Volume 44 - Issue 12 - March 20, 2025

State of Kansas

Wichita State University

Notice of Intent to Lease Real Property

Public notice is hereby given that Wichita State University (WSU), directly or through its affiliate corporation Wichita State Innovation Alliance, Inc., intends to lease, subject to all required state approvals, real property located on the Wichita State University’s campus designated as the “Innovation Campus” for the private development and operation of a partnership building or buildings. There are three separate building sites available for private development. Proposals may be submitted for one or more of the sites. Each site is approximately one to two and a half acres in area, and will be customized based on the proposal for the respective site. Site #1 is located east of Woolsey Hall. Site #2 is located on the northwest corner of 17th and Innovation Boulevard. Site #3 is located on the northwest corner of 17th and Oliver. The university intends to lease each site for a mutually agreeable period, not to exceed sixty years, but extended terms and renewal options would be considered. Interested tenants must be willing to be a good fit with the university’s educational mission and identify anticipated benefits to the university, its students, and the WSU community (i.e. applied learning, joint research, faculty start-up, WSU curriculum or program support, etc.), and must agree to the essential ground lease terms and restrictive covenants. Interested tenants will be evaluated on: proposal terms, demonstrated benefit to WSU, design concepts, financial stability, and proposed use. Interested tenants will be required to construct adjacent and adequate surface parking that may not be included in the leased ground. Rental rate shall be based on fair market value and negotiable based on term of lease, purpose/use of building improvement, and benefit to the university. The university is interested in proposals from any individual, organization or entity, for the development of a building or buildings to provide rental space available for occupants who are committed to advancing the university’s mission and vision as an education, cultural, and economic driver for Kansas and the greater public good, and aligning with the university’s research and applied learning goals. The university will consider serious offers and inquiries with detailed proposal terms from any financially qualified individual, group, organization. If interested, please contact Property Manager Crystal Stegeman at crystal.stegeman@wichita.edu or Senior Vice President for Industry and Defense Programs, Dr. John Tomblin at john.tomblin@wichita.edu. This publication is being published pursuant to K.S.A. 75-430a(d), to the extent applicable.

Crystal Stegeman
University Property Manager
Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance
Wichita State University

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