Topping It Off: New Downtown Transit Center’s Private Component Yet to Be Finalized

11 Oct 2021


News, Eau Claire

The City of Eau Claire is hoping to reach an agreement in the coming weeks with an undisclosed private developer to build the top three stories of the new – and already under construction – Eau Claire Transit Center.

Ground was officially broken in September on a building that will combine a drive-in transfer center for Eau Claire Transit buses, two stories of parking, and three floors of apartments.

The apartments will be privately developed and owned, but they will be built as part of the current construction process, said Aaron White, the city’s economic development manager. Last year, the city had been in negotiations with Iowa-based Merge Urban Development to build the apartments.

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