Business View Magazine | September 2020

328 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 Eleven41 Main is an affordable housing development made possible with a partnership with Dane County Housing Authority, featuring modern green technologies built to Wisconsin Green Built Home Standards. Eleven41 Main furthers the goals of the City of Sun Prairie in providing quality, dense redevelopment within the aging Main Street corridor. Sun Prairie has been one of the fastest growing communities in Dane County, and holds a strong record of economic development and growth. Eleven41 helps meet the demand for quality affordable housing for individuals and families. This development is a critical step in addressing the housing gap outside of the City of Madison. Contact us at info@gormanusa.com to learn more about Eleven41 Main in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Working to revitalize communities through innovative housing partnerships www.gormanusa.com Two new elementary schools were recently built and are now open. And site work is underway on another high school. “Since we first decided to build a second high school, that’s been a big deal for the community,” says Stechschulte. “We’ll be the first community in Dane County outside of Madison that has two high schools within our own district. They made an interesting decision to maintain the existing football field that is kind of historic, and redevelop it for both high schools. So, eventually, there will be football going on every Friday night in the fall.” Roadwork is always on the list, and a stormwater facility project is on tap but the start has been delayed because the City had to purchase more land than was needed for the pond and they’re trying to sell some of the excess for commercial development. Stechschulte admits, “Working with the developer on that has taken a bit longer than expected, but we have an anchor tenant and we’re just figuring out all the complexities. Normally the City will just buy the land, design the project, bid the project, and build the project. Well, now we have another partner that we have to take care of, too. So there are a lot of details, but we hope it will happen this fall or the spring of 2021 at the latest.” Sun Prairie also boasts a new business park, Park 151, with 700,000 sq. ft of higher-end industrial and office space – a first for the City. A pair of 100,000-sq.-ft buildings are already up and available for lease. One is pretty much full, the second is opening soon for occupancy. An additional building has been sold to Sani-Matic, Inc.– a manufacturer of industrial sanitation equipment. Within the existing traditional Business Park, Imperial Blades was acquired by Milwaukee Tool and is undergoing a major expansion project at their location. The park has had some issues. Of note, Riddell, the football helmet company, acquired a local company for uniforms and built a beautiful 110,000-sq.- ft facility for production. After two years, a corporate decision was made to sell off the business line and the new owner moved the