Sustainable Water - Energy - Centric Communities school May 9 - 13, 2016 – Lake Como School of Advanced Studies

1. Reed Street Yards

3. Site Images
Top: Looking Northeast up the
canal from the 6th Street Bridge
Bottom: View of Water Council
Building and Teweles Seed
Apartments at 3rd and Pittsburgh,
Southeast across the canal from the
Harley Museum

4. Site Images
Bottom: Looking West from W
Oregon St in the Reed Street Yards
Looking Northwest up the canal
from the 6th Street Bridge

6. The Reed Street Yards History
• 2007 – City approaches Peter Moede/owner
• 2009 – Tax Incremental District (TID) Created
• 2010 – Water Council makes decision to locate
at Reed Street Yards
• 2011 – Tax Incremental District Amended, Public
Infrastructure Approved, Zoning Approved
• 2012 – Water Accelerator renovations begin
• 2013 – Site work to begin

7. Reed Street Yards TID Boundary
Reed Street
Yards
The
Tannery
Undeveloped
Tannery
Buildings
Harley
Davidson
Museum
MMSD
Iron Horse
Hotel
Teweles
Seed
Water
Council

8. Reed Street Yards TID Goals and Objectives
• Create an urban Water Research and Technology Park
• Provide public infrastructure
• Assist in the remediation of brownfields
• Create or retain jobs
• Provide investments for water-related companies
• Increase the tax base
• Implement a catalytic project of the Near South Side Plan
• Increase public access to the Menomonee Canal and connect to the
Riverwalk
• Eliminate obsolete conditions and blighting influences

9. INTERMODAL STATION
MMSD WATER
TREATMENT CENTER
MMSD OFFICES
UWM WATER INSTITUTE
and SCHOOL OF
FRESHWATER SCIENCES
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
Why a Good Location for Water
Research Park?
 15 acres of vacant land
 Adjacent to Milwaukee Water Council
Building
 300,000 SF of historic rehab office
space available
 Near other institutions: UWM, MU,
MSOE, MATC and MMSD
 Freeway visibility
 Rail access
 Proximity to airport
 Access to Lake Michigan via canal and
river system
 Adjacent to active mixed-use
neighborhood with hotel, restaurants,
bars and residential units
 Available in 2013
AIRPORT (4.5 MILES)
UWM (2.5 MILES)
RTE 30 - UWM
RTE-80
GreenLine–UWM/Airport
MILWAUKEE AREA
TECHNICAL COLLEGE
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL
OF ENGINEERING
DOWNTOWN
MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE WATER
COUNCIL BUILDING

10. Milwaukee Water Council Accelerator Building
• Southeast corner of 3rd/Pittsburgh
• 88,000 SF warehouse building
that will be converted into the
Milwaukee Water Council Office
Building
• $20M investment
• Space leased to Milwaukee Water
Council, Badger Meter, A.O.
Smith, UWM and others
• Work to begin in 2012
Current
Rendering

11. Reed Street Yards Site

12. Water Research Park Site Plan
Water
Council
Building

13. Water Research Park Site Plan
Water
Council
Building

14. Hank Aaron State Trail

15. DIZ Standards include “Main Connector” to Canal

16. DIZ Standards for “Secondary Connectors” to Canal

17. DIZ Standards include Building Placement
Standards Include:
• Entrance
Location
• Façade
modulation and
articulation
• Minimal height
requirements
•Require “filling”
out the sites along
the canal edge
and street edge to
minimum
standards

18. DIZ Site Design Standards
Standards Include:
• Pedestrian Connections
• Path standards
• Bioswales as integral design
• Development of “service courts”
• Appropriate screening from canal

19. Overall Conceptual Images of Site Utilizing Standards

20. Overall Conceptual Images of Site Utilizing Standards