"It most recently served as the offices of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Today large "For Sale" signs bookend the historic structure, which sits vacant just a few blocks from the Capitol. A brochure for the property describes redevelopment opportunities such as a boutique hotel or mixed-use space. It also notes its proximity to a potential future commuter rail station in another state-owned building occupied by the Department of Administration."
"The sale of the building, announced in December, is merely one piece of a multiyear initiative of Gov. Tony Evers' administration known as Vision 2030. The plan seeks to make state government smaller and save taxpayers money through "rightsizing" underused office space and supporting hybrid work to grow the number of state workers across the state, according to the Department of Administration."
""I see this really as a win-win both for state workers and for taxpayers," DOA Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld said in an interview with Wisconsin Watch. "One of the things that we're looking at is modernization and how can we be more efficient and be good fiscal stewards for the state." Vision 2030 fits with a long-standing desire by Wisconsin's leaders of both parties to reduce the physical footprint of state agencies and create a presence outside of Madison."
A 422,000-square-foot Art Deco building overlooking Lake Monona in Madison housed state employees for nearly a century and most recently contained Department of Health Services offices. Large "For Sale" signs now mark the vacant building a few blocks from the Capitol, and a property brochure lists redevelopment options such as a boutique hotel or mixed-use space, noting proximity to a potential future commuter rail station in an adjacent state-owned building. The sale announced in December is part of Vision 2030, a multiyear effort to shrink state government footprint, "rightsize" underused offices, support hybrid work, consolidate space, and reuse sale proceeds to pay debts and bolster the general fund.
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