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Jun 15, 2022 · The Plan Commission on Monday night unanimously approved a large apartment building for the site of the old Wonder Bar and Coliseum Bar at 222-232 E. Olin Ave., across from the Alliant Energy Center. McGrath Properties, a local development company led by Lance McGrath, is proposing to construct a 12-story mixed-use building with 192 apartments and approximately 13,500 square feet of commercial ...
- Nicholas Garton
Nov 18, 2021 · The submitted plans from McGrath Property Group now call for a scaled-back plan to provide 258 housing units,18,808 square feet of commercial space, and 308 covered parking spaces. The plan includes the demolition of the Coliseum Bar and preserves the Wonder Bar and relocates it to the southwest end of the 1.5-acre site on Olin Avenue.
Sep 21, 2021 · The latest proposal from McGrath Property Group includes plans for preserving the Wonder Bar, according to a report from the Wisconsin State Journal.The developer had originally planned to raze the Coliseum Bar & Banquet, 232 E. Olin Ave., and Wonder Bar steakhouse, 222 E. Olin Ave., to build an 18-story development that would offer 291 apartments, 16,000 square feet of commercial space, and ...
Jul 27, 2021 · The Plan Commission denied a proposed redevelopment of the Wonder Bar and Coliseum Bar at 222-232 Olin Ave. on Monday night, voting unanimously to place the proposal on file without prejudice. The proposal called for the demolition of the historic Wonder Bar and the Coliseum Bar in order to construct an 18-story, 290 unit mixed-use residential building with commercial/retail space.
- Nicholas Garton
Dec 9, 2021 · The historic bar, located at 222 E. Olin Ave., has become the lightning rod for blocking one of the largest scale development proposals in Madison over the past year. McGrath Property Group, which is owned by Lance McGrath, originally proposed a project that would have demolished the Wonder Bar as well as the adjacent Coliseum Bar, 232 E. Olin ...
- Nicholas Garton
Aug 1, 2021 · August 1, 2021. The Wonder Bar Steakhouse at 222 E. Olin Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, is threatened to be demolished as a result of a new development by the McGrath Property Group. The proposed new project is an 18-story, $40 million structure that would offer 291 apartments, 16,000 square feet of commercial space and five floors of parking ...
Jul 27, 2021 · After an effort to save and relocate the historic Wonder Bar on Madison’s southeast side, the project that threatened it has been put on hold.
