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MORE MEGA PROJECTS TURNING TO PRIVATE INVESTORS

For cities and states buried under mountains of debt, it has become a tantalizing proposition: invite private financial institutions to put up the money to fix aging schools, dilapidated rail lines and beat-up roads.


Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

 

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Development News for the Week of:    6/30/2012 -  7/06/2012   
PLANS TO CHANGE MADISON'S DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS GREETED FAVORABLY

Madison business and development interests gave a warm reception Wednesday to changes intended to streamline the city's development review process.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

DANE COUNTY LEADERS CUT SPENDING ALLOWNACE FOR EMBATTLED REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION

A divided panel of local government leaders on Wednesday cut the spending of the planning agency assigned to control urban sprawl and protect water purity in Dane County amid a move by town leaders to dissolve the agency altogether.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

STATE STREET, PARK STREET PROJECTS

Madison Planning, Community and Economic Development staff will host a forum on changes to the city's development review process from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. in Room 260 of the Madison Municipal Building, 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

BUILDERS TO BREAK GROUND AT SITE OF NEW WINGRA FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER THURSDAY

The busy, triangular corner of Fish Hatchery Road and South Park Street soon will have a new look, with a groundbreaking ceremony at 8 a.m. Thursday for construction of a $25.2 million medical building at 1102 S. Park St.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

MORE TIF FOR UNIVERSITY CROSSING PROJECT GETS BOARD'S SUPPORT

Madison is moving toward approval of $3.1 million in public support for the $36 million, second phase of the University Crossing project under way at the corner of University Avenue and Whitney Way.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

CITY, PROPERTY OWNERS DEBATE SHEDDING SOME LIGHT ON BIKE PATH

In a test that so far has revealed little light and a lot of heat, the city installed a "Test Light Fixture," or pilot light, on the commuter-heavy Southwest multi-use corridor, which up to 3,000 bicyclists and pedestrians use every day.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

NONPROFIT IS GAINING INFLUENCE IN REDEVELOPMENT OF MADISON'S HISTORIC SITES

With modest means, the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation is influencing the future of Downtown and older neighborhoods more than ever with tens of millions of investment at stake.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

CITY PLANS TO SPEND OVER $1 MILLION ON EAST WASH CLEANUP

In addition to razing buildings, the city will clean up contaminated soils to make the sites ready for redevelopment.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

JUNE FORECLOSURE FILINGS HIT RECORD HIGH IN DANE COUNTY

Dane County foreclosure filings were up 5.7 percent to 129, the highest June since at least 2004.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

COUNTY HOUSING STARTS UP 43% IN JUNE AS MINI-BUILDING BOOM CONTINUES

A modest mini-surge in home building is under way and gaining strength as Dane County posted the highest June housing starts of the past five years.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

SCHOOL TAX LEVY COULD FALL 5.96 PERCENT

 

An increase in state aid and a decrease in debt payments could add up to a nearly 6 percent decrease in the DeForest Area School District tax levy, the school board learned Monday.  

-DeForest Times

 

CITY COUNCIL PROPOSAL WOULD ENLIST LANDLORDS TO BOOST VOTER TURNOUT

 

In a bid to boost voter turnout, Madison City Council members are proposing that landlords must provide voter registration forms when tenants move into a residence.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

PLANS TO CHANGE MADISON'S DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS GREETED FAVORABLY

 

Madison business and development interests gave a warm reception Wednesday to changes intended to streamline the city's development review process.

-Wisconsin State Journal

DANE COUNTY LEADERS CUT SPENDING ALLOWANCE FOR EMBATTLED REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION

A divided panel of local government leaders on Wednesday cut the spending of the planning agency assigned to control urban sprawl and protect water purity in Dane County amid a move by town leaders to dissolve the agency altogether.

-Wisconsin State Journal

  

 

 

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Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
State plans to convert US 18/151 to limited-access freeway in Iowa, Dane counties

While the first shovel of dirt won't be turned for years, the Department of Transportation will be taking public comment on the conversion of a 28-mile stretch of U.S. 18/151 from an at-grade expressway to a limited access freeway with interchanges.

 

44-STORY LAKEFRONT TOWER PROPOSED | THE COUTURE, WITH A $120 MILLION PRICE TAG, WOULD REPLACE THE DOWNTOWN TRANSIT CENTER

 

A 44-story tower overlooking Lake Michigan that features high-end apartments and a hotel would replace the underused Downtown Transit Center under a proposal being recommended by County Executive Chris Abele. 

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

COUNTY BOARD DELAY SLOWS PROGRESS ON HIGH RISE PROPOSAL

 

Work on an apartment and hotel high-rise proposal to replace the Downtown Transit Center can't proceed until the County Board authorizes negotiations to sell the county-owned site. But that first step may be delayed for a couple of months because of a county policy dispute. 

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

PLAN COMMISSION OKS EAST SIDE APARTMENTS

 

A five-story apartment building proposed for Milwaukee's east side was recommended for approval by the city Plan Commission on Monday after the developers added more parking spaces.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

NEIGHBORS DECRY PLANS FOR MEMORY-CARE HOUSING IN BROOKFIELD | WHILE PURPOSE SUPPORTED, LOCATION DRAWS WORRIES

 

When it comes to a new memory care facility in Brookfield, Silverado Senior Living developers and members of the community don't agree on much. The disagreement came to a head when at least 100 residents jammed the council chambers Monday for a public hearing.

-Brookfield NOW

 

RESIDENTS WORRY WISCONSIN LUTHERAN INTRUDING INTO NEIGHBORHOOD

 

Wisconsin Lutheran College wants to rezone 15 homes it bought in Wauwatosa so it can change one for use as office space and allow more students to move into the others.

-Wauwautosa NOW

 

HOME CONSTRUCTION PERMITS UP 13.1% IN STATE METRO AREAS

 

Permits to construct new homes increased 13.1% in the first half of 2012 in Wisconsin's most populated metro areas. Permits to construct new homes increased 13.1% in the first half of 2012 in Wisconsin's most populated metro areas.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

OCONOMOWOC ROCKWELL PROJECT IN WORKS, MAYOR SAYS

 

Mayor Jim Daley has often referred to his city as a sleeping giant. Located between Madison and Milwaukee, Oconomowoc has many prime opportunities for development, notwithstanding the regional mall in Pabst Farms.

-Living Lake Country 

 

US 30-YEAR MORTGAGE RATE DROPS TO RECORDS 3.56 PCT

 

Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell again to record lows, giving would-be buyers more incentive to brave the housing market. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year loan fell to 3.56 percent.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

PUB OWNER'S REBUILDING PLANS MEET WITH RESISTANCE

 

Whether there will be a new DJs Pub & Grill after the current establishment is demolished as part of a road-widening project is still in question. The owner of the business that has stood alongside Janesville Road for 90 years wants to rebuild.

-Muskego NOW

 

 

A conflicted Oshkosh Common Council cleared the path Tuesday for CVS Pharmacy to build on the northeast corner of West Ninth Avenue and South Koeller Street, nearly two years after developers first pitched the controversial plan for the drug store.

-Milwaukee Business News

 

 

Demand for multi-family housing continues to grow, especially from young professionals and empty-nesters. Major apartment developments will be completed in downtown Milwaukee, on the East Side, in Shorewood and in Wauwatosa by the end of 2012.

-Milwaukee Business News

 

 

Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group plans to build a speculative industrial building at state Highway 31 and 99th Street in Pleasant Prairie.

-Milwaukee Business News

 

 

The Forest County Potawatomi tribe will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on July 12 to celebrate the start of construction of a 20-story, 382-room hotel next to its Potawatomi Bingo Casino in the Menomonee Valley in Milwaukee. 

-Milwaukee Business News

 

 

With a low class A office space vacancy rate in downtown Milwaukee of about 8 percent, several developers are again marketing proposed office building developments to potential tenants.

-Milwaukee Business News


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