Luxury townhomes proposed for Wauwatosa’s village
Wauwatosa firm Galbraith Carnahan Architects wants to build four 3,000-square-foot luxury townhome condominiums in the city’s village, which, the company said, is already drawing buyers’ attention.
The units are proposed for city-owned vacant lot 7746 Menomonee River Parkway. The office building that once occupied the parcel was demolished during the nearby Harmonee Square apartments’ construction process, and now the city is searching for compatible redevelopment plans.
The three-bedroom, three-and-a-half bath townhomes would each include a home office, two-car garage and rooftop deck, according to the proposal, and would cost $750,000 to $950,000. Buyers can choose to add an elevator and their own interior design finishes, site plans say, leading some units to sell for more than $1,000,000.
GCA presented the proposal for the first time to
Wauwatosa’s Community Development Authority on Feb. 2, and city officials said the development would help meet the demand for condos, which are lacking in the city.
Starting with a small development, like the four townhomes in GCA’s proposal, could lead Wauwatosa in the right direction, said Mayor Dennis McBride said.
“Every week someone says to me, ‘Mayor, why aren’t you developing condos? I want to stay in Wauwatosa, but I have to move to Brookfield,’” McBride said at the meeting.
The CDA has not yet made any public decisions regarding the proposal.
GCA is partnering with local contractor Carmel Builders and Wauwatosa-native realtor Maura Strickler. The architecture firm is in the process of building similar townhome condominiums in Grafton and Burlington, and completed the Water’s Edge condos in Sheboygan in 2019.