The University of Kansas Cancer Center’s highly anticipated new, state-of-the-art facility has made it through some foundational hoops since its official groundbreaking in May, a representative from the center told Wyandotte County’s governing board.
People can expect to see heavy equipment moving near 39th Street and Rainbow Boulevard throughout the next two years as crews construct a brand new cancer center that local medical leaders anticipate will be a national beacon for cancer research and treatment. The new center is scheduled for November 2027 completion and, according to local government documents, is estimated to cost $450 million.
During a regular meeting of the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas’s board of commissioners, Dr. Jeff Holzeierlein, neurological oncologist and physician in chief, delivered an update on how the project is coming along and what it could mean for Wyandotte County and the rest of the metro…