Development Concept: South Bay Street Corridor, Bay View
This development concept suggests improvements to the Bay Street Corridor and the strategic disposition of public parcels as a means to fund those improvements, nurture growing local firms and incentivize targeted catalytic private investment
Complications: Public ownership; competing political priorities and preferences; potential conflicts with utility infrastructure
Opportunities: Improve the buffer between residential and industrial uses; make better use of neglected public properties; create new, safer public paths and amenities; fill a gap in the local housing market; generate public revenue
Related resources and public documents:
Southeast Side Area Plan by Milwaukee DCD (2008, 2017)
Harbor District Water and Land Use Plan by Milwaukee DCD (2017)
KRM Alternatives Analysis / Environmental Impact Study by SEWRPC (2009)
Building Small: A Toolkit for Real Estate Entrepreneurs, Civic Leaders and Great Companies by Jim Heid and the Urban Land Institute (2021)