A driver pulls his Ford 150 off at an exit on I-94, and proceeds to cut across the parking lot of the newest sprawling mall development in Wisconsin. He then takes two spots in the Flingers parking lot, far enough from other cars to avoid door dings, but more importantly aimed perfectly for a quick exit. At Flingers he orders extreme fajitas, throws down a few bombs, be it the car bomb, Jaeger bomb, cherry bomb, and a couple that he’s convinced the bartender just made up.

Oconomowoc-based Pabst Farms, yet another development named after what the bulldozers destroy, is not limiting itself to simply encouraging commercial and residential sprawl anymore. In a move that I can only interpret as desperation (in the face of the growing trend of industrial firms relocating to the Menomonee Valley), Pabst Farms developers Developers Diversified Realty Corp of Cleveland is set to begin the construction on the first of three speculative industrial buildings.

Pabst Farm Sunset Originally uploaded by obrazu
Loyal readers, I apologize on not keeping you up-to-date with the latest in white flight trends… that being the development of Pabst Farms. The last time I reported on Pabst [...]

Random tidbits found on the internets…

Milwaukee Development Update brings us news and insight of a building going up at 1530 North Jackson just north of the Pick ‘N’ Save parking lot and Lyon St.  Despite living just around the corner from it, I have yet to make it over to take pictures, but look forward [...]

Heading East on I94 Originally uploaded by compujeramey
The project I love to hate, the Pabst Farms development, won’t be the recipient of a new interchange with Interstate 94 anytime soon. The state won’t be building a [...]

Pabst Farms
Originally uploaded by Al White

Sprawled Out has a few thoughts on the ugliness that Pabst Farms could become now that they’re just hunting for big boxes to fill out the development. [...]

The Pabst Brewing Complex
Originally uploaded by compujeramey

The lead developer behind the Pabst Farms sprawl mall has pulled out. The project owners are desperately looking at adding a bunch of big box retailers now to fill out the anchor tenant [...]