City clears way for office to move to George Webb building

The Port Washington Plan Commission has paved the way for the former George Webb restaurant on the city’s south side to have new life as a chiropractic clinic.

The commission on Jan. 16 approved a building, site and operational plan that will allow Align Chiropractic to move from its current location at 1032 S. Spring St. to the former restaurant at 1042 Spring St.

The restaurant space in the strip mall has been vacant since about 2016, officials said.

Chiropractor Jacob Chapman of Align told the commission that the new site holds several advantages for the business.

“At first I thought, it’s kind of weird to be moving next door, but it really works well for us. The visibility is great,” he said. “The parking lot works for us.”

The current parking lot atop a steep hill “is not ideal for Wisconsin winters,” Chapman noted.

He will be leasing the property now, Chapman said, but there is the potential for him to purchase the building in a couple years.

“It’s going to be a better long-term fit for us,” he said.

Chapman said he plans to make some changes to the landscaping, removing half if not more of the arborvitae in front and replacing them with plants that are lower and don’t hide the building.

“I don’t like the way it looks,” he said. “It’ll be relandscaped into something much better.”

Chapman said work to convert the building from a restaurant into a clinic is ongoing, adding he expects to open the new facility in mid-February.

“It’s taking a little longer than I anticipated,” he said.

There will be no changes to the parking lot, which has 40 spaces to accommodate the clinic, laundromat and a vacant space, Bob Harris, the city’s director of planning and development, said.

A few cosmetic changes will be made to the building, such as painting, some stucco repair and new signage for Align, Harris said.