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BMA Tower to Lose Another Major Tenant as MetLife Moves North

KANSAS CITY-MetLife Inc. will move its offices to a $16-million, 94,000-sf building the Briarcliff West development park by December, when the building is expected to be completed. BMA tower also lost Butler Manufacturing in 2000.

By Judie Burkhalter | Updated on January 04, 2001

KANSAS CITY-One of Midtown’s largest companies plans to move to the Northland. MetLife Inc. has signed a lease to move from the BMA Tower at 31st Street and Southwest Trafficway to a three-story building to be constructed in the Briarcliff West development park, north of the the Missouri River near the intersection of US Highway 169 and Missouri Highway 9.

Ground has been cleared for the $16-million building and it should be ready by December, according to a spokesperson with Briarcliff Development Co. The 94,000-sf building will be located next to Briarcliff One, which was completed in 1999. It is being designed by Rees Masilionis Turley Architecture of Kansas City, in a style similar to Briarcliff One.

The Briarcliff West development is scheduled to have 305 acres from the south side of Interstate 29 to the north side of the Missouri River. The eastern boundary is US 169 and the western edge is the Clay/Platte county line. Plans call for construction of 750,000 sf of office space, 140,000 sf of retail space, 263,000 sf of warehouse space, two parking garages, 88 apartments, 84 villas and 151 single-family houses. Cost of the project is estimated at $523 million.

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