Watertown. Wisconsin
an acre, just south of the town square location that has been marketed for development. “As we’re going through the process of designing and constructing the town square, we did put that site out for RFP and we received interest from a multi-family residential developer who’s interested in putting some market-rate apartments there,” she states. “We’ve also had interest from office development and, originally, we were marketing the property for a hotel. I think that paradigm has shifted with changes in the economy. We’re probably going to be reviewing proposals from developers related to multi-family housing on that site. The City also has other properties downtown, including another large surface parking lot near the water that would be prime for development. And then, there’s been some private assemblage on the northwest quadrant of Main St. and the Rock River, which is also prime for redevelopment.” “We know that regarding economic development in cities like ours, the likelihood of landing large, Library Expansion Rendering
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