MEQUON - The developers behind Foxtown received unanimous rezoning approval from the Mequon Common Council on Jan. 9 for their proposal to build a brewery, restaurants, 96 apartments and 21 single-family homes on the southern end of the Mequon Town Center district.
The developers plan to seek financial incentives from the city for costs associated with demolition, remediation and other issues related to the site's existing infrastructure.
The project is located in Town Center TIF District 3, which has allocated all of its authorized expenditures. Mequon officials would need to approve an amendment to the TIF before authorizing any financial incentives for Foxtown. City staff is evaluating the developer's estimated $50 million and the project's need for an incentive.
Foxtown would turn a $1 million parcel into an estimated $50 million town center community south of Mequon Road between the railroad tracks and Buntrock Avenue.
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The anchor of Foxtown would be Foxtown Brewing Co., a beer-themed restaurant housed in a historic two-story building that was used as a brewery in the 1850s.
The proposed Foxtown Brewing Co. would be housed in a historic two-story building that was used as a brewery in the 1850s. The building would have lager cave tours, an outdoor beer garden and a public beer hall with a dance floor and banquet hall seating.
Next door would be a new two-story building with a restaurant and retail space on the ground floor topped by another restaurant and commercial office space on the second floor.
Tucked back farther from Mequon Road, developer Bob Bach plans to build a three-story, 96-unit apartment building at the site of the former school bus transportation terminal.
Two three-story buildings would also be constructed, featuring retail and commercial space on the ground floor, commercial office space on the second floor and 11 extended-stay corporate residences on the third floor. Another 11,000-square-foot, two-story retail building is also shown in the plans.
Closer to the railroad tracks, a brewery and beer hall called Fox Yard Brewery would go into a renovated 13,000-square-foot building previously used as lumber barns and sheds.
On the southeast corner of the site, the development team plans to build a pocket neighborhood with 21 single-family porch homes.
Although the project has received rezoning approval, there are still multiple city approvals needed going forward, including building and site plan approvals from the Mequon Plan Commission.