Re: KU Med Expansion
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 4:37 pm
https://flatlandkc.org/news-issues/kc-e ... owerhouse/
Good article in Flatland today about the life science investments at KU Med and Hospital Hill. Exciting stuff.
Also I think this was already known as part of the project roadmap but the article says KU Med is hoping to break ground on the cancer center early 2024 and be completed by 2027.
Good article in Flatland today about the life science investments at KU Med and Hospital Hill. Exciting stuff.
Also I think this was already known as part of the project roadmap but the article says KU Med is hoping to break ground on the cancer center early 2024 and be completed by 2027.
Jensen estimated it will cost approximately $450 million to build the initial phase, which could include as much as 500,000 square feet. Even a building that size would nearly rival the medical tower that KU Health System opened in 2017, which takes up a square block around the intersection of 39th Street and State Line Road.
A federal earmark of $43 million in last year’s omnibus appropriation bill is a “huge step forward” in raising money for the cancer center building, Jensen said. It is unclear when the building will be fully built out. But when it is, Jensen said, the building could be 10 stories high with as much as 750,000 square feet.