A massive new neighborhood in Waukee that would include a new City Hall and public library, townhomes, housing for seniors, commercial space, a lake and a full 18-hole Sugar Creek Golf Course may take decades to complete.
But early-stage development plans for Waukee’s new civic campus and surrounding area — an estimated $400 million project, not including the cost of private development, and spread out over 20 to 30 years of construction — showed the potential for what Mayor Courtney Clarke said would be an “energetic, active neighborhood” that would serve the city for decades more.
Clarke said it may be seven to 10 years until there are any buildings at the site — a 220-acre area stretching from University Avenue in the north to 310th Street in the south and from U Avenue in the west to Sixth Street in the east…