In just a few years, a $300-million biomedical campus is expected to rise in place of nondescript parking lots near Broadway and William streets and a neighboring city transit center destined for replacement. It’s a landmark endeavor in downtown Wichita’s history, and the project’s driving visionary says it couldn’t have happened without being audacious. “What all this has taught me is that you need to have big, bold ideas,” Wichita State University president Rick Muma said. “I think sometimes, in the Midwest, people are not prone to have those kinds of big ideas.” Muma says conversations and planning surrounding the project — on track to begin construction in 2024 and led by the KU School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita State University and WSU Tech — started several years ago.
Source: Wichita Business Journal
