New life for Berkman II? Owners seeking Commercial CBD Rezone

[Steve]

In their defense, that photo is from 2008.  For all we know, Wausau could be a bustling metropolis by now.

Nice Try, but the Google Satellite view (which I can't find a date for) is the same look.

Reminds me of that scene in Wolf of Wall Street where Jordan Belfort is selling this Pink Sheet stock for the company working in the shed.

[Kiva]

Go ahead and google map the global headquarters of Ohnde Construction.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/11761+Co+Rd+A,+Wausau,+WI+54401/@45.0470295,-89.7847979,3a,75y,179.32h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sIk9fy3d_ifzB3lYrnBPD4Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DIk9fy3d_ifzB3lYrnBPD4Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dsearch.TACTILE.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D86%26h%3D86%26yaw%3D179.32492%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i3328!8i1664!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d554c655414abef:0x2158915e4b3fdabc!8m2!3d45.046213!4d-89.784785

Obvious the vast HQ building is hidden way down that dirt road behind the shed!

[KenFSU]

In their defense, that photo is from 2008.  For all we know, Wausau could be a bustling metropolis by now.

Legit laughed out loud at this in a meeting.

[jaxnyc79]

Between what appears to be a sham transaction involving Berkman II, and the vagrant defacating on downtown businesses, my downtown hope-tracker is in a drawdown.

[Jax-Nole]

The LLC is registered to a condo in Daytona Beach at 3855 S Atlantic Ave APT 902, Daytona Beach Shores, FL
https://goo.gl/maps/YYX4FaccV6K2

They must not have been ready for the website to go public because at least as far as I can tell, the navigation bar has been removed from the desktop version of the site. The other pages are still there, just the links at the top are gone. It's still there on the mobile version though.

[dbjax]

Very interesting puzzle here. The website lists contact information to Mitch Viegut, a music producer and real estate investor in Wisconsin. The graphics all seem dated, but the website was purchased in April of this year.

From his website (http://www.viegut.com)

As a member of various real estate investment, Mitch Viegut has Purchased over 100 properties since 1991.

Mitch Viegut has a Wisconsin  Brokers license and operates at Vantage Realty LLC

Since purchasing the Little Brown Jug Condos in 1995 we have specialized in condo distressed projects, the latest being the Bella Vista Condos - Lake City Mn, Northern Aire Resort Three Lakes.

Specializing in Commercial Real estate and residential rental properties. 

He lists current projects as:
www.bellavista-pepin.com
www.northernaire.com
http://www.vantagewi.com/flambeau-turtle-hideaway-condo.html   Flambeau Flowage Cottage
http://www.vantagewi.com/hazen-inn--long-lake-phelps.html   Hazen In cottage Phelps

Only one of which links to a project, the others to an agriculture group.

Just inspires confidence all over here /s
Or a complete smoke-screen

[acme54321]

I just got a banner ad on The Jaxson homepage for Northernaire 

[KenFSU]

Sad that this will finish first:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-lights-on-inside-eyesore-on-i4-story.html

[KenFSU]

Very interesting puzzle here. The website lists contact information to Mitch Viegut, a music producer and real estate investor in Wisconsin. The graphics all seem dated, but the website was purchased in April of this year.

From his website (http://www.viegut.com)

As a member of various real estate investment, Mitch Viegut has Purchased over 100 properties since 1991.

Mitch Viegut has a Wisconsin  Brokers license and operates at Vantage Realty LLC

Since purchasing the Little Brown Jug Condos in 1995 we have specialized in condo distressed projects, the latest being the Bella Vista Condos - Lake City Mn, Northern Aire Resort Three Lakes.

Specializing in Commercial Real estate and residential rental properties. 

He lists current projects as:
www.bellavista-pepin.com
www.northernaire.com
http://www.vantagewi.com/flambeau-turtle-hideaway-condo.html   Flambeau Flowage Cottage
http://www.vantagewi.com/hazen-inn--long-lake-phelps.html   Hazen In cottage Phelps

Only one of which links to a project, the others to an agriculture group.

Just inspires confidence all over here /s
Or a complete smoke-screen

For whatever it's worth, my rudimentary Googling shows no record of the existence of the below concert-loving Jaxsons, who possess the most delightfully liberal of definitions of terms like "close" and "minutes" and lack even the most basic understanding of punctuation.

The sheer density of grammatical errors in three short quotes (11 by my count!) is staggering.

And Poor Angela, guess you need to be married to get quotation marks.



The homepage overall just makes me so happy:



Love the pre-recession era picture of the Jacksonville skyline.

Love the vague, sourceless description about "Downtown Jacksonville in one of the nation's top emerging markets." What market are they talking about? Jacksonville? Northeast Florida?

LOVE the line about cheering those heroic, world-famous footballers, the Jaguars.

Love the fact that Berkman 2 has a marina "out your front door."

Love the totally nonsensical line about the sparkling St. John's River... "connecting you to the world." (?)

Love the extra spaces everywhere.

LOVE those final two lines with the randomly added "a": "This is waterfront condo living at its best.... This is a 500 Bay Street Condominiums."

Love how the very bottom of the page just randomly says "Condominiums.":



You can't click it, there's no other context.

Just a random word at the bottom of the page.

P.S. All references to the Shipyards and Iguana are gone. 10-1 odds he got a cease and desist.

[Bill Hoff]

Looking forward to seeing how this project ties into Sea Glass Tower.

Will there be synergy?

Thanks.

[Lostwave]

They are asking for 3 acres from the shipyard project for extra space... which they will get if they move forward.

[Steve]

For whatever it's worth, my rudimentary Googling shows no record of the existence of the below concert-loving Jaxsons, who possess the most delightfully liberal of definitions of terms like "close" and "minutes" and lack even the most basic understanding of punctuation.

Well in fairness, I can measure a drive from here to Los Angeles in "minutes". For what it's worth Google estimates the trip at 2,040 minutes.

[downtownbrown]

But seriously, Folks, no one here believes that that website is in anyway linked to the actual developer, do they?  I mean, to say that you've already given up hope on the project seems a bit premature to me.  Last word from the City was that the developer would be revealing plans and brands in about 3 weeks from the original announcement.  We've waited this long.  We should probably wait for that...

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

We've waited this long.  We should probably wait for that...

We've sat back in silence 'waiting' for too long now.  Not anymore.

#ustoo

[KenFSU]

But seriously, Folks, no one here believes that that website is in anyway linked to the actual developer, do they?  I mean, to say that you've already given up hope on the project seems a bit premature to me.  Last word from the City was that the developer would be revealing plans and brands in about 3 weeks from the original announcement.  We've waited this long.  We should probably wait for that...

Well, it's definitely linked to the buyer.

Name on the deed is 500 East Bay LLC, and the site is owned by 500 East Bay LLC.

I sincerely hope you're right, but the Choate mortgage coupled with Curry's distancing himself from what should be a huge win for the city doesn't leave me feeling great about this project.

Again, I hope to be proven wrong, but I think those three weeks are going to come and go with no word on anything.