Beyond Vision VisABILITY Center

West Allis,
WI
(2021)

Beyond Vision VisABILITY Center

Community, Vocational Training

Company that offers job opportunities for people who are blind plans to move into a new, larger space in West Allis.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $18,500,000
Total Project Cost: $19,290,823

IMPACT

229 FTE jobs
50 construction jobs
130,000 sq. ft. of real estate

CDEs

First-Ring Industrial Redevelopment Enterprise, Impact Seven, PNC

Investor

PNC

Project Description

Company that offers job opportunities for people who are blind plans to move into a new, larger space in West Allis. A Milwaukee-based organization that seeks to create job and career opportunities for people who are blind is expanding its operation. Beyond Vision, a self-funded, nonprofit company, is transforming the former Sam’s Club location at 1540 S. 108th St. in West Allis into a 130,000 sq. ft. VisABILITY Center.

MAP

Address: 1540 S. 108th St., West Allis, WI 53214

Census Tract: 55079100900

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News Stories

PNC Focus on Accessible Communities Leads to Milwaukee’s VisABILITY Center

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