The second site is located along the Menomonee River canals adjacent to the new Harley-Davidson Museum. The former Reed Street Yards is a completely vacant site formerly used as a railway freight yard for over a hundred years. The site is flanked by recent redevelopments in the 5th Ward along the east and south sides, by the Menomonee River and Harley Museum on the north, and the 6th Street Viaduct on the west.
The Reed Street Yard site was also slated for various redevelopment projects but nothing has taken shape. Unlike Solvay, there is little to no site contamination, no buildings to demolish and few other challenges to immediate development with the site. Given the nearby residential and commercial, the industrial use for the site would have to be noiseless and not produce any other ill effects which would disturb the neighbors. The Reed Street Yards enjoy connections to existing roadways, proximity to new development, as well as a rail corridor and waterway. Connections to the Harley plot across the river are likely, as well as improving access to the 6th Street viaduct.
