April 4, 2023 – West Bend, WI – It was January 2023 when WashingtonCountyInsider.com first relayed the information concerning the sale of West Bend Transit at 105 S. Forest Avenue and East Water Avenue. The property, belonging to Jamela/Michigan LLC of Milwaukee, bought F Avenue West Bend, LLC. As predicted within the unique article, the location will quickly be residence to a 106-unit condominium advanced.
Jamela/Michigan LLC of Milwaukee bought the lot in July 2015 for $940,000. The sale is dated January 17, 2023 and covers two parcels; each bought for $1,584,000 a bit. To be clear, the property bought and never the enterprise.
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Mike Doney, with F Avenue Group LLC stated a market examine on an industrial undertaking in Washington County discovered the West Bend space on the whole was in want of housing choices.
“It simply appeared like an important alternative to additional our portfolio, but additionally to, to get into an space that’s positively seeing some development,” he stated.
F Avenue Group LLC bought two tons, as indicated within the January 2023 article.
“The format is designed as such, the place the buildings themselves nearly encircle the complete space,” stated Doney. “Inside the center, there’ll be extra of like, parking and courtyard-type facilities together with a pool. The buildings might be across the edges, together with indifferent garages.”
The early estimate, in keeping with Doney, is for 100, condominium items, after which six townhome items. “Potential (and sure) to alter pending some further design work and approvals for the undertaking,” stated Doney concerning the improvement at the moment tagged “West Bend Transit.:
The proposal has but to go earlier than the Plan Fee. The following assembly is Wednesday, April 5, 2023 nevertheless the merchandise just isn’t on the agenda. The early prediction it is going to be addressed in Might as Doney stated they wish to begin building ASAP.
“We’re positively planning to create this form of inside space for the tenants to have the ability to make the most of, the place contained in the advanced itself, you’ll have some featured facilities,” he stated.
F Avenue Group LLC has related developments in Lakeshore Commons in Oak Creek and a multi-family, GreenLink Residence in Brown Deer.
Doney stated the plan is to interrupt floor in 2023.
“As soon as we break floor, we’re in search of a reasonably fast turnaround to get every little thing up and working and get some tenants moved in,” he stated. “The tip of Q-3 or, possibly early fourth quarter is our purpose at this level. “Our anticipation is for about 18 months of improvement.”
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Having a look at some current historical past on that parcel exhibits there was a public listening to Sept. 7. 2021 because the West Bend Plan Fee reviewed a change in rezoning proposal for the southeast and northeast corners of S. Forest Avenue and Water Avenue.
One parcel is a parking zone and the opposite is the West Bend Transit location, 105 S. Forest Avenue.
There was a pattern over the previous 20 years in West Bend the place jobs and trade have been swapped out for residential together with Gehl Co., Enger Kress, Amity Leather-based, West Bend Firm, West Bend Brewery, Lynn’s Recycling and the outdated West Bend Elevator.
Picture when there was trade, is courtesy You Know You Are From West Bend If….
The above photograph, circa 1955, exhibits vibrant trade with round the clock shifts at Gehl Co. and West Bend Firm.
Outdated timers will recall when an officer needed to be assigned to swing visitors through the afternoon on Freeway 33 close to the railroad observe. Most of the manufacturing facility shifts ended on the identical time and brought about a visitors jam. The scenario acquired trickier when the prepare went via.
For the previous two years the outdated Gehl Firm property on Water Avenue and Forest Avenue has been developed right into a Marriott TownePlace SuitesPath’s Edge Flats and Water Avenue Suites.
That space, to the west of West Bend Transit, was zoned industrial and was modified to combined use to permit for the resort, workplace house and residential.
The West Bend Firm is now residence to Forged Iron Luxurious Dwelling and Rivershores Regency. The outdated Lynn’s Recycling was moved for Auxiliary Court docket Flats. Enger Kress and Amity have been reworked to deal with flats.
The West Bend Brewery has been razed to make means for flats.
Bear in mind in 2018 when the Amish constructed these flats in West Bend?
West Bend Transit, a business trucking firm, is throughout the highway from the resort and Path’s Edge improvement and the Plan Fee thought of a zoning change on roughly 4.2 acres of land.
Early indications are West Bend Transit and Ben Schloemer might be transferring its places of work to the higher stage of the BMO Financial institution constructing on N. Predominant Avenue.
Beneath are the tax information for the property, 105 S. Forest Avenue.
This can be a working story and extra info might be posted when particulars can be found.
On a facet observe: The opposite property gross sales present…
3650 W. Washington Avenue bought January 1, 2023 for $700,000. That parcel is at the moment residence to Charcoal Grill. To be clear, the property bought and never the enterprise. The customer is reportedly “an affiliate” of the restaurant.
723 S. Predominant Avenue bought January 1, 2023 for $823,788. The parcel, owned by MJM West Bend, LLC traces to the Amity Flats. The customer is listed as JNG West Bend, LLC
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