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# City advances $8.25 million privately funded Sunset Zoo expansion
- URL: https://www.citizenjournal.us/city-advances-8-25-million-privately-funded-sunset-zoo-expansion/
- Published: 2026-04-10T13:59:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-29T23:58:35.000Z
- Description: Next phase of the zoo's master plan includes new lemur and bobcat habitats
- Author: Greg Loving
- Tags: ksu, dnn, #news

MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Manhattan City Commission unanimously authorized a search for a construction manager to oversee an $8.25 million expansion at Sunset Zoo, according to commission meeting records.

The Phase 2 expansion is fully funded by the Sunset Zoological Park and Wildlife Conservation Trust. Planned additions include a ring-tailed lemur exhibit, an interactive barnyard featuring agricultural animals and a "Trail of Americas" exhibit that will house a bobcat habitat.

The city will issue a request for qualifications and proposals for a construction manager at risk, a process expected to conclude with a final recommendation to the commission by early June. The project marks the next major step in the zoo's four-phase master plan.

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