Local leaders and developers broke ground Thursday on the Karrick apartment complex, the first major development of the Kenosha Harbor District. The apartment complex is the first in a planned nine-block, $450 million redevelopment that is expected to add more than 1,000 new housing units and much-needed retail and office space to the area. Attendees included Mayor David Bogdala, District 2 Ald.
Bill Siel, Director of City Development Tim Casey, President and CEO of Cobalt Partners Scott Yauck and Senior Vice President of C.D. Smith Construction Inc.
Michael Krolczyk. A ceremony was held at the project site at the corner of 55th Street and Seventh Avenue. A vacant bank building was recently razed to allow for the construction of a planned five-story luxury apartment complex with 158 units and full amenity deck.
“This is what’s going to set the stage for the foreseeable future for Kenosha,” Bogdala said. He highlighted the efforts of his predecessor, former Mayor John Antaramian, on the project. “It was his vision and a lot of the things that he put forward that helped to get us here today,” Bogdala said.
Siel, who represents the area on the City Council, said he is excited for the future. “History is being made with this groundbreaking,” Siel said. “It’s also a historic site.
The last time a building of substance was on this site it was the Bain Wagon works. ..
. I wholeheartedly welcome what’s happening here..
” Cobalt Partners, a Milwaukee based real est.
