Old Meets New in Wauwatosa Transactions
Stein will take over Hawk's retail center, Qdoba will fill gap in Village, and Schoonmaker Creek will run on under new ownership.
An old Milwaukee business joined forces with an even older Wauwatosa business. A brand new chain business is entering the oldest part of Wauwatosa. And, Wauwatosa agreed to give up one of its very oldest features – a natural one, Schoonmaker Creek. In separate actions, all of which have been reported on before, the Wauwatosa Common Council on Tuesday night approved: Hawk's Nursery owner and landscape architect Joe Kresl agreed to lease his retail operations to Stein, while keeping independent control of his landscaping services business on the same site. The joint operating agreement also brings Hawk's landscaping services to the customers of 11 other large Stein garden centers in the metro area, affording him an opportunity to expand that…
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Karen Hudachek McNeely
11:15 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
I'm not a huge fan of chains, but Qdoba is replacing a Little Caesars in a strip mall. It might not be my first choice, but for that particular location I don't think it's the worst. Of course for the kids it's not the same as a $5 pizza. more ›