Proposed UWM Dorm Locations by Sura, August 4
The UWM Foundation has finally released the names of proposed locations for UWM dorms (housing 500-700 freshmen and sophomores) and their developers.
Three locations are within the Milwaukee River Overlay District (MROD), and the location on Water St. is directly on the river, but outside the MROD. Four locations are in Riverwest.
The locations include:
- Prospect Mall and parking lot
- Northwest corner of E. Locust St. and N. Humboldt Blvd. (where the bar, “Tracks” is located)
- The undeveloped portion of the housing authority’s Holton Terrace at 2825 N. Holton St.
- Just west of intersection of N. Water St. and Humboldt Ave.
- 2628-60 N. Humboldt Blvd., east side of Humboldt south of Center St. (MROD)
- Hometown site, abutting the Milwaukee River corridor at E. North Ave. (MROD)
- 1744 N. Farwell Ave.
- 1300 E. Locust St. - Heinemann’s Commissary (MROD)
You can find the full article here along with the names of the developers. You can find a map of the locations here.
Note: It will be interesting to see if UWM completes a second dorm on publicly owned land (the Holton St. location is such), and what kind of political acrobatics will lubricate that coupling. RiverView Dorms were built on County-owned parkland protected by the National Park Service, and it was orchestrated by a developer-driven land swap. What the public got in return for the taking of that land was a short section of trail (for which the public already had an easement) and a small piece of land in Oak Creek. As our economy goes down the toilet, governmental bodies are going to be more and more tempted to sell land and other assets to developers and others who are able to strike bargain deals in desperate times. Who will hold them accountable?
Keep your eye on another piece of publicly owned land (including public housing) which is on the river and may soon be on the developers’ chopping block: Riverview Housing on Kane St., the same block that Julilly Kohler is building her upscale green development. Coincidence?
4 Aug 2008 | 12:08 pm | Development, 3rd District
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eagl3s wrote:
August 4, 2008 at 4:54 pm
What UWM MUST tell us is what they propose for the buildings being vacated ON CAMPUS when they establish the School of Public Health and move Engineering. There should be ample space to house ALL students ON CAMPUS if all they need are an additional 1,200 beds, as they say they need!
jeramey wrote:
August 7, 2008 at 3:55 pm
UrbanMilwaukee.com did a break down of each site. Take a look.
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2008/08/07/where-is-the-new-uwm-dorm-going/