New land-use designation allows for housing at 76-acre UWM-Waukesha campus. Now what?

WAUKESHA - Fast forward to this likely future: Homes in a variety of styles spring up within a 76-acre area that for 60 years has been a place for college students on a campus associated with the University of Wisconsin.

Now, step back to today when the campus currently known as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha remains an institutional property, featuring buildings and facilities typically found at such places. Not at all residential in nature.

How the property at 1500 N. University Drive, currently owned by Waukesha County, will transition to the future is all part of a process that`s already underway, involving a planning strategy in which the city of Waukesha plays a large role. Here`s what it`s all about...