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APPLETON (WLUK) — An old Appleton building is being repurposed in a creative way.
Park Place Holdings, a De Pere-based commercial real estate investment firm, is converting a portion of the building at 1101 E. South River in Appleton into a community of micro-apartments called the South River MicroFlats.
Construction on this adaptive reuse project kicked off last summer and is expected to be complete in April. Pre-leasing of the units is already underway.
Originally built in 1952, the building was part of The Institute of Paper Chemistry — a graduate research institution founded through a partnership between Lawrence College (now Lawrence University) and Wisconsin’s paper industry. After the institute relocated to Atlanta in 1989, the property sat vacant for nearly a decade. It was turned into office space in the early 2000s.
A portion of the building at 1101 E. South River in Appleton is being converted into a community of micro-apartments called the South River MicroFlats. (Photo courtesy: Park Place Holdings)
South River MicroFlats will consist of 15 studio and one-bedroom apartments, with floor plans ranging from 275-438 square feet. Furnished and unfurnished units will be available for rent. Leases will range from one month to one year.