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"Over the summer, representatives of Pitts Brothers
& Associates, a Kenosha-based real estate firm, began approaching
property owners in that slice of southwestern Mount Pleasant, seeking
options to buy their land. Some owners signed up quickly, while others
held back.
"Now, it appears the brokers have put
together a critical mass of property, paving the way for Wednesday's
scheduled announcement.
"Still unknown is just how much land will be dedicated to Foxconn, and possibly for supplier plants that could locate nearby.
"The
bloc where Pitts Brothers has sought options contains more than 2,000
acres bounded by Highway 11 on the north, I-94 on the west, Highway KR
on the south, and Highway H on the east. A two-lane road, Braun Road,
divides the bloc into roughly equal sections of a little more than 1,000
acres each. The northern section includes about 80 acres in Sturtevant.
"In
recent weeks, the area has seen a flurry of pre-construction activity —
helicopters and drones conducting aerial surveys, drills boring into
the soil for samples at multiple points, and crews flagging wetlands.
"Just
last week, workers from Nielsen Madsen + Barber, a civil engineering
and surveying firm in Racine, spent two days identifying wetlands on one
property, a landowner said. After that, he said, a crew from the state
Department of Natural Resources came to check the surveying company's
work."
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