New Townhomes for Riverwest

New townhomes at 2500-2504 N. Humboldt Blvd. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.

Four new townhomes are rising at the northeast corner of N. Humboldt Blvd. and E. Wright St. in Riverwest.

The property was acquired by Anthony Apostoli in 2007 for $95,000 and transferred into a revocable trust affiliated with the Kenosha resident in 2011 for a recorded value of $39,400, according to assessor’s office records.

Now the developer’s firm, Imperial Builders, General Contractor, Inc., is constructing the four attached townhomes on the site, 2500-2504 N. Humboldt Blvd. William Miller, also of Kenosha, is serving as the architect.

Building materials appear to very locally sourced. The Tyvek-brand insulation wrapping the wood-framed structure also carries the branding of neighborhood hardware store Bliffert Lumber.

The building has the rare distinction of being the first structure with a substructure built on the site. While such a fact may be ordinary in the suburbs, finding virgin soil in a neighborhood with homes dating back to the 1800s is nearly impossible.

Similar to suburban structures, each unit will have its own attached garage and driveway. That will prove to be an asset to residents when The Gig, a tavern located immediately east of the new building, draws large crowds. It will also make it more difficult to find street parking.

But residents may find it easy to ditch their vehicles in favor of a bicycle. Wright Street, to which the units face, is part of the new bicycle boulevard network constructed in the neighborhood.

My colleague Michael Horne first reported on the project in October as part of a profile of two different urban infill projects.

Information isn’t publicly available  yet as to whether the units will be for sale or leased as apartments. Much of the infill construction that has occurred in Riverwest in recent years has been of the latter.

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