The city of Wichita has put out a formal bid for the demolition of 20 properties on a three-acre chunk of land just west of the under-construction baseball stadium…
The city purchased the land for $3 million earlier this month with plans to build a surface parking lot. The sale was laid out in a development agreement approved by City Council Jan. 7 with Riverfront Partners LLC, the development team behind the planned $127-million Riverfront Village north of the ballpark.
The city’s Public Works & Utilities department will accept bids for the demolition work until 10 a.m. Feb. 14, and the project will be awarded Feb. 18, according to the city’s website.
The 20 properties that will be demolished in the project take up three blocks between Maple and Texas Avenue and Oak and Sycamore streets, city documents show. The buildings range from 792 to 6,448 square feet. The oldest buildings on the list were built in 1900. They are single-family homes, warehouses and commercial properties.
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