A 100-year-old Cudahy school building might soon become eight loft-style apartments
Cudahy’s nearly 100-year-old Lake School building could become loft-style apartments.
The city’s common council voted in favor of amending the city’s comprehensive land use plan and rezoning of the property from single-family residential to multifamily at its Aug. 16 meeting.
The building, seated on approximately 0.44 acres at 3744 E. Ramsey Ave., was constructed in the 1923, according to a Shorewest listing. It was first used as a school and later repurposed by the school district as offices before it was sold in the 1980s as a single-family home.
The asking price is $390,900.
Cudahy Lake School Lofts, LLC is the petitioner looking to convert the interior to eight market rate loft-style apartments. The applicant, Joshua Neudorfer, is director of business development and senior consultant with The Sigma Group, a Milwaukee-based civil and environmental engineering firm, according to his LinkedIn page.
The concept, tentatively titled “Lake School Lofts,” includes one two-bedroom, four one-bedroom with den and three one-bedroom units. One of the units could feature a second-floor bedroom suite. Rents are anticipated to be between $1,500 and $2,000 per month.
“The building is uniquely set-up for adaptive reuse into elegant apartments with high ceilings that range as high as 12 feet and will provide airy, loft-style rental units,” the project summary said. “Large windows that span eight feet in height exist in five of the eight units. Hardwood floors abound.”
There are no plans for any additions to the building or additional structures on the property. For parking, the lot once offered 14 stalls but at some point, between 2005 and 2010, a portion of asphalt was removed leaving between eight and 10 smaller stalls. City code indicates nine stalls is suitable for the eight units. Overflow and guest parking can be accommodated on the street, according to the project summary.
City staff notes the project will maintain the look and feel of the historic building but will significantly increase the taxable value.
The property had three single-family owners, including the current owner who has lived there since 2013. He invested 12,000 hours into refurbishing the building with most of the work done on the brick exterior, according to planning documents.
Neudorfer is buying the property, so the land sale has to be finalized before he submits a final site plan for the project, City Administrator Casey Griffiths said.
Once that site plan is submitted, it will need to be approved by the plan commission.
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Contact Erik S. Hanley at erik.hanley@jrn.com. Like his Facebook page and follow him on Twitter at @ES_Hanley.
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