Upscale Retail Plan In Brookfield Raises Questions About Pabst Farms Mall

With the announcement of a Von Maur-anchored development in Brookfield, you have to wonder why the state, City of Oconomowoc and Waukesha County still want to spend $23 million on a full-diamond interchange to serve the long-suspended upscale mall concept off I-94 at Pabst Farms to the west. The Goerkes Corners site in Brookfield is closer to people and transit. In an era of $4-or-more gasoline, that counts.