Iowa City Press-Citizen
Since 2017, a Mankato, Minnesota-based developer and property manager has been scooping up properties on the south side of College Street in downtown Iowa City s pedestrian mall. Two years of negotiations with city came to fruition Tuesday night, when the Iowa City Council signed off on a tax increment financing agreement to support a major renovation along the pedestrian mall in the city s core.
The Tailwind Group s $56.4 million redevelopment encompasses buildings that, prior to the pandemic, housed El Patron Restaurant to the west through Martini s on the east.
Here s a look at what to expect and what s next:
PEORIA – Much like Bradley University, next to which it sits, The Fieldhouse Bar & Grill is to undergo a winter break.
The restaurant in Campustown Shopping Center on the West Bluff is open through Saturday, then is to close until Feb 2.
COVID-19 restrictions that prohibit indoor dining are a closure factor. But according to Fieldhouse co-owner Elizabeth Dwyer, there are others.
Dwyer cited January as usually being among the slowest months for restaurants, business-wise. Projecting sales and costs, factoring in weather and other uncertainties, it makes the most sense for us financially, she stated about the closure.
The absence of Bradley students and staff also affected the restaurant at 1200 W. Main St., Dwyer suggested.