April 2, 2022 – West Bend, Wi – It was February 2001 when the Mega Menards of West Bend, WI first opened at 575 W. Paradise Drive. The 171,000-square-foot facility featured eight departments, a lumber yard and the Packers Jerry Kramer was featured as a guest at the store opening.
Now, 21 years later, the store is reportedly small by today’s standards. On Wednesday, April 6, 2022 the Plan Commission will address a proposal for a 12,500-square-foot expansion. The conundrum is the site is pretty landlocked.
The expansion of Menards would be to the west of the current building as there’s a request to combine two lots and then shift the park and ride over to the northwest of 2180 S. Main Street, which is the address for Meijer.
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The second part of the Menards expansion proposal involves a 90-stall parking lot for a Park and Ride on the south side of Parkway Drive.
There are multiple development proposals on Wednesday’s agenda: A building addition for five Below on south end of former Shopko (where garden center used to be), plans for the layout of Panera Bread and Chipotle Mexican Grill, and a large project on Sand Drive with a 96-unit multifamily, 115-unit senior housing, assisted living and memory care facility.
The Plan Commission meeting begins 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the council chambers at City Hall, 1115 S. Main Street.
