On the first weekend after Fresh Market of Shawnee opened, employees at 75th and Quivira were making tortillas and conchas by hand while customers bought groceries on that corner for the first time in almost two decades, the Johnson County Post reported. The store is new, but the building is not. It sits in the space Dillons left in 2008.
The rest of Quivira Road follows the same pattern. Between 63rd and 75th Street, every business that opened in 2026 took over a building that was already there: a former grocery, a former fast-food restaurant, a storefront in an older shopping center. Shawnee's newest coffee, groceries and bargain shopping on this road all came from reusing old space.
The corner that waited the longest
Start at the south end. Westbrooke Green at 75th and Quivira used to be Westbrooke Village, and about a decade ago it was mostly empty storefronts in poor condition. Fixing it took longer than almost anyone expected:
- 2008: Dillons closes its grocery store in the center.
- November 2017: The developers at the time win tax increment financing and community improvement district funding for a mix of homes and shops, and rename the site Westbrooke Green.
- 2019 to 2020: Demolition of most of the old buildings begins in 2019, and plans for The Chadwick Apartments at Westbrooke Green are approved in 2020.
- 2024: Westbrooke Partners takes over the project and signs a new agreement with the city.
- July 2025: Work starts inside the old Dillons building.
- October 7, 2026: Fresh Market of Shawnee opens at 7405 Quivira Road.
Reusing the old Dillons building still meant starting over inside it. "We built everything from ground up. All we had was a shell, so everything in here is brand new," Eric Savaiinaea, the real estate broker on the project, told the Johnson County Post in July. He called the gut job "a long, messy job." The rest of the center is also getting new windows, facades and roofs.
What's inside Fresh Market
Fresh Market of Shawnee belongs to El Mercado Fresco, a locally owned chain with stores on both sides of the state line. Until now, its only Johnson County store was at 103rd and Metcalf in Overland Park. The Shawnee store is set up a little differently from the others. Owner Eddie Musallet told the Johnson County Post it carries more traditional American products than the chain's other locations, along with a larger Asian goods section.
"Our specialty is Hispanic stores, but we're getting into more traditional (groceries). This store is like a hybrid. And we try to keep it at a good low price for the customer."
Eddie Musallet, owner, to the Johnson County Post
Here's what you'll find on a first visit:
- Hours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily
- Made in the store: tortillas, plus a bakery with cakes, conchas, cookies and doughnuts
- Ice cream: a counter serving Frutopia, the owner's own brand
- Salad bar: a Picadeli salad bar, the first in any El Mercado Fresco store
- Groceries: produce, seafood, spices and snacks, with both everyday and international items
Paul Guastello Jr. of property owner Westbrooke Partners LLC told the Shawnee City Council in February that the center would be "a walkable location for a lot of residents," since a lot of multifamily housing sits around it, according to the Johnson County Post. In practical terms, the Chadwick apartments and the streets around 75th and Quivira now have a full grocery store within walking distance again.
A longtime tenant moved one exit over
Moving into old space happens in both directions on 75th Street. Mi Pueblito Meat Market had been in the old Westbrooke Village for about a decade. In July it announced a move to 11200 W. 75th St. in the Trailridge shopping center, near 75th and Nieman. Its new space is the former home of Pathlight Brewing. So one longtime grocer moved into an empty brewery, and its old storefront at Westbrooke Green is now up for renovation and a new tenant. If you're heading to Trailridge to shop at Mi Pueblito, call ahead for current hours.
Shawnee Village found a store that needed a big room
Drive north on Quivira to 65th Street and you reach Shawnee Village, where Black Friday Outlet soft-opened at 6495 Quivira Road in late July. It was the chain's first store in the Kansas City area. Its neighbors include Bates City Bar-B-Que and DeiRel Sushi & Boba.
What brought the chain to Shawnee was the size of the space. A manager at its corporate office told the Johnson County Post the store needs room for more than 100 people at once, which he called "tougher to find nowadays." An older shopping center on Quivira had that kind of floor space ready. The same outlet reported that hundreds of shoppers came on the first day.
The pricing runs on a weekly cycle, so the day you go changes what you pay:
| Day | What happens at the bins |
|---|---|
| Friday morning | Fresh stock, every item at the top price of $12 |
| Saturday through Wednesday | Prices drop each day |
| Thursday | Closed to restock |
The bins hold name-brand clothing, electronics and home goods. In August, the Johnson County Post listed the hours as 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday through Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday. In other words, Friday is for selection and later in the week is for low prices.
At 63rd, a drive-thru for a drive-thru
The north end of this stretch has the plainest example. The KFC at 11560 W. 63rd St., near Quivira, served its last meal in early summer. A 7 Brew coffee stand opened at the same address on Monday, Sept. 28, the Olathe Daily Digest reported. One drive-thru took over another, so the curb cuts and stacking lane were already in place.
It's the ninth 7 Brew in the Kansas City metro. The menu covers coffee, energy drinks, sodas, teas, lemonades, smoothies and shakes, which the chain says add up to more than 20,000 drink combinations. Before this, drivers on Quivira had to go farther for a 7 Brew. For now, the 63rd Street stand is the Shawnee option.
What fills in next at Westbrooke Green
The 2026 openings are the start of this corridor's comeback. Westbrooke Green has more storefronts to fill, including the space Mi Pueblito left. In October, the Johnson County Post reported that the developers had floated possible tenants such as a barbershop, a sushi restaurant, a liquor store and a national pizza chain. Earlier lists presented to the city council also included a Mexican restaurant, a Chinese restaurant, a nail salon and a coffee and donut shop.
"There's a lot coming in, following us," Musallet told the outlet. "It's gonna start filling up pretty fast."
Here's how this year's changes line up along Quivira, south to north:
| Address | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|
| 7405 Quivira Road | Dillons, closed 2008 | Fresh Market of Shawnee, opened Oct. 7 |
| 11200 W. 75th St., Trailridge | Pathlight Brewing | Announced home of Mi Pueblito Meat Market |
| 6495 Quivira Road, Shawnee Village | Shopping center storefront | Black Friday Outlet, opened late July |
| 11560 W. 63rd St. | KFC | 7 Brew, opened Sept. 28 |
When a building that sat empty for years gets a new tenant, it changes how a whole stretch of road feels to the people who drive it every day. The local agents at The Rob Ellerman Team follow these changes block by block in Shawnee. If you'd like to know what's happening near your own corner of Quivira or 75th Street, reach out and find your market with us.
