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Deer District Block 5 plan advances with MATC field house and 269 apartments; parking, plaza details left for staff
Summary
A mixed‑use development for a full downtown block that includes housing, a MATC field house and a parking structure won plan commission approval with conditions; staff and developers will continue work on plaza design and loading as well as parking/traffic analyses.
The City Plan Commission on Jan. 27 recommended approval of a detailed plan development (file 240526) for Block 5 of the Deer District, a mixed‑use project that pairs residential units with an MATC field house and ground‑floor commercial space.
Department of City Development planner Kristen Connolly told commissioners the proposal is a one‑phase, detailed plan development for the entire block bounded by West McKinley Avenue, North Martin Luther King Drive, West Juneau Avenue and North Vel R. Phillips Avenue in the 6th Aldermanic District. The applicant proposes a five‑to‑seven‑story residential building with roughly 269 units, ground‑floor commercial uses, and a four‑story parking structure wrapped by the building.
The development team described the project as a mix of uses including a vocational/field house for Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC), retail space to activate…
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