Bear Development of Kenosha would demolish the WMC headquarters at 501 E. Washington Ave., which the business association built when it moved from Milwaukee in the 1980s, and construct a seven-story apartment building with 223 studio through two-bedroom units. The project would also have a parking garage with 68 stalls.
A developer that has done several
low-income housing projects in the Madison area is looking to build
apartments at an East Washington Avenue site five blocks from Capitol
Square that has long been occupied by Wisconsin Manufacturers and
Commerce.The developer is aiming to break ground on the project by the end of this year and have it completed by 2027, Nick Orthmann, a project manager with Bear Development, told a meeting with neighbors in January. Later filings with the city put the construction start date in early 2026.
All of the apartment building’s units would be rent- and income-restricted, Orthmann said...
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Ken Notes: At least one of these new developments should include a resource facility providing mail boxes, day work space, computer access, classrooms, laundry, offices for voluntary health and mental health assistance, clean STAFFED restrooms, exercise equipment and showers. Like the Beacon, this facility could be available to the under-housed as well as homeless...
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