WAUKESHA -- The Waukesha City Council unanimously voted to disallow a $3 million damage claim filed against the city by the developers who planned a strip mall for the former Gasthaus Site.

The damage claim, came after the Waukesha Plan Commission denied a developer's plans to redevelop the former Weissgerber's Gasthaus site into a strip mall and a Panda Express restaurant in July. Now that developer, CFT NV Developments out of Nevada, is suing the city for $3 million in damages stemming from the denied claim.

The developer now has six months to decide whether to formally sue the city. Waukesha Said No

About two weeks after iconic Waukesha-area restaurant Weissgerber's Gasthaus closed its doors this summer, plans to raze the building and build a strip mall in its place were denied approval by the Waukesha Plan Commission . HC Klover Architects reportedly worked with city officials over the previous few months to make adjustments to the site plan after officials voiced their objections, including:

two drive-thrus

traffic density

impact to local business

parking spaces After months of adjustments and preliminary design work had been completed, the plans were voted down Wednesday evening by Waukesha's Plan Commission.



In the end, the council cited ongoing traffic concerns at the corner of Silvernail Road and Grandview Blvd. as one of the main reasons to nix the project.

Developer Strikes Back In a document dated Oct. 11, CFT claims that,"In denying the Site Plan Application, the Plan Commission explicitly acknowledged that the traffic problem exists at that corner and that it needs to be solved. The proposed development does not increase or cause additional impacts to the traffic."