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It’s a story not unlike many cities in the upper Midwest.   A series of manufacturing plant closures left Kenosha’s downtown mostly empty for many years.   From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the once-bustling manufacturing town saw companies like American Motor Corp., Anaconda American Brass and MacWhyte Co. shut down or reduce their operations in the city, eliminating thousands of jobs.

Next Phase of Bayside Development includes Grocer, Health Club and Luxury Apartments

A rendering of the OneNorth development is on display as part of the groundbreaking ceremony of the OneNorth development in Bayside on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The project, north of West Brown Deer Road between I-43 and North Port Washington Road, is to include apartments, retail and a new home for the North Shore Library.

When Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke was first elected in 2005, he had already heard plenty of excuses from developers about why more ambitious developments wouldn’t work in the small suburban city just southwest of Milwaukee.

The 38-acre Loomis Crossing development at Interstate 894 and Loomis Road in Greenfield achieved a key milestone on Thursday as developers celebrated the groundbreaking for construction of a 40,288-square-foot medical office building planned for the sprawling campus.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners and Joseph Property Development have partnered on the purchase of a $59 million apartment portfolio from West Allis-based Supreme Builders.   The deal includes a 25.5-acre vacant parcel of land off I-894 in Greenfield where Cobalt and Joseph plan to develop a 250-unit apartment complex. The site is southwest of South 92nd Street and Coldspring Road, near the Hale Interchange.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners LLC has made a name for itself taking on large-scale developments in Milwaukee’s suburbs, often involving the transformation of vacant or underused sites into landmark mixed-use districts.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners LLC says work will commence “immediately” on its $84 million development in Bayside following village approval of a $34.9 million   A series of manufacturing plant closures left Kenosha’s downtown mostly empty for many years.   From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the once-bustling manufacturing town saw companies like American Motor Corp., Anaconda American Brass and MacWhyte Co. shut down or reduce their operations in the city, eliminatin

Cobalt Partners LLC’s acquisition of an old park-and-ride lot means the developer now controls all 26 parcels that make up its latest massive development district in Greenfield.

 The developers who failed to win over Bayside with an ambitious development project that included a 30-story apartment tower are back with a fresh set of plans.

The city of Greenfield has taken another step toward revamping a high-visibility swath of land along the freeway by creating a special tax district and signing a development agreement to pave the way for a potential hotel, recreational/entertainment venue, multifamily housing, retail and other uses.

Milwaukee developer Cobalt Partners LLC in January unveiled updated plans for a major redevelopment project along South 70th Street, south of West Washington Street, in West Allis.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners LLC, the project developer of 84South in Greenfield, has sold the larger-format retail buildings in the development for a total of $34.5 million, according to state records.

Milwaukee-based developer Cobalt Partners LLC has withdrawn its plans for its OneNorth mixed-use development in the village of Bayside that could have included, among other things, a 15-story apartment tower and new North Shore Library building.

Plans have been submitted for a five-story, $10.7 million Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel to be built as part of Cobalt Partners LLC’s $87 million West Quarter development on South 70th Street in West Allis.

An Olive Garden restaurant will be built in the White Stone Station development in Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee-based real estate development firm Cobalt Partners announced today.

A business park on Main Street in Menomonee Falls being proposed by Cobalt Partners could receive more than $18 million in village financing.   Cobalt announced in November it was purchasing the von Schledorn Auto Group dealership properties comprising of more than 20 acres with plans to redevelop the sites into an office campus.

Kalan Haywood of Haywood Group, Josh Jeffers of J. Jeffers & Co. and Scott Yauck of Cobalt Partners have been selected to a national list of notable commercial real estate executives.

One of the biggest challenges of building the $200 million 84South development in Greenfield was first assembling the land necessary to create the mixed-use development. “We had to clear 43 parcels, including 39 home sites, an elementary school, a Baptist church and a farm field, as well as the old Steinhafels,” explained Scott Yauck, president and CEO of Cobalt Partners, developer of 84South.

Milwaukee-based Colbalt Partners LLC today unveiled its development plans for a West Allis site, currently owned by the school district, which include a 100-room hotel, retail space, office space and an education component.