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Article: Park East offers land of opportunity; Hoping to silence skeptics, Milwaukee County to begin seeking development proposals Monday
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2005
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After workers began knocking down the Park East Freeway nearly
three years ago, the barren lots left behind were likened to the dark
side of the moon.
Now, small steps are appearing on that moonscape that eventually
could bring a giant leap for the Park East area, which city officials
and developers see as the new frontier for Milwaukee development.
"It really seems like a terrific piece of property," said
developer Paul Dincin, whose Chicago-based Tandem Developers LLC has
built housing in the Brewers Hill area, just north of downtown.
Investors bought the former Milwaukee Center for Independence
building, 1339 N. Milwaukee St., and have begun demolishing it.
They'll replace it with about ...