The liquor license application is unusual because the type of business is listed as a tavern, nightclub, restaurant and ultra lounge, compared to most applications that list just one of the first three options, Verveer said.
On its face, the income percentages listed qualify as a bona fide restaurant, Verveer said, adding, “I would certainly welcome a bona fide restaurant to Capitol Square or any place Downtown.”
“I want to give the applicant the benefit of the doubt,” he said. “(But) I’ll need to be convinced. I will need to have a significant conversation with the applicant, as does the neighborhood association, as does the Police Department.”
The Alcohol License Review Committee is tentatively scheduled to consider the applications on Nov. 24, Deputy City Clerk Jim Verbick said.
As initially proposed, the nightclub likely would have been the city’s largest, surpassing Liquid/Ruby, with a capacity of 720 in a 21,394-square-foot space at 624 University Ave.; Lucky’s 1313, capacity of 715 in a 10,156-square-foot space at 1313 Regent St.; and Red Zone, with a capacity of 625 in a 5,077-square-foot space at 1212 Regent St. There are larger event spaces, but they are typically used for concerts and shows.
Photos: Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County’s new Capitol Square hub
The American Exchange Building, 1 N. Pinckney St. on Capitol Square, will be preserved as part of a $125 million redevelopment on the block, mixing preservation and new construction. Urban Land Interests has donated prime first-floor space in the building and an adjacent storefront to the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County for temporary use as offices, a volunteer center and other needs.
Workers carry artwork into the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County’s new downtown hub in Madison, Wis. Friday, April 2, 2021. Madison development company Urban Land Interests has temporarily donated to the organization the first floors of pair of commercial spaces along North Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, including the landmark former American Exchange building. The clubs will use the spaces for an office and as a nonprofit volunteer center and training facility, and it will become a home to the grassroots organization Feeding The Youth and the Black Men Coalition of Dane County. Online publication Madison365 and Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin will also have a presence there. Urban Land Interests, which owns multiple properties on the Square and recently won city permission for a $125 million redevelopment on the block, has made the prime commercial spaces available to the entities until construction begins on the project, which is expected to be no sooner than late 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Visitors to an open house showing of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County’s new downtown hub view the interior of the organization’s space in Madison, Wis. Friday, April 2, 2021. Madison development company Urban Land Interests has temporarily donated to the organization the first floors of pair of commercial spaces along North Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, including the landmark former American Exchange building. The clubs will use the spaces for an office and as a nonprofit volunteer center and training facility, and it will become a home to the grassroots organization Feeding The Youth and the Black Men Coalition of Dane County. Online publication Madison365 and Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin will also have a presence there. Urban Land Interests, which owns multiple properties on the Square and recently won city permission for a $125 million redevelopment on the block, has made the prime commercial spaces available to the entities until construction begins on the project, which is expected to be no sooner than late 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Visitors to an open house showing of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County’s new downtown hub view the interior of the organization’s space in Madison, Wis. Friday, April 2, 2021. Madison development company Urban Land Interests has temporarily donated to the organization the first floors of pair of commercial spaces along North Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, including the landmark former American Exchange building. The clubs will use the spaces for an office and as a nonprofit volunteer center and training facility, and it will become a home to the grassroots organization Feeding The Youth and the Black Men Coalition of Dane County. Online publication Madison365 and Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin will also have a presence there. Urban Land Interests, which owns multiple properties on the Square and recently won city permission for a $125 million redevelopment on the block, has made the prime commercial spaces available to the entities until construction begins on the project, which is expected to be no sooner than late 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Visitors to an open house showing of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County’s new downtown hub view the interior of the organization’s space in Madison, Wis. Friday, April 2, 2021. Madison development company Urban Land Interests has temporarily donated to the organization the first floors of pair of commercial spaces along North Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, including the landmark former American Exchange building. The clubs will use the spaces for an office and as a nonprofit volunteer center and training facility, and it will become a home to the grassroots organization Feeding The Youth and the Black Men Coalition of Dane County. Online publication Madison365 and Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin will also have a presence there. Urban Land Interests, which owns multiple properties on the Square and recently won city permission for a $125 million redevelopment on the block, has made the prime commercial spaces available to the entities until construction begins on the project, which is expected to be no sooner than late 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Visitors to an open house showing of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County’s new downtown hub view the interior of the organization’s space in Madison, Wis. Friday, April 2, 2021. Madison development company Urban Land Interests has temporarily donated to the organization the first floors of pair of commercial spaces along North Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, including the landmark former American Exchange building. The clubs will use the spaces for an office and as a nonprofit volunteer center and training facility, and it will become a home to the grassroots organization Feeding The Youth and the Black Men Coalition of Dane County. Online publication Madison365 and Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin will also have a presence there. Urban Land Interests, which owns multiple properties on the Square and recently won city permission for a $125 million redevelopment on the block, has made the prime commercial spaces available to the entities until construction begins on the project, which is expected to be no sooner than late 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Visitors to an open house showing of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County’s new downtown hub view the interior of the organization’s space in Madison, Wis. Friday, April 2, 2021. Madison development company Urban Land Interests has temporarily donated to the organization the first floors of pair of commercial spaces along North Pinckney Street on Capitol Square, including the landmark former American Exchange building. The clubs will use the spaces for an office and as a nonprofit volunteer center and training facility, and it will become a home to the grassroots organization Feeding The Youth and the Black Men Coalition of Dane County. Online publication Madison365 and Boys & Girls Clubs of Wisconsin will also have a presence there. Urban Land Interests, which owns multiple properties on the Square and recently won city permission for a $125 million redevelopment on the block, has made the prime commercial spaces available to the entities until construction begins on the project, which is expected to be no sooner than late 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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