Shamrock Trading Corp. announced Tuesday that it will build a $250 million office building across the street from its Overland Park location, creating 1,000 jobs over the next five years that will pay an average salary of $56,000.
The announcement came at the site where the new building will stand: the former Overland Park French Market. Shamrock bought the 30-acre property earlier in July. It’s now mostly a hilly parking lot overlooking the company’s current offices.
Shamrock is a freight brokerage and logistics firm whose subsidiaries include Ryan Transportation, RTS Financial and ProTransport.Shamrock will be able to lean on graduates of area universities and colleges, said Ed Eilert, Johnson County chairman.
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