Spring and summer may mean an outbreak of orange road construction barrels, but it also brings out construction crews for new businesses in the Shawano community.
Several projects are underway in the city. Some kicked off last year, while others just get underway in the past month.
Here’s a look at a few of them, with information provided by Eddie Sheppard, city administrator.
• A new private hangar is being built at the Shawano Municipal Airport. The concrete has been poured, and the steel framing was set to begin this week. It is expected to be ready this summer or fall, joining the other 16 private hangars at the airport.
• Jimmy John’s, 811 E. Green Bay St., is still on target to open in late July.
• Wolf River Dental, 1040 Engel Drive, is on schedule and projected to open in the fall.
• STRIVE Behavioral Health, directly east of the Wolf Rive Dental project, is also on schedule and expected to open in the fall.
• Hillcrest Estates apartments, 960 County Road B, is ahead of schedule. Originally set to open in late fall or early next spring, good weather has allowed crews to get ahead of schedule, with a fall opening expected. Applications are now being accepted for the two-bedroom units.
• Rusch Road and East Green Bay Street, directly east of The Shawano Cinema, will be home this fall to a business similar to Wagner’s Market in Black Creek. The site will feature a building and display area.
• Interior demolition is underway at the Shawano Recreation Center, 220 E. Division St.
• Shawano Family Dental plans to build a $2 million dental clinic in a wooded area at Engel Drive and Airport Drive. The building would be east of Airport Drive and potentially open the area to other development. Officials hope to break ground in the fall. The driveway to the site would line up with Engel Drive.
• A developer is considering purchasing the People’s Express gas station and the former Taco John’s restaurant East Green Bay Street and Lakeland Road. If the deal goes through, preliminary site plans show both buildings would be razed with a new gas station and convention store and a restaurant built on the sites.
• Officials have had frequent contacts with a developer looking to build an apartment complex of three-bedroom, two-bath high end units, with a total construction value of $16 million.
• A developer is interested in the property on East Green Bay Street east of Rusch Road for developing high-end residential condos. This wooded area has some wetlands, but also has uplands suitable for the potential $15 million project.
Construction crews staying busy in Shawano
