Wangard Partners Inc. took over the Uptown Brass shopping center in Kenosha through a friendly foreclosure and will pursue development of two buildings on the property.

In Kenosha, Wangard Partners’ ownership of the Uptown Brass center could signal a turnaround for the property, which has had problems in the past, said Zohrab Khaligian, Kenosha community development specialist. The roughly 15-acre, Pick ’n Save-anchored center is at 1919 63rd St. on the former site of the American Brass factory the city demolished about eight years ago. Uptown includes a TCF Bank and an apartment building with 20 units and 15,000 square feet of first-floor retail space.

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