Plus: A recap of the week s real estate news. By Jeramey Jannene - May 23rd, 2021 08:08 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Wisconsin Center expanded exhibition hall. Rendering by tvsdesign and Eppstein Uhen Architects.
The Wisconsin Center District is pushing forward on its bet that large, in-person gatherings will return by 2024. The first site work on a $420 million expansion project will start in July. Formal construction will begin in January and take approximately two years.
The district board was briefed on the effort by the project team during its Friday morning meeting.
“Where we are now is we’ve completed schematic design. We’re in the design development phase,” said
Eight-story project on Prospect delayed. Developer requests 5 more years for a parking lot. By Jeramey Jannene - May 18th, 2021 05:00 pm //end headline wrapper ?>2135 N. Prospect Ave. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.
There is still hope that the final piece of a 2005 redevelopment plan for the Kenilworth complex will happen.
The Common Council approved a zoning change that year that allowed a development group to redevelop the Kenilworth Building complex, 2185 N. Prospect Ave., into a student housing facility for UW-Milwaukee, the Kenilworth Square Apartments, a home for the Peck School of the Arts and first-floor retail space. A public pedestrian street between the two buildings that front N. Prospect Ave. and N. Farwell Ave. was created to provide access to the Oak Leaf Trail.