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Hines Seeks Zoning Change To Allow Third Ward Tower
32-story, luxury apartment tower would be built on landmark site in Third Ward.
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Over many years I tried to convince the site’s owner Paul Iannelli to sell his surface parking lot to someone who would develop it. Paul was a friend and active in many good causes like Festa Italiana, but he really liked his parking lot and wouldn’t let go.
To me it was like a hole in the fabric of the Third Ward. To Paul the parking was the highest and best use of the property.
With the center of downtown a few blocks away, it must have seemed logical to him to rent spaces to the nearby office workers. Now the 3rd Ward is one of the great destinations in Wisconsin. With the Public market, the Riverwalk and dozens of shops and restaurants the St Paul/Water site is ready for development. So I’m glad to see this key corner get a building and without the city subsidizing the deal ( which is almost always a bad idea ). If Paul still owned the lot at the point of sale I’m sure he received a fair price for it and can be proud that his beloved Third Ward continues to get more and more attractive.