Mercy Housing Lakefront Inc. Proposes East Side Apartment Building

Rendering looking NW on Farwell

Mercy Housing Lakefront, Inc., intends to construct a 9-story apartment building with 75 apartments and eight townhouses on the existing 13,400 square-foot, city-owned surface parking lot at the corner of N. Farwell Ave. and Thomas St.  Additionally, it will have 85 garage spaces for residents and 30 garage spaces for use by US Bank and the public, which would replace most of the surface parking removed for this development.

The $12.7 million project will be financed in part through federal housing tax credits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Administration (WHEDA).  The developer intends to reach an EBE participation level of 25% during construction of the project, and will  pursue LEED certification for the project.

Rendering along Thomas

It should be noted that this, is the first of a long process prior to the land sale and the City of Milwaukee has a extensive list of requirements prior to the final sale.  This list includes, DCD approval of final construction plans, evidence of financing, developer purchase of part of the US Bank parking lot, and the final building plans must be consistent with preliminary plans the developers submitted and conform to Detailed Planned Development zoning.  At this week’s Public Works Committee meeting, a file will be introduced that would authorize a purchase option on the city owned land contingent on these requirements.

Tom Daykin has more information.