Arroyo and Sayer also encouraged the developer to include green space and trees to protect people from the heat.The dogs freak out sometimes, but it’s not a big deal.” Councilmember Julie Sayers noted that she lives under the flight path of helicopters going to Overland Park Regional Medical Center: “It’s just something you get used to.Councilmember Joe Karlin, who lives in the neighborhood near the hospital, said opposition has died down and the developer has done a good job of working with the neighborhood.Advent agreed to reduce the hospital’s height to five stories. Other councilmembers said they believed Advent officials have done a good job of addressing those concerns.They also worried about noise from a heliport.Ĭouncil discussion: Councilmember Melanie Arroyo, who was elected in 2021, asked about those issues as well.They were concerned about the height of the originally planned eight-story hospital that would be accentuated by its position atop a hill.Image via Lenexa city documents.Ĭoncerns from neighboring residents: As it went through the planning process, the project got some pushback from neighbors to the north. The planned site for the new AdventHealth Life Campus at City Center, near 87th Street Parkway and Renner Boulevard. The 25-acre campus will occupy a corner near Interstate 435 and just northeast of the Lenexa Rec Center and Public Market.The area was originally permitted for a hospital in 2008, but underwent changes and a more recent delay due to the pandemic.When will the project be complete? The 230,000-square-foot hospital and companion medical office building, which will be 55,500 square feet, are the first key parts of a project expected to take 20 years to complete, councilmembers said. Once the rocks are cleared and utility work is done, perhaps as early as late fall, footings can be poured for what will be the first phase of the 11-building campus.Next steps: Site work is already in progress on the AdventHealth Life Campus at 86th Street and Renner Boulevard. A proposal for a five-story hospital and three-story medical office building at Lenexa’s City Center – in the works since 2008 – crossed a major milestone Tuesday night with the city council’s approval of a final plan.
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