Construction boom set for Wichita State's Innovation Campus

(AP) — Construction is humming along on Wichita State University's new Innovation campus, with four major projects set to begin this summer and three others scheduled to be completed this year, university officials said.

The other two projects scheduled to be done by the end of the year include The Flats, a 285-resident apartment complex; and a Pizza Hut museum, housed in the original Pizza Hut, which moved to from its first site to Wichita State in 1986.

Wichita State officials said they are in advanced discussions with the Greater Wichita YMCA to build a new YMCA and wellness center on the Innovation Campus but it hasn't been officially approved.

Some university students are gathering petition signatures opposing a proposed fee hike that would pay for it.