Days after I wrote about my desires for a Lucky Strike in our Downtown neighborhood, the Small Business Times today reports that Charlotte, N.C.-based The Ghazi Co. announced this morning that Big City Lanes, an upscale bowling alley, is the first tenant to be secured for its proposed mixed-use development at 4th St. and Wisconsin Ave. across the street from the Midwest Airlines Center.

According to SBT's BizTimes Daily e-mail, "Big City Lanes is a concept of Charlotte, N.C.-based Bar Management Group. The Milwaukee bowling alley will have about 18 lanes and will occupy 20,000 to 25,000 square feet of space in the Ghazi project, which is called Catalyst."

Bar Management Group's Web site is not active and there is little information available about Big City Lanes, but according GreaterCharlotteBiz.com, "The company, which started Charlotte's center city entertainment renewal a decade ago with Bar Charlotte, is negotiating with prospects nationwide and considering some notions it could operate on its own." Big City Lanes appears to be one of these new, nationwide concepts.

Stay tuned for further developments, but it looks like Downtown Milwaukee is finally getting a bowling alley.