Touring the KU behavioral health campus on Strawberry Hill

Tours were held today for the new University of Kansas Health System behavioral health facility on Strawberry Hill in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The new 47-bed inpatient mental and behavioral health unit is in the former EPA building at 5th and Minnesota Avenue. Patients are scheduled to start arriving on Sept. 4. Half of the building will be used to house patients, while the other half will be administrative programs and offices. Hundreds of employees could be added to downtown Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by William Crum)
The new KU behavioral health facility at 5th and Minnesota is characterized by its spacious atrium, with natural light streaming in through many windows. The building has 220,000 square feet. It is the former EPA building in downtown Kansas City, Kansas, and is considered to be one of the anchor buildings in downtown KCK. (Photo by William Crum)
More scenes from a tour held Aug. 27 at the University of Kansas Health System behavioral health facility on Strawberry Hill in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The project cost was estimated to be $61 million when it was announced. (Photo by William Crum)
More scenes from a tour held Aug. 27 at the University of Kansas Health System behavioral health facility on Strawberry Hill in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by William Crum)
More scenes from a tour held Aug. 27 at the University of Kansas Health System behavioral health facility on Strawberry Hill in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by William Crum)
More scenes from a tour held Aug. 27 at the University of Kansas Health System behavioral health facility on Strawberry Hill in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by William Crum)
More scenes from a tour held Aug. 27 at the University of Kansas Health System behavioral health facility on Strawberry Hill in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by William Crum)