I am unsure if this is already old news.

Rumors of what is going into the new Target development on Sunset Drive are swirling.

While it seems everyone knows of the 133,753 square foot Target retail store planned for the development, questions still loom about the other stores on the property, especially the 139,100 square foot “home improvement center” that has gone unnamed… until now.

During a review of the plans for signage at the last plan commission meeting, a certain design caught my eye…

Looks like Waukesha is finally going to get a Lowe’s.

The development includes a total of 20 retail spaces, some designed with the opportunity to be split in two. Seven of these 20 spaces are listed as retail/restaurant. The third largest of the spaces is slated for a grocery store.

While speaking with the developers after the meeting, the names of several popular restaurants, coffee shops, and a certain craft store, all made it into the discussion.

Nothing is set in stone however. They are still actively searching for leasers.

I told them about some of the stores that have left downtown recently and may be looking for new space… Diamonds and Blue Jeans, Twisted (the old head shop on Broadway), and the mattress store that used to be on Main Street, but they didn’t seem interested.

I just wanted to share the love.

On a final note, the landscape plan for this project is very substantial. It includes a heavy tree and plant berm along Sunset Drive, well landscaped entrances, a “pocket park” in the center of the plan, and a nature park on the corner of the development adjacent to the Fox River Parkway.

Another bit of information that caught my eye referred to the site maintenance schedule. It incorporates daily street sweeping of the property and weekly power washing of the sidewalks.

Nice.

All it needs now is a clock tower.