Atlantic Residential is pressing ahead with a plan to replace a three-story office building in Brookfield’s Bishop’s Woods with a mixed-use complex that would bring roughly 207 apartments and a publicly accessible coworking hub to the office park. The concept wraps new homes around structured parking, a pool courtyard and resident amenities, while reserving about 2,000 to 3,000 square feet for third-party-managed coworking space open to both residents and nearby office workers. Developers and city paperwork put construction to begin this spring, with first occupancies expected in 2027.
What’s planned
As reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the proposal calls for about 207 apartment homes at the site, along with a coworking space intended to serve the broader Bishop’s Woods community. The project is being advanced by Atlantic Residential, which already owns the adjacent Brookfield Reserve complex, and reporting notes the firm is headquartered in Atlanta while maintaining a regional presence in Milwaukee.
Why the city signed off
City planning filings show the developer has requested rezoning to a “Mixed Use - Planned Development District” so the long-vacant office parcel can be repurposed for housing that aligns with Brookfield’s 2050 Comprehensive Plan for the Bishop’s Woods targeted investment area, including preserved tree buffers and stronger pedestrian and bike connections. The submission details sustainability measures such as an underground stormwater retention tank and argues the residential use will generate lower peak traffic than the former office building. The materials list a project start targeted for May 2026 and first occupancy projected for September 2027. City of Brookfield.
Where it will sit and local context
The site sits inside the Bishops Woods office park at the Sunny Slope/Bluemound node, directly next to the original Brookfield Reserve community that Atlantic developed and continues to manage. Nearby projects, including the recently completed Flats at Bishop’s Woods, show the area is already shifting away from older office uses and toward more housing, a trend developers frequently point to when pitching conversions in this part of Brookfield. Fiore Companies and recent local multifamily work provide context for the proposal.
What happens next
Atlantic’s application is moving through the city’s Planned Development District process and still needs standard entitlements and permits before any vertical construction can start. The developer’s schedule lays out a series of entitlement and permitting milestones that must be cleared ahead of construction permits. Once the rezoning and site plan make it through the city’s review, including both Plan Commission and Common Council consideration, the company expects to proceed with site work and the construction sequence outlined in its submission. City of Brookfield materials show the scope and the anticipated approval timeline.
