Leggett & Platt Commercial Vehicle Products signed a lease for 72,000 square feet in Hunt Midwest’s SubTropolis underground complex. It is expected to open in the second quarter. Ford builds the ...

The company, which employs about 300 in the metro area, supplies headliners for Ford F-150s and Transit Vans and GM’s Chevrolet Malibu, as well as interior side panel package trays for both GM ...

Several other automotive suppliers have located at SubTropolis, including Knapheide Manufacturing, Ground Effects, Midway Ford and AER Manufacturing. This story was originally published August 27 ...

Menlo Logistics, a third-party logistics firm, will supply batteries to GM's Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan., from newly leased space in the SubTropolis portion of Automotive Alley.

SubTropolis first opened in 1964 to house tenants such as Pillsbury, Russell Stover and Ford. Material removed from the mine went into many local roads and buildings, including runways at nearby ...

The facility has been granted ship-thru code 31G (assembly plant D9K) for the Ford Transit and the F-150 and will primarily install commercial van interiors as well as F-150 upfits and accessories.

So back in June when I got to test drive Ford Motor Co.’s new Transit full size van in and around Kansas City, MO, I also got to visit one of the more unique industrial complexes you’ll find ...