Lee’s Summit will soon be home to the finest, state of the art sports complex in Kansas City -- maybe even the country -- as a development team steps forward with a $212 million plan to capitalize on the burgeoning youth sports travel industry.

That’s the testament of Bill Brown, president of Spectrum Strategies and part of the development team behind Paragon Star, a 77-acre project in Lee’s Summit that he says will create an exciting new gateway to the city and an unparalleled setting for youth sports and the families and dollars behind them. Brown says it’s also a way for Eastern Jackson County to finally capitalize on money they’re losing to the areas like Country Club Plaza, Zona Rosa and Park Place Leawood.

Led by serial entrepreneur Flip Short, the project has been more than five years in the making, as stakeholders pieced together the necessary pieces of land and assembled a complex financial incentive package.

The name “Paragon Star” is a nod to the five components of the project -- recreation, residential, entertainment, office, and restaurants. It’s part of an overall 300-acre master planned development that will occur in three phases.

The team worked with the City of Lee’s Summit to conduct a joint feasibility study with RERC, which estimated the project could support 139,000 square feet of retail and services; 33,000 square feet of restaurants; and 42,000 square feet for an entertainment venue, as well as a 100-room hotel. Now, based off that study, the team is putting together its plan. Here’s what it looks like.