Milwaukee-based real estate development firm Irgens today announced plans to build two office buildings at the UWM Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa. Rendering of the 6-story office building planned by Irgens at the UWM Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa. Irgens said it plans to build a 6-story, 197,000-square-foot office building and a 2-story,
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Rendering of the 6-story office building planned by Irgens at the UWM Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa.[/caption]
Irgens said it plans to build a 6-story, 197,000-square-foot office building and a 2-story, 53,000-square-foot office building on the north end of the campus. No tenants have been secured yet for the buildings, according to a spokesman.
Irgens is "cautiously optimistic" that it might be able to start work this fall with the first building being ready for occupancy in mid to late Summer of 2022, said an Irgens spokesperson, who also stressed that the timeline is tied to the city’s schedule for review and approval.
The UWM Innovation Campus was developed northeast of I-41 and Watertown Plank Road on a portion of the Milwaukee County Grounds. Construction began in 2011. It was hoped the campus would become a major economic development engine attracting companies and supporting new businesses, leveraging its location near the freeway and the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center and its affiliation with UW-Milwaukee. While it has attracted some development including an office building for ABB, the Echelon Apartments, a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel and the UWM Accelerator building, the UWM Innovation Campus has failed to meet the lofty expectations for its development and much of the land there remains vacant.
UW-Milwaukee Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa. (Credit: Google)[/caption]