![]() Glueck had worked with Accipiter on a previous attempt to redevelop the Winnebago Street properties in 2011. These buildings will be razed to make room for the cohousing development.ĬohoMadison architect Jim Glueck - whose portfolio includes two other local cohousing projects, Troy Gardens and Arboretum Cohousing - is responsible for bringing the groups together, says Adam Chern, co-owner of Accipiter Properties. 12, the cohousing group’s board of directors approved a memorandum of understanding with developer Accipiter Properties, which owns the adjoining parcels of land that currently house Madison Circus Space, Sector67, Winnebago Studios and Doctor Sax Woodwinds. ![]() After a month of discussions, the group announced plans to build the cohousing development at 2048-2100 Winnebago St., just a few blocks from Union Corners. The group formerly known as Union Corners Cohousing rebranded as CohoMadison and began a search for a new site. “You have great days, then you have days when it’s all going sideways.” “With developments, it’s a rollercoaster,” Rosenberg says. That left the cohousing group in need of a new home - and fast. ![]() But as Gorman’s option period for the land contract neared its end, the developer decided to instead go with a senior housing facility aimed at “grandfamilies,” or grandparents raising their grandchildren. was no longer going to build the group’s cohousing project on the Union Corners site.Ĭohousing, a style of living that features private homes clustered around shared space, had been a much-touted aspect of the high-profile development at the corner of East Washington Avenue and Milwaukee Street for the past several years. Organizers with CohoMadison hand out information about their proposed project during the Willy Street Fair.ĬohoMadison project manager Greg Rosenberg recalls a “grim 24 hours” in late July after he got confirmation that developer Gorman & Co. ![]()
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