This will be Shimanski’s third time before the commission. The project was previously approved by the city as a five-story building, but then Shimanski modified the project as a four-story building due to project costs. The project was quickly re-approved, with the support of the neighborhood both times.

Shimanski has done a lot of outreach work with the neighbors, Eskrich said, and they like the project, but have questions about the drive-thru.

The neighborhood requested a traffic study around the drive-thru, as the only access to the drive-thru would be off Oakland Avenue, a one-way residential street.

The next neighborhood meeting will include a vote to decide whether to support the conditional use permit required for the window, Eskrich said.

“(They’re) comfortable with Associated Bank as a tenant, it’s just this question of a drive-thru particularly,” she said.

Assuming Associated Bank or another financial institution fills the space, that will leave about 1,500 square feet for another commercial tenant, but Shimanski hasn’t decided what might go there.

He said he’s not worried about finding a tenant, calling the lot “one of the better sites in the city for mixed use.”