No wrecking ball on the old Kmart in La Crosse yet, but Jeremy Novak from Three-Sixty Real Estate Solutions stopped in studio to talk about when that could finally happen, what's next for the $64 million Copper Rocks development and why the project has taken more than five years to get to this point.

Novak, Three-Sixty's vice president of development, also talks about the housing shortage in La Crosse, why the old Kmart site isn't being turned into single-family homes, and how a major state loan helped move the project forward.

And we have some fun brainstorming ways to take down the old Kmart, which closed in 2018.

Episode Highlights:

• Demolition timeline: Heavy equipment won't be on-site this week, but when could the building finally come down?

• $64M scope shift: What happened to the original plans for Copper Rocks — and what does the project look like now?

• La Crosse housing demand: How did the 2008 housing crash help create today's shortage — and why haven't we caught up?

• The single-family debate: Why isn't the old Kmart site being used for traditional houses — and what would those homes cost?

• State funding boost: How a major state loan helped move the project forward.

• Site layout & future tenants: What will the five-building development look like — and what kinds of businesses could end up there?

• The mystery tenant: Three-Sixty already has a signed commercial tenant. So who is it?