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?

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:
<ul>
<li>
Demolition timeline: Heavy equipment won't be on-site this week, but when could the building finally come down?
</li>
<li>
$64M scope shift: What happened to the original plans for Copper Rocks &mdash; and what does the project look like now?
</li>
<li>
La Crosse housing demand: How did the 2008 housing crash help create today's shortage &mdash; and why haven't we caught up?
</li>
<li>
The single-family debate: Why isn't the old Kmart site being used for traditional houses &mdash; and what would those homes cost?
</li>
<li>
State funding boost: How a major state loan helped move the project forward.
</li>
<li>
Site layout &amp; future tenants: What will the five-building development look like &mdash; and what kinds of businesses could end up there?
</li>
<li>
The mystery tenant: Three-Sixty already has a signed commercial tenant. So who is it?
</li>
</ul>

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