Work At Drexel Town Square Site Begins

The work to remove concrete at the former Delphi site and prepare the land for redevelopment has begun. 

Trucks showed up earlier this week on the 85 empty acres at Drexel and Howell avenues. It will take about 90 days for crews to take out all the concrete, which will be re-used within the Drexel Town Square development project, City Administrator Gerald Peterson said.

Plans for the Drexel Town Square call for a new downtown for Oak Creek, with first-floor shops and second-floor apartments leading to a town square. On the south side of the town square will be a combination library-city hall building.

West of the downtown, 500 to 600 high-end apartments are planned; a Meijer store is proposed for the eastern portion of the 85-acre property.

Construction on the library-city hall building is expected to begin later this year. A start date for construction on other buildings has not been set.

For the latest news and archived coverage of the Drexel Town Square project, check out Oak Creek Patch's special section.