At a meeting on May 10, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Milwaukee County Research Park Corporation approved a resolution directing its Executive Director, William Ryan Drew, to prepare and issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a hotel development on the Milwaukee County Research Park grounds. The plan is to issue this RFP in early June of 2005.

A hotel with conference and seminar facilities for the research park's business, medical, and academic community has been part of the park's master plan from the beginning. The board action was a response to the critical mass of research and technology companies at the park and significant interest recently from a number of hotel developers.

Two sites will be considered for a hotel: Lot 11 at the southeast corner of Mayfair Road and Watertown Plank Road and Lot 13 on Research Drive at the park's Mayfair Road entrance.

Parties who are interested in hotel development at the research park and wish to receive a Request for Proposal must contact William Ryan Drew in writing at 10437 Innovation Drive, Suite 123, Wauwatosa, WI 53226 or by E-mail at wrd@mcrpc.org no later than end of business on May 31, 2005.