Oak Westlawn Gardens

Daily Reporter Staff//September 29, 2021//

By: Daily Reporter Staff//September 29, 2021//

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Oak @ Westlawn Gardens — The Oak in Westlawn.

Oak @ Westlawn Gardens was developed by the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee and primarily paid for with low-income-housing tax credits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority and private equity from PNC Real Estate. At 6525 W. Silver Spring Drive, Oak features its namesake wood in its common spaces, particularly in its lobby.

The project offers 27 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom apartments. Each unit features a private balcony or porch, ovens, microwaves and refrigerators, and garbage disposals and dishwashers in all its two-bedroom units. Residents also have access to lockable storage units, laundry equipment, common sitting areas and trash-removal chutes. The building provides extra security with entry to common areas and residential units controlled by access cards. A large commercial space with an exterior patio on the first floor houses retail space.

The construction of Oak @ Westlawn Gardens has provided significant development opportunities for emerging-business enterprises — minority, women-owned and other historically disadvantaged businesses. More than 49 percent of the project’s contracts were awarded to emerging-business enterprises. In addition, 31 percent of the contracts went to businesses in the Section 3 category, a federal designation that applies to contractors that are owned or primarily staffed by low-income, local people.

Location: 6525 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee
Project size: Three stories, 53,392 square feet. The building footprint is 17,917 square feet, with 47 dwelling units and common areas.
Project cost: $11,826,514
Start date: Oct. 10, 2018
Completion date: Feb. 28, 2020
Nominator: Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
General contractor: Travaux
Architect: Torti Gallas and Partners
Engineer: Pierce Engineers, Czarnecki Engineering, Thunderbird Engineering
Owner: Westlawn Renaissance III LLC – Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee
Subcontractors: ADS Disposal, Anointed Cleaners, Arnolds Environmental Services, Associated General Contractors (AGC), B V Tetzlaff, B&D Contractors, Badger Railing, Best Equipment Rental, Blair Fire Protection, Bruggink’s, Cardinal Fabricating, Cathedral Builders, Cintas, CJD Moving Systems dba Two Men & A Truck, Common Links Construction, Complete Signs, D & L Transport, Elastizell Of Wisconsin, Equipmentshare.com, GE Appliances, Gibraltar Landscape & Construction, Giles Engineering, Great Lakes Components, Gt Private Detective Agency, Guardsafe Security Solutions, Henricksen & Co., Heritage Glass, Hetzel Tile & Marble, Hurt Electric, Inpro, Insulation Technologies, Jmarincic LLC, John Buhler Co., Key Engineering Group, Laforce, Leading Advertising Design dba FastSigns, Lemberg Electric, Lifetime Radon Solutions, Milwaukee Marble & Granite, Milwaukee Millwork, Munson, Oostburg Concrete Products, Performance Contracting dba PCI Austad, Rams Contracting, Schindler Elevator, Sid’s Sealants, Southport Engineered Systems, Standard Wire Steel Works, Sunbelt Rentals, Thomas A. Mason Co., Unique Drapery, Wenger Construction

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