OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A grand opening is scheduled for March 2 for a $23 million building that will expand the University of Kansas’ Edwards Campus by more than half.
The 75,000-square-foot building will house business, engineering, science and technology programs on the campus in Overland Park. The new classrooms, lecture halls, computer labs and conference center will allow the Edwards Campus to serve 1,000 more students.
A dedicated sales tax approved by Johnson County voters in 2008 paid for the new Business, Engineering, Science and Technology Building.
The building is part of the Johnson County Education and Research Triangle. The Triangle also incorporates the International Animal Health and Food Safety Institute at Kansas State’s Innovation Campus in Olathe and the University of Kansas’ Clinical Research Center in Fairway.
