This week Brookfield residents learned that VK Development wants permission to build more condos in Brookfield. Current zoning for the land at Bluemound and Calhoun allows a generous 159 units of multi-family. The company wants 212, or 33% more.
A subsidiary of VK Development, Capitol Heights Center LLC, has a few condos they’ve never been able to sell. The project built 20 units in 2003 at the corner of Capitol and Calhoun. Today the Waukesha County land records show 6 of the 20 are sold.
There are more “luxury” apartment-style condos being built at Capitol and Calhoun by another developer. I suppose they will sit empty, too.
By the way, VK Development also wants 528,500 square feet of new office space. Insiders convey that about 50% of the space he has on Capitol Drive near Brookfield Road is currently vacant.
22 responses so far ↓
1 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:00 am
VK loves to do stuff to excess… did anyone see his behemoth house when it was going up near Brookfield and Capitol? I’ve been told he’s sold it now, but that place looked like it belonged to some Columbian Drug Lord…
2 Cindy Kilkenny // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:02 am
You’ve been told it’s sold? Details, please.
3 Shawn Matson // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:07 am
Uh, Dan, it’s still going up as I understand it…it’s been under construction for over a year now.
My proposal is to clearcut and set a 3-lane road up to his house, demolish BEHS and BCHS and there we have our new high school!
4 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:15 am
My most recent trips to Brookfield haven’t brought me near the construction site, but it looks nearly complete, although I’m sure there is quite a bit involved with finishing the swimming pool inside.
I don’t want to be a rumor monger, so let me confirm those sale details this weekend.
5 BrkfldDad // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:24 am
Dan, did you know he was building that for himself, it wasn’t some spec build?
6 Shawn Matson // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:35 am
Because it’s bigger than the white house campus
7 Cindy Kilkenny // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:41 am
Tax records show Vince and Geeta still own the place – partial assessment was $1.147 million.
What’s more interesting is that Culvers franchise owner and Brookfield developer Brian Schecterle has bought the acre to the west for $425,000. He currently has a million dollar home about a half mile south in Vincent Park.
Both are guy-pals of Mayor Jeff Speaker and his campaign account.
8 El gato // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:44 am
I’d like to make an observation…Cindy left BrookfieldNow and it has basically died while her new blog is thriving. Shawn left BrookfieldNow with a sad “goodbye” and his new website is dyingwith only two comments…both from Cindy. Now Shawn lives on Cindy’s website. Are you two in cahoots?
9 Cindy Kilkenny // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:58 am
We have been for years El gato. It’s no secret that I am a good acquaintance of Shawn’s. (Though not related as one alderman claimed a couple of years ago…) He’s been commenting here for a long time – like a whole month!
His new site is a few days old. Aren’t you jumping to judgment?
10 El gato // Feb 15, 2008 at 11:05 am
Nope! I was just making an observation. Okay, okay, I admit I was making a little jab about who has the following. I’ll go stand in the corner for 15 seconds!
11 sandy // Feb 15, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I think the next apartment building VK puts up, should be in his back yard, as he feels these buildings are so wonderful for home owners out here, why not have one closer to himself? Why don’t we just rename out city VbrooKfield?
12 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Im afraid if you tried to build an apartment complex in his back yard it would go the way of Pilgrim Park and sink into the swamp. Theres a reason he put his house where he did – so no one would mess up his view of Soerens Ford.
13 El gato // Feb 15, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I’d like to look at this place on Google satellite. Can anyone tell me what street it’s on?
14 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 4:55 pm
If you search 1450 S Compton Ln Brookfield, WI and go to the street view you get a pretty good look if you face South. Behold the power of Google!
15 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Don’t try this on google earth – its not updated. Old Fashioned google.com I guess is the best way to do street view…
16 Cindy Kilkenny // Feb 15, 2008 at 5:34 pm
“view of Soerens Ford”
Dan you are a hoot. I have often wondered why he thought that lot was a great location. If I had several million to spend on a 10,000 square foot house, that would NOT be my first choice in a location.
17 BrkfldDad // Feb 15, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Soerens Ford, the view would be so much better if Kate had her way. At one point she was on a march to elimnate all gas stations and car dealers from the city. When Soerens approached the city about a remodeling, they were told ‘sure, if you build a berm around your business so that it can’t be seen from VK’s business park’.
18 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Is the Sendik’s Plaza “VK’s business park?”
19 Cindy Kilkenny // Feb 15, 2008 at 7:54 pm
They are two separate developments next two each other. Sendik’s is owned by the Thompson Corp., VK’s four buildings are next to that. Look on Google maps for 19435 W. Capitol Drive. Towne Center which houses Sendik’s is to the East in the corner.
20 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 8:22 pm
Interesting, thanks for the heads up. I took my MCAT in one of those buildings! Thanks VK!
On a similar note – Giggles Comedy Pub has moved into that hunk of land some where. Seems like an odd location, but I’d been to the old location in Germantown a few times and there are some decent comedy acts that come through.
21 BrkfldDad // Feb 15, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Giggles is moving into the Sendik’s Towne Centre, same building as North Star Bistro. I saw somewhere their rationale for why they moved there. It seemed pretty reasonable, but their lease rates there have to be a lot higher than Germantown, I hope they survive. The building they are is in the NW corner of Towne Centre, but it doesn’t show up yet on the satellite maps it’s that new.
22 Dan Harland // Feb 15, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Yeah I drove by it last weekend – pretty small ‘store front’. I hope this doesn’t mean they increase the drink minimum during shows. It was already like $5 for a bottle of brew at their old location!
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