June 12, 2020 – West Bend, WI – It was October 1, 2019 when the West Bend Plan Commission first reviewed a proposal for a new 68-suite hotel and an office building to be located at the corner of E. Water Street and S. Forest Avenue in downtown West Bend. Today construction is well underway with footings poured, an elevator shaft complete and now steel being put in place.
The parcel for the development is the former Gehl Co. property across the street from the new West Bend Medical and kitty corner to Culaccino Bar + Italian Kitchen. The site is south of the Museum of Wisconsin Art and to the east of the Eisenbahn State trail. West Bend Transit is across the street on S. Forest Avenue to the east.
The 3-story hotel, Towne Place Suites Marriott, will be 15,244-square feet; it will feature a pool and include a pair of driveways off S. Forest Avenue and the other on E. Water Street. There will be 153 standard parking and 8 barrier-free parking stalls.
There may be another development just to the south of the hotel and office complex as an event center and 80-unit apartment complex has been proposed by James Kupfer and is daughter Bailey Kupfer. Stay tuned!
