Downtown Apartments Gain Preliminary Approvals
Waukesha Mayor Jeff Scrima voted against the proposal after he described the building's design "flat" and "boring."
Despite Mayor Jeff Scrima calling the architectural design “flat” and “boring,” preliminary plans for the 22-unit Prairieville Apartments in downtown Waukesha was approved Wednesday night by the Plan Commission. Scrima was the only commissioner to vote against the plan to add two stories to the existing one-story parking structure at 831 N. Grand Ave. The plans for the apartment building include two retail spaces on the first floor. Scrima wasn’t pleased with the retail spaces, citing empty storefronts on South Street and North Grand Avenue. “I am not sure that adding more retail boxes there would be the highest and best use as we have vacancies in that area,” Scrima said. The discussion started to get a little testy as Scrima said he felt…
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sarah
5:59 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Well, to all of you who think that this is such a bad idea... why dont you try to be a single mother trying to raise decent human beings, should they be kept in a corner of a city or town? But what happens when these children turn into adults and do not have to stay confined to that corner anymore? They will surely come and terrorize whatever they can terrorize. Why not give them a decent place … more ›