Tattoo shop and laundromat becomes 14 high-end apartments in Bay View conversion.
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Looks like they are selling kitchen appliances.
Tom, I agree except I would say its the last day of a liquidation sale right before they shut the place down. Architecture and design have really seemed flat lately. It just seems like the less you have with these places the higher the cost will be. Soon it will be a single white box studio with a community bathroom for $2000.00 a month, but they’ll include your membership to the cat yoga studio in the lower level and there of course will be a craft brewer 2 blocks away. Good to see the progress but I’m just bored with the design.
Like: large balconies (at least in the front units), good use of existing building facade (unique)
Dislike: faux wood finish on the cabinetry, unoriginal interiors
I’ve toured these units and they are anything but simple white boxes. Solid Hardwood floors throughout living areas with polished concrete and high end ceramic tile elsewhere. Two piece solid wood base. Pella sliding doors, high end light fixtures. The drywall was perfectly finished which is really hard to find in contractors. The details were just impeccable. This project is definitely outside the box.
Too much road noise and carbon monoxide for the rent level.
When will they start building apts. for lower income people? All the new housing projects are
“high end” units. Personally, I don’t know anyone who can afford $1,300 for rent.
@Margo – It’s unlikely we’ll see a great deal of new construction aimed at lower income levels (other than with some sort of subsidies or tax incentives) – the costs of building new residential means that developers will aim for middle and upper brackets. But that’s not really a problem because as new units enter the higher end of the market, older higher end units get “pushed down” into the middle of the market and older mid-range units get “pushed down” into the lower end of the market – this process is sometimes referred to as “filtering.”
I should add that in a mature and healthy neighborhood, there should be a mix of newer units and older units, providing housing for a range of incomes. I realize that may not be the case, especially in neighborhoods that have not had much residential development until recently.
I just toured the King Building units this morning with owner Scott Genke. As current president of KK BID 44 I am quite interested in every development within our borders as well as the rest of Bay View. Scott was the designer on our Sheridan’s and Sheridan House development in Cudahy, so one might suggest I am a bit biased. I am but “only” because Scott is very detail oriented and his work is always of high quality. The King development is exactly what we want in Bay View. Scott’s building is a great blend of the old facade and the modernization a business owner or resident looks for today. I own The Avalon Theater and renovation that makes sense within the historic context as well as the economics of a building are important for Bay View. I believe our wonderful patrons would attest to the fact that we worked hard to keep The Avalon a restoration we can all enjoy. However, many buildings don’t make sense for complete historic renovations. I am also a fan of the buildings SG Property has renovated on Howell and in residential parts of Bay View. Great that we can look forward to another development under Scott’s care at 2557-65. Kudos, Scott!