Over a decade after constructing the landmark, 11-building, 35-store Greenway Station retail center for RED Development in Middleton, the company selected us to return and construct an additional building to match the signature style of the development. Kraemer Brothers’ craftsmen installed the unique combination of high-end brick, stone and slate that was specified by RED for the one-story facility, located on the northeast corner of Greenway Blvd and Deming Way, with Noodles & Co. and another tenant as yet to be determined.

Our first project with Kraemer Development proved to be very rewarding. This innovated new retail building located on the southern edge of Greenway station lifestyle center in Middleton accommodates three uniquely different tenants: the World of Beer tap house, Dickey’s Barbeque Pit and Frostwood Farms Kitchen. As a result, the building required a high degree of coordination between the city, the architect, construction team, the tenants, and the building’s owner to meet everyone’s objectives. Each tenant had different mechanical systems and branding standards, so the interior finishes, furnishings, and design were vastly different from each other. This handsome building features brick, stone, EIFS, wood siding, cedar trim, corbels, and an outdoor patio. Eight years later, all three tenants still reside in the building.

In the late summer of 2013, Kraemer Brothers hit the ground running by pouring foundations and completing the new CarMax facility’s site work within three weeks of receiving the final budget. With only eight months from start to completion, the high-technology automobile showroom and state-of-the-art service department is one of the speediest projects we’ve completed — despite one of the coldest winters in years.

The dealership is located off the Madison Beltline where we constructed an innovative underground storm water retention system that captures and stores runoff in large steel pipes. This meant no reduction in surface parking (and no unattractive open pond). The building’s complex electric system was essential to the high-tech communications system for new technologies that enhance the car-buying experience. During their first walk-through at the completed facility, CarMax corporate personnel remarked that our performance was superior to any other contractor the corporation had used throughout the nation.