Published: August 19, 2010
Tags: Delphi Automotive, Drexel Avenue, Elm Road generating station, General Motors Corp., Howell Avenue, Information Technology Department, Lawrence Haskin, Michalski, Oak Creek, Oak Creek Franklin Joint School District, Plunkett Raysich Architects
By Marie Rohde Oak Creek is cautiously targeting the former Delphi Automotive Systems property for redevelopment into a new City Hall, library and fire station. By most accounts, the city needs the new buildings and has the money to pay for the work without raising taxes. But property owners are demanding savings, not new buildings. [...]
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A hulking, vacant General Motors Corp. plant in Janesville is enough to persuade city leaders to stretch an already stressed budget by offering incentives to anyone willing to redevelop the land. “Economic development is at the top of my list of priorities,” said Janesville City Council member Frank Perrotto. “The plant’s an [...]
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com There is a roughly 4.8 million-square-foot building on 240 acres in Janesville with relatively new roads and railroad tracks feeding into the property. It is a prime piece of real estate that’s attractive to developers, but, for now, no one can touch it. The now-closed General Motors Corp. plant is locked up [...]
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com Janesville absorbed some of the most significant losses in the state’s economic downturn, but Eric Schwartz says his firm sees no reason to abandon the city. In fact, Middleton-based Sara Investment Real Estate LLC is investing millions of dollars in Janesville’s redevelopment. “People think I’m crazy,†Schwartz said. “But I love the [...]
