Article: Bank is only bidder on 14-lot subdivision; Brownell, now in prison, developed it

Waukesha - Associated Bank was the only bidder on the last Wisconsin land deal of building industry con-man Bob Brownell - a 14- lot subdivision in the Town of Waukesha - at a Waukesha County sheriff's auction Monday.

Scott J. Brady, attorney for Associated Bank in Milwaukee, bid $2.1 million for the property, which includes one home.

The bank was required to put 10% down on the bid, and the sale will close at a date to be determined in Circuit Court.

The development of the Black Oak Ridge subdivision started the summer before Brownell's October 2004 indictment in a $20 million land and loan fraud, and it is being sold to pay off a $2.23 million loan default.

Brownell, a 1995 newcomer to the ...

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