It’s official! Riverwest Investment Cooperation (RIC) bought the building that houses the Falcon Bowl from the Polish Falcons. This iconic place stays in community hands (check out the recent Urban Milwaukee story here). Yes! Also awesome is that Lynn Okopinski will stay on as tenant to see the bowling leagues Continue Reading
Projects
Update on The Grand Imagination
As you know, RIC’s main project over the last two years has been working toward the purchase of the theater at 2917 N Holton Street in order to transform it into The Grand Imagination performance space. In addition to investing in and engineering study and initial architectural drawings, we were Continue Reading
Grand Imagination
The Grand was originally built in 1911, making it one of the city’s oldest cinema. It was a movie theater until 1975, and then used as a church until 2015. The building, now owned by the city, attracted the interest of many of Riverwest’s performer residents. An idea took root: Continue Reading
1st Street Apartments
8-unit apartment building bought in 2006, sold in 2017.