Downtown Wichita is the economic, cultural and social center of the region and encompasses the geographic area bounded by Washington Street to the east, Central Avenue to the north, Kellogg to the south and the Arkansas River to the west. The following provides an overview of the center city:

Population: 345,000

Within 3-mile radius of Douglas and Topeka St.:

Population 107,897 (30% of City)
Households 46,054
Number of Housing Units 46,732
Median Household Income $31,946
Median Age 35 years
Traffic count (Kellogg & Main) 97,200 vpd

Office Space: Downtown contains almost 50% of the areaﾒs total inventory (source: Grubb & Ellis)

Downtown Inventory: 3.9 million square feet
Suburbs: 4 million square feet

Class A Lease Costs (2005): Downtown is 33.7% less expensive than suburban settings for Class A space (source: Grubb & Ellis)

Downtown: $14.59 psf
Suburban: $22.00 psf

Number of Downtown Businesses: 1,400

Retail/Salons/Galleries: 70
Restaurants: 45
Legal Firms: 99
Banking and Financial: 14
Accounting Firms: 11
Advertising Agencies: 8

Building Occupancy Rate (2005): 79.2% (source: J.P. Weigand & Sons)
Number of Parcels: 1,236
Property Owners: 414
Parking Inventory: 23,700 parking space

National and Regional Occupants:

A G Edwards and Sons
Airbus
Bank of America
Cargill/Excel
Coleman Company
Cox Communications
Emprise Bank ﾖ Corporate Headquarters
Fidelity Bank ﾖ Corporate Headquarters
Hyatt Hotel
INTRUST Bank ﾖ Corporate Headquarters
KMPG Peat Marwick
Knight Ridder Newspapers ﾖ Wichita Eagle
SBC

Business, Non-profit and Social Organizations Headquartered in Downtown:

Chamber of Commerce
Convention & Visitors Bureau
Wichita Independent Business Association
Old Town Association
Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission
Leadership Wichita
United Way
Kansas Health Foundation
Kansas Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Wichita Area Board of Realtors
Salvation Army
American Cancer Society
Special Olympics
Catholic Charities
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Art and Cultural Facilities:
City Arts
Sedgwick County Historical Museum
Great Plains Train Museum
Central Library
Museum of World Treasures
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (Spring 2004)

Number of Apartments: 976 apartment units

Number of Condominiums: 68 units with 108 announced

Visitors (2003): 3.4 million people
Century II ﾖ 173,000 square feet exhibition space
Brown Exposition Center ﾖ 93,000 square feet exhibition space
Attendance (2001): 70 convention groups or meetings
321,800 conventioneers to Wichita
Average Stay for Convention Groups: 3.5 days

Hotel Rooms: 762

Inn at Old Town
Hyatt Hotel
Broadview Hotel
Royal Palace
2 additional hotels with 218 rooms are within one block of the CBD

Century II (2001): 791 productions
847,000 attendees
Orpheum Theatre (2005): 81
39,205 attendees
Old Town Cabaret
Mosley Street Melodrama

River Festival (May) 300,000+ visitors
Old Town Concert Series (Summer): 10,000 attendees
Automoilia (July): 50,000 attendees
Chili Cook-off (September): 10,000 visitors
Tallgrass Film Festival (October): 10,000 visitors

I-135 ﾖ direct access
U.S. 54 (Kellogg) ﾖ direct access
I-235 - west on U.S. 54 within five miles of Downtown
27 roads serve Downtown traffic, of which, 8 are one-way streets
Hub for the areaﾒs bus system

Total Parks and Open Space: 12 parks in Downtown

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