The city of Kenosha is putting yet another former school site on the path to redevelopment, with plans for a 28-home single-family neighborhood at the former McKinley School site.

The city expects to begin seeking proposals from homebuilders within the coming month and to put infrastructure work out for bids early next year.

The effort comes as the city continues to reposition underused school properties for new housing, including last month’s hiring of a contractor to demolish the former Hillcrest School and prepare that site for its next use.

On Monday, the Common Council approved a $246,400 contract with MSA Professional Services Inc. for design engineering services and land-division work at the roughly 5.6-acre site, which was once home to McKinley Elementary School and McKinley Middle School, with the latter more recently replaced by KTEC Schools of Innovation’s West campus, city documents show.

Plans for the site call for a community that would be designed around 28 residential infill lots, a new public street and an existing 1.5-acre neighborhood park. MSA will design the streets, utilities and other infrastructure needed to prepare the site for construction.

Read more at the Milwaukee Business Journal.