The state and the private owners of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum building are clashing over plans to remake the property at the State Street corner of Capitol Square. Two years into a lawsuit challenging the state’s right to buy the building, both sides are advancing their own redevelopment plans.
This 2023 rendering imagined a five-story Wisconsin Veterans Museum replacing the aging 10-story building that has housed the museum for more than three decades. The state plans to seek approval of an $8.1 million design contract for the new museum.
The current private owners of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum building want to demolish it and two neighboring restaurants and construct this 12-story apartment building with space for the museum and both restaurants. The state wants to redevelop the same site with a standalone Veterans Museum.
The private owners of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum building, left, want to redevelop it along with The Cooper’s Tavern, center, and Rare Steakhouse, right, with apartments and restaurant space. The owners say they’re willing to include both restaurants and the museum in the redevelopment, but it’s unclear how many would be willing to participate.
The current private owners of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum building want to demolish it and two neighboring restaurants and construct this 12-story apartment building with space for the museum and both restaurants. The state wants to redevelop the same site with a standalone Veterans Museum.
This 2023 rendering imagined a five-story Wisconsin Veterans Museum replacing the aging 10-story building that has housed the museum for more than three decades. The state plans to seek approval of an $8.1 million design contract for the new museum.
The state and the private owners of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum building are clashing over plans to remake the property at the State Street corner of Capitol Square. Two years into a lawsuit challenging the state’s right to buy the building, both sides are advancing their own redevelopment plans.
The private owners of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum building, left, want to redevelop it along with The Cooper’s Tavern, center, and Rare Steakhouse, right, with apartments and restaurant space. The owners say they’re willing to include both restaurants and the museum in the redevelopment, but it’s unclear how many would be willing to participate.
