Behind barricades and past dust-covered doors in Old Town, you see a massive restoration effort underway in Wichita’s Union Station.
As with any facelift of the kind, it’s delicate and can be complicated – trying to revive the 100+ year-old building into a business plaza.
The people in charge of the project keep a close eye on history, knowing intricate details about the facility.
“This is the ticket booth, this will be a break room and there will be a couple of offices inside” said Chad Stafford, President of Occidental Management, while giving a tour of the facility to KAKE News Reporter Greg Miller. “This is an iconic area and structure to the city and so the pressure is always, is it done right? Is it done with quality?” A call center and other businesses have already committed to moving into the station, bringing hundreds of jobs to the area when the construction project is done.
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