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Plan commission approves 35,000-square-foot medical office at Pewaukee Road
Summary
The Pewaukee Plan Commission approved a site and building plan for a 35,000-square-foot multi-tenant medical office at W240 N2687 Pewaukee Road, with Moreland ENT as the anchor tenant; commissioners emphasized landscape buffering and required future conditional-use reviews for ancillary retail uses.
The Pewaukee Plan Commission approved a site and building plan for a proposed 35,000-square-foot multi-tenant medical office at W240 N2687 Pewaukee Road during its May meeting.
The proposal, presented by the project representative (Speaker 3), would locate medical and clinic uses on the southwest corner of Watertown Road and Pewaukee Road. The applicant said phase 1 would contain the 35,000-square-foot building and that a future second building of about 20,000 square feet is shown on the property as a potential phase 2. The commission’s staff report recommended approval subject to usual engineering and sign permitting conditions.
Why it matters: the site has been vacant for many years and the commission framed the plan as a lower-traffic, service-oriented reuse compared with alternatives such as gas stations or denser housing. Commissioners emphasized the need for strong landscape buffering where the site abuts multifamily properties.
The applicant introduced Moreland ENT as the anchor tenant. Dr. Zack Federici (Speaker 4), who said he represents the practice, described daily hours and staffing: “typically, on a given day, we'll be seeing patients from about 07:30 till usually around 4 ish,” and added the clinics do not operate on weekends. The project representative (Speaker 3) described the landscaping plan, saying the team plans to plant “superstar junipers” at roughly 6 to 7 feet at installation that will eventually grow to “17 to 20 feet tall” to form a visual buffer between the parking area and adjacent residential properties.
Commissioners asked about site lines, existing berms and the appearance of the building’s rear elevation. The applicant said some existing grades will be altered for stormwater management and offered to submit a material board to staff to confirm that built materials match the approved renderings.
On zoning, the applicant explained that the project needs B6 zoning flexibility because medical-office campuses often include limited retail or ancillary sales (for example, eyeglass sales) that would not be permitted outright under a stricter B4 office district. Staff noted many retail or service uses would still require conditional-use review.
The commission approved the site plan on a motion to adopt staff recommendations. The approval was recorded as a voice vote; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally of individual votes.
Next steps: the applicant will coordinate required engineering approvals (stormwater, grading, utilities), provide materials samples to staff as requested, and return if conditional-use approvals are needed for future tenants or phase‑2 development.
