Water Street Redevelopment

Demolition

Project Overview

In August of 2018, Veit began work on a 27-acre industrial site demolition plan in downtown Racine, Wisconsin, known as Machinery Row.  The once-vibrant area had employed thousands of residents, which made Racine an ideal manufacturing location with easy access to Milwaukee and Chicago. 

Once complete, the $65 million redevelopment project, the largest in Racine’s history, will re-energize the 20 acres of urban riverfront while celebrating the area’s industrial heritage.  

Veit was responsible for razing 15 buildings covering nearly a million square feet, including:

• Two J.I. Case buildings
• Assorted outbuildings between Water Street and the Root River
• The four-story former Case Plow Works building at 615 Marquette Street
• The sprawling former industrial building at 526 Marquette Street

The Veit team salvaged the following materials: 

• Timber: Over 1,400,000 board feet was salvaged to be repurposed into new building framing, flooring, and furniture
• Maple flooring and subflooring:  Over 550,000 square feet of maple flooring and subflooring will become new flooring and furniture
• Bricks: Veit salvaged over 1 million bricks from each building
• Steel: 2,000 tons of steel
• Aluminum: 20,000 lbs of aluminum
• Veit dismantled for reuse two 16,000 square feet of red iron buildings
• Veit salvaged over 50,000 tons of concrete, brick and masonry recycling to be used onsite