Reader question: Will Lawrence University be the landlord and profit off the rent from the new apartments on East College Avenue? Will the apartments be available to people who aren’t Lawrence students? Where will the tenants park? Was any city money involved in the project?
Answer: The four-story, 120,000-square-foot building under construction at 325 E. College Ave. in downtown Appleton is a $38 million joint venture between Lawrence University and the nonprofit Trout Museum of Art .
The Trout Museum will own and occupy the first floor. It has outgrown its existing location at 111 W. College Ave…