Despite the sudden bad weather, progress continued on the construction of Phase 1 of the Wichita Biomedical Campus. Steel continues to be placed, showing more of the final structure of the building. Hutton also shared with the university drone footage of the construction site, highlighting the scale of the project against the backdrop of downtown Wichita.
Phase 1 of the biomedical campus — a joint venture of Wichita State, the University of Kansas and WSU Tech — is a $222 million, 350,000-square-foot joint health sciences center, located at the southeast corner of Broadway and William. Once complete, the Wichita Biomedical Campus will combine WSU’s College of Health Professions programs, including the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, WSU Tech’s health care program and the Wichita campuses of KU School of Medicine and KU School of Pharmacy.
Construction on Phase 1 is anticipated to be complete by the end of 2026 with the first classes being held in the building in summer/fall 2027.