FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2005
CORNERSTONE DEVELOPMENT TO BE SITE OF NEW HOSPITAL IN ANDOVER
(WICHITA, KS) - Cornerstone, a project of Laham Development and
Ritchie Development on 21st Street from 159th Street to Andover
Road, will soon be the site of a new acute care general hospital.
The news was announced at the May 3 groundbreaking for Kansas Medical
Center which is being built on a 15-acre site within the 520-acre
master planned Cornerstone development. The hospital will be a state
of the art health care facility providing medical and surgical services
in Andover and outreach areas with patients served by member physicians.
Designed as a 70-bed facility, Kansas Medical Center will be located
on 21st Street, east of 159th. Services provided will be those normally
expected in an acute care general hospital including anesthesiology,
blood banking, cardiology, dentistry, family and internal practice,
gastroenterology, hematology, nephrology, neurology, oncology, plastic
surgery, pulmonary medicine, radiology, thoracic surgery, urology
and other related services. Also available will be a 24/7 emergency
department where care will be provided to walk-in patients in need
of emergency care, as well as referral emergency services for patients
being transferred by land.
With plans recently unveiled, Cornerstone encompasses 85 acres
of commercial, office and garden-style apartments along with 435
acres of residential. It is located north of 21st Street from Andover
Road on the east to 159th Street on the west. The first commercial
parcel at the corner of 21st & Andover Road is designed as a
45-acre grocery-anchored retail center that will include retail,
restaurants and financial institutions. West of the retail development
will be the entrance to the single-family development and adjacent
to that a 15-acre garden-style apartment complex is planned. All
of the commercial projects are being developed by Laham Development.
Cornerstone's 435-acre residential component will be developed
by Ritchie Development. It will include approximately 750 single-family
homes ranging in price from $90,000 to $500,000. The residences
at Cornerstone will consist of individual neighborhoods within the
master planned community with amenities such as lakes, parks, swimming
pools and walking paths typical of Ritchie communities. Construction
will begin this summer on infrastructure.
J.P. Weigand & Sons is the exclusive broker for the commercial
properties. |
