Building block

Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: Bay View, Delaware Avenue, George's Landscaping, Lannon stone, Milwaukee, Pryor Avenue, Wauwatosa

Alterra project picks up Milwaukee support

Published: April 13, 2010
Tags: Alterra Coffee Roasters, bakery, Bay View, bond, Kinnickinnic Avenue, Lincoln Fowler, Mertens, Milwaukee Common Council, Schubert, Zielinski

By Sean Ryan
Neighborhood support for construction of an Alterra Coffee Roasters Inc. bakery was enough to persuade Milwaukee aldermen Tuesday to back the project.
The Milwaukee-based company is planning an estimated $4 million renovation project to build a bakery and coffee shop on Kinnickinnic Avenue. The developer requested city approval to use a public, tax-free bonding [...]

Bay View projects on chopping block (UPDATE)

Published: December 29, 2009
Tags: Army Reserve base, Bay View, Bay View Neighborhood Association, Department of City Development, development, Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Common Council, proposals, thompson, U.S Army Reserve base, Williams, Zielinski
Comments: 1

By Sean Ryan
A Milwaukee alderman wants the city to reject seven redevelopment proposals for a vacant lot in Bay View.
That includes a $39.5 million development plan submitted by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, which a panel of judges selected by the city chose as the best of the seven responses to the [...]

Alderman: Go green or go away

Published: November 5, 2009
Tags: apartment building, Bay View, Citywide Development LLC, green, Kubala Washatko Architects Inc., Lindner, Milwaukee, renewable energy, Zielinski

By Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Citywide Development LLC is the first private developer in Bay View to test a local alderman’s demand for green construction.
Tony Zielinski, the alderman representing Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood, refuses to support project plans unless they require at least half of a new building’s energy come from renewable or on-site sources. He is asking [...]

Hide House developer seeks local support

Published: July 15, 2009
Tags: affordable housing, Bay View, General Capital Group LLP, Hide House, historic designation, Milwaukee

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
A developer is trying to gain the trust of people who say the Hide House project threatens the neighborhood’s peace but is getting rammed through Milwaukee City Hall anyway.
General Capital Group LLP, Milwaukee, wants to tear down a part of the former tannery, now called the Hide House, and develop 60 apartments reserved [...]

Hide House history prompts split decision

Published: June 16, 2009
Tags: Bay View, General Capital Group LLP, Hide House, historic protection, Milwaukee

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
State and Milwaukee preservation experts disagree over whether the Hide House in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood has any historic significance.
The Hide House is a 200,000-square-foot complex that started out as a metal stove and bed factory in 1898 and was slowly built up by a rotating cast of industrial tenants. The last major [...]

Bay View pushes for disclosure on development

Published: June 8, 2009
Tags: Army Reserve, Bay View, Eco Bay, Logan Green, Milwaukee Department of City Development
Comments: 1

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com

Bay View residents want the skinny on development proposals submitted for a former Army Reserve property in their Milwaukee neighborhood.
They’re not likely to get it before the project is awarded to a developer.
The Milwaukee Department of City Development’s front-runner for the project is the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s Eco Bay proposal [...]