The Wichita City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to move forward with a request from property owner Sudha Tokala that would help advance her plans for a potential downtown medical school.
Special assessments total $12 million that are related to multiple buildings that Tokala owns downtown as part of the city’s facade improvement and asbestos remediation program.
That request now moves to a March 19 public hearing to set the maximum amount of the assessments.
The agreement covers the former Finney State Office building, which are two buildings joined together at 230 E. William and 130 S. Market; Sutton Place at 209 E. William; Broadway Plaza at 105 S. Broadway; and the former Henry’s department store building at 124 S. Broadway.
(Read more: Wichita Business Journal)