Harmony at Clear Creek

The site is located off Silverheel Street in Shawnee, KS (Click here for the site location).

Shawnee is a welcoming and vibrant community just outside of Kansas City. We chose Shawnee as our first build-for-rent community in the Kansas City area due to its strong sense of community, top-rated schools, and the exceptional quality of life that its residents enjoy.

A build-for-rent (BFR) community is a neighborhood of single-family homes that is built specifically for rent, instead of for-sale. BFR communities offer tenants the ability to live in a brand new, high-quality home with a private yard and access to community amenities like swimming pools, dog parks, and pickle ball courts, without the burden of a mortgage or HOA fees.

The entire community is professionally managed by a single property manager, meaning renters enjoy a more consistent level of service and maintenance than in individually owned rental homes. BFR communities are becoming increasingly popular as they combine the added privacy and space of a single-family home, with the first-class amenities and professional property management of multi-family.

- Brand new, high-quality homes
- Professional property management and maintenance-free living
- Class-A amenities (pool, dog park, clubhouse, fitness center, co-working space, etc.)
- Cohesive neighborhoods with a strong sense of community
- Financial freedom and flexibility: no down payment or HOA fees

Harmony at Clear Creek will provide residents of Shawnee with an alternative to traditional home ownership, allowing tenants to enjoy the benefits of a high-quality, well-designed home without the long-term commitment of ownership. Additionally, Harmony at Clear Creek will help address the housing shortage in the community.

Harmony at Clear Creek is being developed by Material Capital Partners (MCP). MCP is a real estate development firm based in Charleston, SC exclusively focused on single-family rental home communities. MCP develops communities that combine desirable neighborhoods of single-family homes with premium amenities and experienced property management.

The MCP senior leadership team has been developing build-for-rent communities since 2015 and has developed 11 residential communities together. This is MCP’s first build-for-rent community in the Kansas City area, and we look forward to developing additional projects here in the future.

MCP will interview several reputable property management firms operating in the KC market before choosing one to manage Harmony at Clear Creek. Harmony at Clear Creek will be staffed full-time by on-site personnel to ensure the maintenance, security and upkeep of the property on a daily basis.

We prioritize sustainability in all of our communities, including the use of energy-efficient building materials, appliances, and lighting. We are dedicated to creating a community that offers ample green spaces and recreational opportunities for our residents to enjoy.

Our proposed plan for Harmony at Clear Creek will exceed the city of Shawnee’s green space requirement, and many areas along Clear Creek will remain undisturbed with the preservation of native vegetation. The community will feature pocket parks and walking trails, with potential plans for a lake and connectivity to the neighboring Clear Creek Trail system.

Additionally, we have partnered with local conservation and wildlife preservation organizations to protect and enhance the natural habitat on the property for birds and other local wildlife. We are also establishing a rookery and reintroducing native vegetation to the property.

We anticipate the first homes at Harmony at Clear Creek to be available for pre-leasing in mid to late 2025. All prospective tenants must complete a standard lease application and successfully pass a credit and criminal background check.

The rental rates for Harmony at Clear Creek will be comparable to other Class-A projects in the Shawnee market. We will provide additional information on rents as the project progresses. Please click here to connect with us if you’re interested in living at Harmony at Clear Creek, or if you have any additional questions about leasing.

Please visit this website for updates and the latest news and information on Harmony at Clear Creek. We welcome feedback and encourage you to contact us through our website or attend public meetings. We also encourage you to revisit the FAQs periodically as we will update them regularly to reflect questions and feedback from the community.

Our proposed plan includes a clubhouse, fitness center, outdoor pool, fire pits, grill area, playground, walking trails, disc golf course, and an oversized fenced-in dog park.

Harmony at Clear Creek is being thoughtfully designed to fit in with the neighboring communities. Our goal is to be good neighbors, and we will continue to consult with residents of the Grey Oaks and Woodland Park neighborhoods throughout the design process.

For example, we plan to construct homes into the grade so people living on Anderson Street will only see a single-story home. We also plan to increase the setback of these homes, preserve the existing tree line, and add a fence as an additional buffer.

We have consulted with the De Soto School District Planner and were informed that they have sufficient capacity to accommodate the students who will live at Harmony at Clear Creek.

We have completed a comprehensive traffic study to assess the potential impact Harmony at Clear Creek will have on traffic, and the results indicate a minimal expected impact.

Since the last approved plan, we acquired an additional 6 acres of land along Silverheel Street and downzoned it from industrial zoning to residential zoning to prevent undesirable commercial/industrial buildings, which would have increased traffic.