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Council approves detailed-plan development for Block 3 hotel in Deer District despite aldermanic objections
Summary
The Common Council approved ordinances to amend the Arena Master Plan and allow construction of a seven-story, 56-room hotel on Block 3 in the Deer District. Alderman Robert Bauman and others argued the project is underbuilt for the site and urged performance conditions that the city attorney said state law prohibits.
The Milwaukee Common Council approved two zoning ordinances (items 44 and 45) to advance a detailed plan development permitting a seven-story, 56-room hotel on Block 3 of the Arena Master Plan in the Deer District near Fiserv Forum.
The council recorded votes on the two items during separate roll calls. Item 44 passed with 12 ayes, 1 no, 1 excused and 1 abstention; item 45 passed with a similar tally (12 ayes, 1 no, 1 excused, 1 abstain). The zoning, neighborhoods and development committee's full report was later adopted by the council (14 ayes, 1 excused).
Why it matters: The site sits adjacent to major event and traffic generators downtown and is in Tax Incremental District (TID) 84. Alderman Robert…
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