Days after I wrote about my desires for a Lucky Strike in our Downtown neighborhood, the Small Business Times today reports that Charlotte, N.C.-based The Ghazi Co. announced this morning that Big City Lanes, an upscale bowling alley, is the first tenant to be secured for its proposed mixed-use development at 4th St. and Wisconsin Ave. across the street from the Midwest Airlines Center.
According to SBT's BizTimes Daily e-mail, "Big City Lanes is a concept of Charlotte, N.C.-based Bar Management Group. The Milwaukee bowling alley will have about 18 lanes and will occupy 20,000 to 25,000 square feet of space in the Ghazi project, which is called Catalyst."
Bar Management Group's Web site is not active and there is little information available about Big City Lanes, but according GreaterCharlotteBiz.com, "The company, which started Charlotte's center city entertainment renewal a decade ago with Bar Charlotte, is negotiating with prospects nationwide and considering some notions it could operate on its own." Big City Lanes appears to be one of these new, nationwide concepts.
Stay tuned for further developments, but it looks like Downtown Milwaukee is finally getting a bowling alley.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
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