Leawood, Kan. – April 9, 2026: Attorney Patricia Jensen recently assisted an Arizona-based housing developer with its expansion into Kansas City, Missouri. In February, Cavan Companies acquired about 16 acres in the Northland area at Missouri Highway 152 and Barry Road near Maple Woods Community College. Cavan will improve the property with a “build-to-rent” single-family housing community, known as The Bungalows at Maple Woods, that will feature 153 new single-story cottages and amenities.
Patricia helped Cavan with neighborhood outreach and the necessary real estate, zoning, and building approvals to launch its latest project.
About Patricia Jensen: For more than two decades, Patricia has been ardently representing development clients from the inception of their concepts all the way through the city approval process to issue their building permits for construction. She provides a unique insider point of view to property owners and developers through every step to meet their goals, using her 12 years of experience as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Kansas City, Missouri to help her clients secure approval from public entities for zoning, platting, planning, permitting, land use, and economic incentives.
About the Public Law Practice Group: The firm’s Public Law Practice Group attorneys assist clients in obtaining approval of changes in zoning and development entitlements such as variances and the issuance of building permits as well as practicing before administrative bodies on matters related to regulatory compliance. They also assist clients in obtaining the approval of economic development incentives. Click to view a project map of work the firm has completed.
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