus, this gym offers cardio machines, workout programs, and free weights.

These are just a few of the many fitness clubs in the Overland park area near Southcreek. Others include Curves, Title Boxing Club, Infinite Fitness, and Personal Best Pilates Studio. When looking to rent commercial space in Kansas City, consider that Southcreek is located near many good fitness clubs so that you can squeeze a little exercise into your day.

Hotels Near South Creek Office Park

Are you coming to Overland Park, KS for a meeting and need a place to stay? Or perhaps you are a Southcreek Office Park tenant and your client is coming to you and you’re looking for hotels nearby? Whichever be the case, here are some great hotels right by Southcreek that offer special discounts too!

Residence Inn Overland Park (913)-491-4444. Offers a One Bedroom Suite or Studio for $129 per night, and includes a full kitchen and hot breakfast buffet.
Fairfield Inn & Suites Overland Park (913)-338-3600. $89 per night for for a Double/Double and $99 a night for an Executive King, and hot breakfast is available.
SpringHill Suites Overland Park (913)-941-0010. Double suites are $89 per night and a King Suite is $99 per night. Hot breakfast is included.*

When looking for business office rental in Overland Park, it is good to keep these discount opportunities in mind, because you must be a Southcreek tenant and mention the Southcreek Rate when making reservations at these hotels in order to receive the discounted rates listed above. To get a tour of any of these hotel properties, contact the Sales Department at (913)-491-4444.

These rates are only valid at the three specific locations limited. In addition, the SpringHill Suites and the Fairfield Inn &Suites offer a special winter Weather Rate of $59 per night in the event that there is a snow storm coming and you cannot make it home. These winter weather rates are based on availability and may only be used one night.

If you are looking to rent commercial space in Overland Park need, keep Southcreek in mind.

*rates for all of the above current as of February 2012

Golf Courses Near Southcreek Office Park

If you are a golf lover and looking for office rental space, then you should take note of the many golf courses located near Southcreek Office Park. Here are a few of the courses near Southcreek Office Park’s buildings:

Deer Creek Golf Course. Deer Creek offers a course stretching through woods and across creeks that is both challenging and beautiful. The course is open to the public seven days a week.
St. Andrews Golf Course. This course offers a lighted, multi-targeted driving range (open until 10 p.m. during the main golf season); three practice putting and chipping greens; a full-service golf shop/club and snack bar; and wedding or banquet facilities.
Overland Park Golf Course. This course offers a driving range; practice bunkers; multiple putting greens; chipping greens; and a full-service golf shop/club and snack bar.
Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate. Not only does this club offer an 18-hole golf course, but it also offers tennis, swimming and fine dining and grill options.

Because Southcreek offers Kansas City Office space in the geographic center of Overland Park, tenants have access to a wide range of amenities such as the above listed golf courses. Whether you are looking to entertain clients with a round of golf, or just looking to slip out and play some yourself, Southcreek Office Park offers options in commercial realty in Overland Park that give you easy access to a handful of good golf facilities.

Southcreek offers office suites for rent in Overland Park. If you are looking for space, please phone us at 913-685-4100.

Business Office Rental in Kansas City Square Footage Options

Southcreek Office Park offers square footage options ranging from 900 to more than 24,000 square feet to accommodate whatever size office space you are looking for. There are twenty different Southcreek buildings in southern Johnson County, located together on Metcalf Avenue, West 129th Street, West 130th Street, and West 132th Street, each offering different available amounts of office space.

Our Southcreek website offers a chart on our “Available Office Space” page that lists by square footage the available spaces, as well as links to more detailed information about spaces within different ranges of square footage.

However, when trying to figure square footage, you might not know exactly how much space you need. If you need help estimating how much square footage you might want, the “Available Office Space” page offers a square footage calculator, which asks a series of questions that will help Southcreek calculate square footage according to your needs.

The calculator’s questions invite you to consider factors such as the number of private offices, the number of work cubicles, and how many people a conference room might need to seat, as well as whether you would like a reception area, a break area, or a storage or teldata room. This will help give Southcreek a general estimate of how much space you need, and from there they will often divide, combine and reconfigure available space to meet your exact needs. So whether you know how much space you need and would like to check out prices, or whether you need help figuring out how much space you actually need, Southcreek can help you in your hunt for office space.

Wanna skip the formalities and just talk to someone? You can do that too by calling 913-685-4100.

Sporting Kansas City Youth Soccer Camps in 2012

Sporting Kansas City will again offer a series of youth soccer camps in 2012 for boys and girls of all ages.

Camps will be offered to the experienced player ready to take it to the next level as well as the player who is newly developing their skills. Campers who attend sessions at our training center in Swope Park will have the opportunity to observe the Pros at practice.

All campers will also receive an Adidas t-shirt.

For more information, please visit www.sportingkc.com/camps or contact Betsy Pollard at bpollard [at] sportingkc.com or at 913.387.3883.

Annual Trash Bag Fundraiser Order Deadline 2/14/2012

Help out the community by buying trash bags. The trash bags are heavy duty and durable for many uses throughout the year.

Choose from:

Blue (55 gallon) 16 bags/roll
Yellow or Pink (39 gallon) 25 bags/roll
White Kitchen (15 gallon) 65 bags/roll, each $10 per roll

Money will not be collected until 2/13/2012 and can be paid by check (payable to LSBT) or cash. Please contact Jake at Adohertyb4 [at] aol.com or by phone/text at (816) 506-1836.

Thank you in advance for supporting the Lee’s Summit Baptist youth group as they prepare for their annual missions trip.