A luxury apartment development was approved at this week’s City of Marinette Special Council meeting. The developer, Midwest Expansions, will be constructing twelve new – sixteen-unit buildings on University Drive between Aurora Bay Area Medical and the Marinette County Sheriff’s office. The apartments will be pet friendly and built around a lighted pond in a secluded, natural conservancy offering walking trails and outdoor greenspace. Marinette Mayor Steve Genisot says, “the council asked that I go back to Midwest Expansions to make sure there was funds available to put towards a firetruck and a potential roadway or walkway.”

Genisot says, “we’re happy to see the development finally move forward and the ability to bring much needed housing to the City of Marinette.”

The developer, Midwest Expansions, guarantees that construction of the apartment complex will begin no later than December 31st.