Mayor Paul Soglin wants a developer to include new Downtown Fire Department facilities in a proposed 14-story, mixed-use high-rise near Overture Center and State Street, a move that would dramatically expand the private piece of the project.
BIG HOUSING, RETAIL PROJECT EYED FOR SOUTH PARK STREET
In another sign of rebirth for a worn Downtown gateway, a developer is proposing a five-story housing and retail project for the 500 block of South Park Street. The proposal by the Gallina Cos. would be the first big, non-student housing project on South Park Street in many years.
AMERICAN FAMILY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO EXPAND TO TWO FLOORS
UW Hospital plans to build two more floors atop its six-story, 61-bed American Family Children's Hospital, officials announced Monday. The new plan expands one announced last month to add 26 beds, including a 14-bed surgical neonatal intensive care unit, and other services. The new floors add $13 million to the cost of the project, now $45 million. Hospital officials said that within 10 years they also plan to add about 50 beds on the sixth and seventh floors and expand the pediatric emergency department, bringing the total upgrade to $88 million.
SCHUBERT BUILDING RELOCATION ON TABLE
A motion adopted by the Urban Design Commission could open discussions for the possible relocation of a landmark building along Mifflin Street. Representatives from the Block 100 Foundation's design team pressed the UDC for a decision on the proposed green space at the corner of North Fairchild Street and West Mifflin Street, which would require the demolition of the Stark/Fairchild Building at 122-124 W. Mifflin St.
KIPP NEIGHBORS WANT SEAT AT THE TABLE AT CLEANUP TALKS
Neighbors say the state has not moved fast enough to investigate how deep and wide contamination - first identified in 1994 - from the toxic solvent tetrachloroethylene has spread into the neighborhood from the Kipp plant on Atwood Avenue.
WILL RAIL CROSSING DISPUTE SEND CENTRAL PARK PLAN BACK TO DRAWING BOARD?
Madison wants state approval for a pedestrian crossing of the Wisconsin & Southern tracks at Few Street at what would be the entrance for the planned park, but railroad officials say doing so would be a hazard.
FOR SOME, MORTGAGE FRAUD ISSUES CROPPED UP BEFORE FORECLOSURE
Evidence that banks illegally cut corners when they sought to foreclose on mortgages has enabled some homeowners to stay in their homes. Others say the fraud happened before they even signed on the dotted line.
BANK PRACTICES CAUSE REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICES TO BE FLOODED WITH FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS
It used to be that if you wanted to find out who owned your mortgage, you could go to the office of your local register of deeds. But when banks set up their own private registration system to help them bundle and resell mortgages, the land offices of record had no hope of keeping up.
UW-Madison is seeking to block a pair of property owners from razing two campus-area apartment buildings and replacing them with a single, larger apartment building, arguing the properties should be reserved for eventual university use.
Madison-based RDC Development will receive a $400,000 state grant to help reimburse the company for remediation costs associated with preparing the 27-acre former Royster-Clark site for a new use.
The UW Board of Regents approved two UW-Madison building projects at its meeting Thursday: an addition to a campus power plant at a cost of $64.6 million and the second phase of a student athlete performance center at a cost of $34.9 million.
PENDING SALES FOR DANE COUNTY HOMES AND CONDOS BOTH UP BY DOUBLE DIGITS IN FEBRUARY
Pending sales for single-family homes and condominiums in Dane County were both up in February, likely signaling an improved spring housing market, especially for cheaper houses in the first-time home buyers market. According to a February 29 review of the South Central Wisconsin MLS, pending home sales were up a solid 38 percent over last year, with prospective sales in the trickier condo market up a healthy 15 percent.
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