Downtown Landing, North High Drive apartments and Hotel Jorgensen to move forward, city says
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City officials say downtown 'The Landing' is nearing its second-story framing, a 144-unit three-building apartment project at the former Burns Manor will start in phased construction in summer 2026, and Hotel Jorgensen demolition is planned after hazardous-material abatement.
Miles Seppold, Hutchinson’s economic development director, provided project updates on several housing and redevelopment efforts.
On 'The Landing' downtown, Seppold said prefabricated second‑story framing has been delivered and trusses are set, with the first level designed as drive‑in parking and apartments above. "They're getting very close now to putting the second level of apartments on this building," he said, and the project is planned to open in late fall or early winter.
Seppold described another apartment development on the north end of town at the former Burns Manor site on North High Drive: a three‑building market‑rate complex of about 144 apartments to be constructed in three phases (roughly 40–45 units each). He said the project is expected to kick off in the summer of 2026 and should proceed relatively quickly.
Regarding Hotel Jorgensen, Seppold said crews are in preliminary hazardous‑materials testing and removal (including potential asbestos in window caulking and floor coatings, lead paint and mercury in light switches). He estimated four to six weeks for hazardous‑materials abatement and projected large‑scale demolition could occur in March.
Seppold also noted Guiding Light Early Learning Child Care Center has opened and is enrolling preschool and school‑age slots.
Taken together, Seppold said these projects—downtown housing, new suburban apartments and childcare capacity—are intended to help address Hutchinson’s housing shortage and related workforce and family‑support needs.