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 Cheese lovers rejoice: Recently discovered 40-year-old cheddar to be sold 


When Edward Zahn decided in May to close his cheese shop in Oconto, he made a discovery that is going to drive cheese lovers more bonkers than the 15-year-old cheddar released by Hook's Cheese in Mineral Point in 2009.


 
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Development News for the Week of:    8/25/2012 -  8/31/2012   

ONE OF 5 PROPOSALS TO REDEVELOP UNION CORNERS WITHDRAWN 

 

One of the five entities that had made a proposal to the city to redevelop the vacant Union Corners site on Madison's East Side has withdrawn its plan. C.D. Smith Construction of Fond du Lac/Eppstein Uhen Architects of Milwaukee informed city officials on Wednesday of its decision to pull out of the project.

 

PROPOSED WEIR FOUNDRY ON SOUTHEAST SIDE WOULD ADD 100 JOBS 

 

Mining equipment maker Weir Minerals wants to add a 90,000-square-foot foundry to its manufacturing operations on South Stoughton Road in Madison.
-Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

Marshfield-based Security Health Plan will start selling a Medicare Advantage plan in the Madison area in October, Security announced Monday.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 
PROPERTY TRAX: DANE COUNTY DISTRESSED HOME SALES WELL BELOW 30 PERCENT IN JULY, BUT STILL HISTORICALLY HIGH 

 


For the seventh month in a row, Dane County's Distressed Property Index was well below 30 percent. The index reading in July was 23.5 percent, down from a record-high 36.8 percent in July 2011, and down from 23.9 percent the previous month, June 2012.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 PROPERTY TRAX: SINGLE-FAMILY HOME MARKET CLOSE TO BALANCED AS ACTIVE LISTINGS KEEP DROPPING
Active listings for homes and condos dropped again in Dane County in July compared to the previous year, though enough excess inventory remained to preserve a buyer's advantage for condos.
-Wisconsin State Journal

 PROPERTY TRAX: PENDING DANE COUNTY HOMES SLAES UP BIG IN JULY, SUGGESTING BIG FALL SALES

Accepted offers increased in July by large margins for both single-family homes and condominiums, suggesting August sales will be considerably higher than they were in August 2011.
 
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Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
 REGION LOST MORE JOBS THAN ANY METRO AREA IN COUNTRY 

 

The Milwaukee region lost more jobs than any metro area in the country from July 2011 to July 2012 and was among just a handful of big metros where employment declined, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

 

In these tight budgetary times, paying for a new academic building on a public university campus requires creative financing, and in some cases, ambitious fundraising among special interest groups that could benefit from research produced there.

 -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

HOTEL DEMOLISHED TO PREPARE SITE FOR DEVELOPMENT 

 

Demolition crews are in the process of tearing down the former Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel on South Ashland Avenue near the Wisconsin 172 overpass in Ashwaubenon as the land owner prepares the property for possible sale to a developer.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

 

A northern Wisconsin development company has purchased the former Wausau Paper mill in Brokaw, spurring hope for new jobs six months after 400 were eliminated when the mill was shuttered.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

 

The city of Edgerton announced Tuesday that it has sealed an $800,000 land deal that will add 50 acres of land to the city's business park the north side.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

  
A proposed hotel development for the corner of College and Howell avenues is alive once again, with a new incentive package that alleviated the concerns of top Oak Creek officials.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

 

Tim Dixon, a Milwaukee developer and owner of the Iron Horse Hotel in Milwaukee, is partnering with Chicago-based Kevin Robinson and Mario Tricoci to form Aparium Hotel Group LLC and Aparium Development Company LLC.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

 

Imagine you have been appointed king of Milwaukee for a day. You hold all the chips, you press all the buttons and you pull all the levers. And you are a commercial real estate developer.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 


More than a year after foreclosing on a 14-acre development site in Northbrook, a Texas bank is in talks to sell the property to a local venture that wants to build apartments and retail there.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

 

Significant construction projects have been launched at Mercury Marine in support of its engineering and manufacturing divisions in Fond du Lac.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

 

The site of a vacant supermarket and once-scuttled downtown development could become the home to residents and stores after all.
-Milwaukee Biz Times

 

 

Retailer hhgregg has arrived in Wisconsin, prepared to compete with Sears, Lowe's, Home Depot, Best Buy and other stores that sell appliances or electronics. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

 MEIJER STORES COULD GET APPROVALS NEXT WEEK 

 

Meijer Inc. hopes to begin construction in 2013 on its first Milwaukee-area combined supermarket-discount stores, with two communities poised to approve store proposals next week.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

 MEETING SET ON CATHEDRAL SQUARE, JUNEAU PARK RENOVATION PLAN 

 

A plan to renovate Cathedral Square and Juneau Park, and pay for that work with a new fee on properties on downtown Milwaukee's east side, will be the subject of a public meeting Monday.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

 

 
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