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Article: Park East plan wins approval: County Board votes to sell downtown land for hotel, condos, offices.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 29, 2006
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Byline: Tom Daykin
Sep. 29--A $104 million proposal for a luxury hotel, condominiums, offices and retail space in downtown Milwaukee's Park East area won approval Thursday from the County Board, which voted to sell a county-owned site for the development.
The board voted 16-3 to sell the parcel, bordered by N. Old World 3rd and N. 4th streets and W. Juneau and W. McKinley avenues, to a group led by Ruvin Development Inc. and Dallas-based Gatehouse Capital Corp. Their plan calls for a 175-room hotel, 70 condos, 55,000 square feet of offices, 31,000 square feet of retail space and a 330-car parking structure.
In making that decision, the board ...