![]() Midwest: Harley-Davidson Museum Complex
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Midwest: Harley-Davidson Museum ComplexLOCATION: East end of the Menomonee Valley area of Milwaukee PROPOSED USE: The museum features exhibit space as well as a restaurant, retail shop, meeting space and special events facilities. SITE BACKGROUND: The land was formerly owned by the city of Milwaukee and the Morton Salt Co. Contamination included chloride from salt piles and petroleum from its use as a city public works site. SIZE: 20 acres PARTNERS: Wisconsin Department of Commerce's Blight Elimination and Brownfield Redevelopment (BEBR) Program; Pentagram Architects; Oslund and Associates landscape architects; Hammel Green & Abrahamson Inc.; Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and Associates Inc.; The Sigma Group; M.A. Mortenson Construction COST: $95 million SYNOPSIS: Opened in July 2008, the Harley-Davidson Museum is expected to bring 350,000 visitors to the area each year, generate an estimated $78 million in annual spending to grow the local economy, and add more than $12.3 million in annual state and local tax revenue.
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