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Dan Soltysak

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Parkland Mall Owner's Frustration Continues

While the city has maintained silence over recent mediation, the developer/owner of the nearly 11-acre parcel in Muskego's downtown relays his frustration in the inability to reach an agreement to settle lawsuit.

As the lawsuit against the Muskego by property owner Art Dyer failed in mediation earlier this month, officials had little to say about the specifics of the negotiations involving the former Parkland Mall site. "The specifics of mediation are not to be discussed by anyone at the direction of the mediator so as not to harm the mediation process. The city will continue to honor that," Mayor Kathy Chiaverotti said. However, Dyer had plenty to say after Chiaverotti's statement during her State of the City address last week indicated that Dyer had "backed out of negotiations."  Dyer claims that the city conspired to prevent him from developing the land, in effect taking the property from him. He sent a recap of his issues with the city in an …

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The Anti-Alinsky

7:50 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012

Heidi the ROI would take a long time to recover if you buy something for five times more than it's worth. Why should the City of Muskego provide corporate welfare for Art Dyer? He can easily make a tidy profit if he just builds something reasonable. I know you are trying to divert attention from the lake park proposal, but that has the potential, if we do it right, to really bring something great…   more ›

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