BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) – Preliminary approval has been given for an $18 million development project by the Village of Bellevue.
The plan includes building a mix of single family homes, apartments and an assisted living facility near the corner of Ontario and Eaton Roads.
“People want houses over here,” Steve Bieda of Mau and Associates, the group representing the project developer, told FOX 11. “I hear it every day, but there is nothing available.”
The village board had approved a plan for senior living houses, apartments and an assisted living center about a year ago. But there wasn’t much of a response for it.
“We still feel there is a demand in this community for that type of development, but it wasn’t the right timing,” said Andrew Vissers, the community development director for Bellevue.
This new plan for the 35-acre piece of land lifts the restriction on age. It currently has 41 single family homes, eight 8-unit high-end apartment buildings, an assisted living facility and 2 acres reserved for future commercial use.
The developer says the single family homes would be between $250,000 and $300,000 apiece. Rent for the apartments would be about $1,100 a month.
“There is a huge need for multi-unit buildings,” said Bieda.
Back in February, village board members denied a larger scale, $27 million neighborhood plan for the corner of Huron and Willow Roads, not far from this project. The Huron Road project was turned down after neighbors complained about proposed apartments.
For the Ontario Road project, only one neighbor spoke against the plan. Her concern was for the assisted living center.
“You have ambulances,” said Nicole Bisick of Bellevue. “You have workers that come and go basically increased volume. It’s going to be almost directly across from my house, so I’m pretty concerned.”
The board voted 4-1, giving preliminary approval for the development. The developers must apply for final approval within the next year.
