Dozens of neighbors won a battle at City Hall last month when the Shawnee City Council rejected a $50 million housing development they worried would overcrowd the area
But now they risk losing the fight in court.
Johnson County development company Austin Properties is suing the city of Shawnee for denying its application to build apartments and homes on 30 acres along Woodsonia Drive, off Johnson Drive east of Kansas 7 highway. Plans included 14 triplexes with 42 townhomes, plus 16 multistory buildings with 380 apartments.
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