WAUKESHA – Plans for a 22,817-square-foot office and warehouse expansion at Miro Tool & Manufacturing are moving forward, as the Plan Commission unanimously approved a preliminary site plan and architectural review for the site Wednesday evening.

Community Development Specialist Jeff Fortin said the business opened up a 4,000-square-foot facility at 201 Sentry Drive in 1992 and has since done numerous additions as the business expanded to three buildings with a total of just more than 40,000 square feet currently.

City staff recommended changing the color of the block to match the existing building, as well as additional landscaping around the office portion, but the commission was generally pleased with the plans as presented.

Miro Tool & Manufacturing offers tooling, laser cutting and other manufacturing operations, according to the company’s website.

Commissioner Joan Francoeur called the company “a wonderful success story.”

“They keep adding buildings and adding function,” she said.


In other business

At its Wednesday meeting, the Plan Commission also:

■ Unanimously approved two annexation requests from property owners in the Town of Waukesha – a 13-acre parcel on Saylesville Road and a 20-acre parcel along Saylesville Road south of River Road. City Planner Jennifer Andrews said the property owners cited the desire for sewer and water in the future.

■ Unanimously approved a conditional use permit for a “doggie daycare” called Bark N’ Buddies that’s planned for 819 W. College Ave.

■ Put discussion about a bus facility at 1419 Arcadian Ave. on hold pending additional information on bus schedule times from the applicant and city staff.

■ Heard that the application for plans for a 53,000-square-foot expansion at the Shoppes at Fox River is incomplete, and thus didn’t discuss the item.

■ Unanimously approved building and site modifications to Carroll University’s Bergstrom Hall at 151 S. East Ave.