Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Infill development at 826 Williamson Street, Madison WI (May 2024 construction site visit)

 
Photos by Retiring Guy


View of the Capitol dome in background



Original 1/26/2024 post starts here

Photo and rendering:  Wisconsin State Journal, 4/6/2023

Excavation and foundation work are underway

Photos by Retiring Guy






Kris Warren wants to combine a property at 826 Williamson St. that long held a Struck & Irwin Fence Inc. office building, and an adjacent, larger property at 302 S. Paterson St. along the Capitol City Trail used by Struck & Irwin for storage, to create a 1.8-acre site for a project promising historically sensitive architecture, 170 apartments and underground parking. 
The new structure would include three stories facing Williamson Street and step up to five stories facing the Capitol City Trail. But the Landmarks Commission said "no" to the land combination, contending it wouldn't fit the pattern of lot sizes in the city's Third Lake Ridge Historic District. The 0.6-acre property at 826 Williamson St. is in the historic district, but the adjacent 1.2-acre parcel is not.


Threshold Development Group, of Madison, is proposing to redevelop a site at 826 Williamson St. that long held a Struck & Irwin Fence Inc. office building, and an adjacent, larger property at 302 S. Paterson St. along the Capitol City Trail used by Struck & Irwin for storage. 
Under the proposal, Threshold would build a three-story structure stepping up to four stories with 55 housing units and 3,374 square feet of commercial space on the first floor at 826 Williamson St. It would build a five-story structure at 302 S. Paterson St. with 133 units and 864 square feet of commercial space. 
The project would also experiment with smaller “micro units” and shared common space around them to deliver some lower-cost housing as well as shifting some amenities such as fitness space and community rooms to the street front with access for tenants and the neighborhood.

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