OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A nearly $16 million housing development has broke ground in downtown Oshkosh, marking a major step toward turning two long-vacant buildings into affordable apartments.
The White Label Lofts development will transform two historic buildings in the city’s Sawdust District into 49 affordable apartments, including housing for veterans and families at risk of homelessness. Plans for the site also include community spaces and fitness facilities.
The groundbreaking ceremony comes after five years of planning.
Developer Todd Hutchison, a nearby resident, said the deteriorating buildings have been hard to miss.
“I live in Oshkosh right down the street from here and driving by these buildings practically every day we see them and they’re in a state of decay,” Hutchison said. “It’s very important to me to save the historic fabric of downtown Oshkosh and to do it also by providing housing that is really truly needed in Oshkosh.”
Construction began back in September and is expected to wrap up late next year.
