By Shereen Siewert
A $1.5 million proposal to renovate a part of the Wausau Chemical web-site into a company incubator that would have housed a 300-individual function location and other facilities is no for a longer period in the works, city officials verified on Friday.
The proposal for Wausau Barrel Residence and Cannery incorporated a co-packing cannery, winery, kitchen and meals truck stalls with the two indoor and out of doors seating. The venture was proposed by Dan and Kimm Weber, entrepreneurs of Timekeeper Distillery in Wausau, and Lyn Kearns, president of Mosinee Brewing Corporation.
The group’s proposal referred to as for buying the previous Wausau Chemical container cleansing property at 180 E. Wausau Ave. for $40,000, $2,500 far more than its $37,500 assessed worth.
But Wausau Financial Progress Director Liz Brodek stated the project has since been dropped. The purpose for the withdrawal is not quickly clear, however Brodek mentioned she considered the alter was “related to covid.”
“There is no rapid approach to re-challenge (a request for proposals) for that site,” Brodek claimed.
The Wausau Barrel House and Cannery is just one of numerous initiatives to drop via for the city’s north riverfront location. In December, programs for a brewery and restaurant have been also rescinded, jobs that ended up received in reaction to a September 2019 ask for for proposals.
The $1.5 million proposal for Karma Brewing Corporation, which would have been situated at a roughly one particular-acre parcel at 101 Devoe St., called for new design of a 4,500- to 5,000-sq. foot developing for a brewery and gastropub.
A 2nd plan for a $600,000 Founders cafe, which would have showcased a bar, restaurant and outside seating, was also pulled.
New RFPs for these locations have not been issued.
