Poised for growth: Prairie Lakes developers still dreaming big in Sun Prairie (IBMadison.com)

“Where else can you go where you can drop off your application and have your approvals in six to seven weeks, and you can be in the ground if you have all your engineering done, etc., within two months?” asked Fedler. “That’s pretty amazing. I mean, Marcus was approved, I think it was seven weeks, and Costco might have taken a little bit longer because there were a few little tweaks to the buildings, but it was eight or nine. That’s a big deal.”  --Developer Chad Fedler

Click here to read the full article in In Business Magazine: http://www.ibmadison.com/In-Business-Madison/March-2013/Poised-for-growth-Prairie-Lakes-developers-still-dreaming-big-in-Sun-Prairie/index.php?cparticle=2&siarticle=1#artanc

For more information on Prairie Lakes, visit them online at: www.shopprairielakes.com

Blogger's Note: Watch for more good news about Prairie Lakes in 2013.  Could be a great year for both Prairie Lakes and the City of Sun Prairie!

2011 - A Year in Review: An Economic Development Top Ten for Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

• Closing of Wisconsin Cheeseman
• Announcement of Closing of Famous Footwear
• New Perspective Senior Living Breaks Ground on South Bristol Street/WEDC Grants Sun Prairie $350,000 Brownfield Grant
• Main Street Interchange Project Completed
• Woodman's Begins Construction
• Costco Announces Sun Prairie Site
• Governor Announces Special Legislative Session at Thermal Spray Technologies
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Buys TREK Diagnostic
• Frontier Communications Expands in Sun Prairie
• Walmart Announces Plans to Expand on its Current Site

Blogger's Note: What else should be on this list?   What is the number one story for 2011?

Costco Proposes Store in Sun Prairie (Madison.com)

Costco Proposes Store in Sun Prairie

Link to Full Article: http://host.madison.com/wsj/business/article_085174b6-059d-11e1-aa33-001cc4c002e0.html?mode=story

Blogger's Note: Thanks to Barry Adams at the Wisconsin State Journal for noticing we've got a lot going on out here in Sun Prairie.

Photos from the Woodman's Groundbreaking This Morning (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

Click here to view more photos from this morning's groundbreaking ceremony.

Blogger's Note: Watch for more updates on this event...

UPDATE: Click here for the full article in the Star.

Woodman's Food Market Gets Conditional Approval from Sun Prairie City Council (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Development)

Woodman's Food Market received unanimous, conditional approval from the Sun Prairie City Council at the April 19th City Council meeting to construct a 225,000 s.f. grocery store in the City's Westside Neighborhood. A fueling station and seven outlots will also be created as part of this project. The only issue to be resolved was the final alignment of Prairie Lakes Drive on the east of the property, which is currently shifted to accommodate an electrical transmission pole in the center of the street on an island. Council approved the project, but directed both Woodman's and staff to further evaluate options to relocate the proposed road to the south and to update the Council on their decision. Woodman's representative Bret Backus reiterated their intention to break ground in June 2011 and to be open in summer or fall of 2012.

UPDATE: Click here to read the full article in the Sun Prairie Star.

Woodman's Revised PIP, Preliminary Plat and Final Plat Recommended for Approval (City of Sun Prairie Office of Economic Develoment)

The revised PIP, preliminary Plat and final plat for a 225,000 s.f. Woodman's Food Market were unanimously recommended for approval at the April 12th Sun Prairie Planning Commission. The project will include 8 lots of about 1 acre each immediately north of the store site, 7 of which will be available for development. The project goes to the Sun Prairie City Council for approval on Tuesday April 19th. Woodman's Real Estate Manager Bret Backus confirmed again that it is their intention to break ground this coming June.

Watch the Sun Prairie Star for additional details later this week.

Woodman's to Break Ground in Sun Prairie (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Business Blogs)

Woodman's to Break Ground in Sun Prairie

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/119401904.html

Blogger's note: Thanks for the good news, Clint Woodman! Looking forward to getting you officially underway here in Sun Prairie.

Woodman's Subject of April 12th Planning Commission Meeting (Sun Prairie Star)

A request by Woodman's to reconfigure the buildings on its previously approved site is up for consideration by the Sun Prairie Plan Commission during its April 12 meeting.

City Planning Director Scott Kugler said public meetings on requests by Woodman’s Food Market, Inc. for approval of a revised precise implementation plan for the construction of a 222,650 square foot grocery store and an auto service facility, and preliminary and final plats to create an 8-lot commercial subdivision located to the north of the proposed grocery store will be part of the commission agenda.

Kugler said a plan for the grocery store and auto service facility was approved in 2008, but the applicant is amending the plan to reconfigure the buildings on the site.

Source: http://www.sunprairiestar.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=7171

Blogger's Note: Assuming everything goes smoothly here, Woodman's would like to be breaking ground by no later than June 1st and will be under construction for about a year.