Since two business associations were established in the district, the area has been mentioned in news stories as a hot area for development. Establishing new businesses and renewing the area should bring more employment and help keep it sound. Two areas along College Avenue at the east end of the airport are city owned and have been "discovered" by companies looking to expand. The city will be putting a 45-acre and a 22-acre site out for proposals to try to put them on the tax rolls and create employment.
On S. 27th St., a CVS drug store is replacing the former Braeger lot on S. 27th St. and W. Howard Ave.
On S. 13th near College Ave., the owners of the Holiday Inn Express (with the indoor water park) and the Comfort Suites have announced that they will build two more hotels at that freeway exit for a total of 12 hotels there. Although the new Fairfield Inn and Suites and the Candlewood Suites will be built across the street in Oak Creek, that should mean employment for some Milwaukeeans. With the announcements of other new hotels downtown and the number of available rooms growing, the announcement of a study to see if the downtown Convention Center should be expanded is very timely.
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