Bel Aire Town Centre is a distinctive urban community center located on Rock Road, south of the four lane US I-25, and North of K96.  The city of Bel Aire's south boundary is adjacent to the city of Wichita while its North boundary is adjacent to the City of Kechi.  At the North end of the highly successful Rock Road corridor which has prospered at nearly 100% occupancy over the last five years.  The Town Centre is a balanced blend of retail shops and restaurants surrounding interactive fountains and other community amenities.  Upper-lever office space and apartments combine to create a typical downtown environment in a convenient suburban setting.  Stroll along sheltered walkways, enjoy the cool rush of the fountains, or fine dining while experiencing local and regional community events.  Here you'll find a City Government's full support and discover an exciting destination that will entice your customers to return and explore time and again. 

Executive Summary

The proposed Bel Aire Town Centre is envisioned as a village-style town center serving the northern portion of Sedgwick County.

The Town Centre will be a highly efficient, pedestrian-oriented, mixed community containing office and retail space along with apartment homes and single family homes.

The Town Centre project will feature angled and parallel parking, attractive open spaces, and a traditional street grid system with residential and mixed-use buildings oriented toward the streets and parking located behind the buildings.  Extensive social programs and events will help establish the project as the community's center.

A collaborative design and development team will incorporate appealing design elements of older downtowns within a format that would be successful for today's retailers, residents, and office workers.  The team anticipates solving the sometimes conflicting issues of residential and commercial accessibility through innovative design.

Bel Aire has a higher percentage of home based businesses than most anywhere in Kansas.  When the time comes for these business to take the next step to either a store front or office space you have removed yourself from the opportunity to capture that market share in Bel Aire.  This project will help keep Bel Aire dollars in Bel Aire!

According to a Wichita State University demographics study, Bel Aire has an estimated average household income of $82,375.  These dollars are going to the surrounding communities for the purchase of goods and services.  The retail mix of the Bel Aire Town Centre will be designed to capture just as much of the local disposable income as possible.

In developing the Bel Aire Town Centre the project team will draw upon the time-honored traditions and principles of town-making- updated to accommodate contemporary uses and lifestyles.  The streets of the Town Centre will actually go somewhere, connecting at every juncture to residential neighborhoods or public spaces.

The magnitude of the Town Centre development, including the retail, office and residential components, will have a significant impact on the tax base of the City of Bel Aire.

As this project evolves the developers of the Bel Aire Town Centre - the City's new downtown - envision that it will become the center of activity for not just the City of Bel Aire but for the residents of the surrounding communities.

With respect for the past this is the spark that ignites the flame for the future of Bel Aire.