MONROE — The proposed Alice Place Senior Living project continues to move forward, Monroe City Attorney Dan Bartholf said. 

The Monroe Common Council will take up a change of zoning request Sept. 21 to rezone the duplex residential area to a plan development. The change is contingent upon Pioneer Property Management out of Platteville purchasing the 4.27 acres of land. The building site is located in the southwest corner of a 100-acre parcel of land behind Walmart. Pioneer Property Management Vice President Joe Marone said a similar project is up and running in Boone, Iowa.

Pioneer will discuss finalized plans for the building with the planning and zoning committee in February.

Bartholf said that the project could break ground as soon as spring 2021.

The “Alice Project” will be a multi-level 47-unit facility with 16 one-bedroom apartment-style units and 31 two-bedroom units. Buildings are encapsulated with a door system and elevator.

The facility will be age restricted and residents are approved based on income level. Marone said many of the stipulations are in place following the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines. Residents will apply and qualify to live there. 

At a meeting in mid-November of 2019 the Monroe Common Council unanimously approved $600,000 in funding toward the proposed $8.5 million project, as well as the option for developers at Pioneer Property Management out of Platteville to purchase four acres owned by the city for $80,000. 

WHEDA approved the project this summer. 

Those with questions or who wish to have their name added to the list when availability is clearer should call 608-348-7755 and reference: Alice Place Monroe.