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Development News for the Week of: 11/24/2012 - 11/30/2012

DEVELOPER PROPOSES STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT DOWNTOWN

The plan is bringing up a familiar discussion about building in a historic Madison neighborhood.

-Wisconsin State Journal

LANDMARKS COMMISSION OPPOSES REPLACING 3 BUILDING IN HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH APARTMENTS

Plans to raze three structures in a historic district near Langdon Street and build a seven-story apartment building hit a road block Monday.

-Wisconsin State Journal

COMMON COUNCIL FINALIZES WEST JOHNSON STREET MULTI-USE APARTMENT COMPLEX DETAILS

Madison's Common Council approved three pieces of legislation Tuesday regarding a proposal for a multi-purpose condominium on the 300 block of West Johnson Street.

-Daily Cardinal

STADIUM BAR NEAR CAMP RANDALL MAY MAKE WAY FOR STUDENT APARTMENTS

It would mark the end of a popular watering hole but might well please vexed neighbors tired of game day partying.

-The Capital Times

PORCHLIGHT'S NEW FACILITY OFFERS MODEST UNITS FOR CITY'S HOMELESS

The facility, four years in the making, opens as Madison and county officials pursue more single-room-occupancy housing to fill a growing need.

-Wisconsin State Journal

CONSTRUCTION AT WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY UNCOVERS PIECE OF HISTORY

The Wisconsin Historical Society, right in front of its own building, this week found a giant brick-lined cistern, probably built in 1899 to channel rain runoff from the roof and away from muddy State and Langdon streets.

-Wisconsin State Journal

PSC ENERGY PORJECTIONS INCLUDE PROPOSAL FOR POWER LINE FROM MADISON AREA INTO ILLINOIS

A proposal for a new transmission line from the Madison area south into central Illinois is included in a state energy planning document recently released by the Public Service Commission.

-Wisconsin State Journal

BANK MERGER WOULD CREATE 6th LARGEST WISCONSIN-BASED BANK

Two Wisconsin community banks are merging, and will form the sixth largest bank holding company based in Wisconsin.
-Wisconsin State Journal

ONE IN FIVE STATE BUSINESS LEADERS EYES LAYOFF IN NEXT 6 MONTHS, SURVEY SAYS

Wisconsin business leaders say the state is headed in the right direction, yet one in five plans to cut staff in the next six months, the largest percentage in more than three years, according to a semi-annual survey conducted by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

-Wisconsin State Journal

EXECUTIVE Q&A: CHAMBER PRESIDENT ZACH BRANDON FOCUSES ON INNOVATION

Zach Brandon starts his new job as Chamber president Monday with hopes of bringing more diverse parties into the organization and taking a lead role in setting policy.

-Wisconsin State Journal

WISCONSIN START-UP ACCELERATOR PREPARES FOR ITS FIRST MADISON CLASS

More than 100 startups applied by the Nov. 21 deadline to become part of the winter class of gener8tor, an accelerator program for young tech businesses, in Madison and Milwaukee.

-Wisconsin State Journal

TURBINES WIND UP NEIGHBORS ALONG HIGHWAY 12

The Epic-built towers have some homeowners worried about noise, property values.

-Wisconsin State Journal

EPIC'S GROWTH HAS BEEN A BOON FOR MADISON AS WELL AS VERONA

Madison officials mourned the loss of booming Epic Systems to Verona in the mid-2000s, but the medical software colossus is having a huge, unexpected impact on its original hometown.

-Wisconsin State Journal

SOUTH SIDE APARTMENT COMPLEX OK'D AFTER COUNCIL DEBATE

A proposal to buy and renovate a South Side apartment complex will go forward after an attempt to reverse the Plan Commission's approval of the project ultimately failed at Tuesday's City Council meeting.

-Wisconsin State Journal

ABOUT 50 MERITER EMPLOYEES LOSING JOBS; TOTAL OF 140 FULL-TIME POSITIONS CUT

About 50 employees at Meriter Health Services are losing their jobs, others will see their hours reduced, and some vacant positions are being eliminated, Meriter announced Tuesday.

-Wisconsin State Journal

ERDMAN TO BUILD ACCESS COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS' CLINIC

Madison-based Erdman will develop and build Access Community Health Centers' $4.5 million medical and dental clinic on South Park Street near the Village on Park mall.

-Wisconsin State Journal

DANE COUNTY TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SILVERWOOD PARK IN TOWN OF ALBION

Dane County will start to develop a new park with an urban/rural theme next year on 300 acres of county-owned land in the town of Albion.

-Wisconsin State Journal

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Around the State and Points Elsewhere

VIDEO: DAYKIN DISCUSSES 'THE CORNERS' DEVELOPMENT IN BROOKFIELD

In this week's Land and Space video, business reporter Tom Daykin talks about a Town of Brookfield proposal to spend $35 million to help finance development of The Corners shopping center has been delayed apparently over trouble encountered in obtaining additional

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

SUBURBS SHOW STRONG GAINS IN HOME SALES

Regional home sales are on the rise, approaching levels not seen since 2007 in the four-county Milwaukee area.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

REDEVELOPMENT OF DOWNTOWN WAREHOUSE PROPOSED

A four-story warehouse just north of downtown Milwaukee's Park East strip would be redeveloped into other uses, including housing, under a new proposal.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

GROUP HAS CONCERNS ABOUT OCONOMOWOC DEVELOPMENTS, CALLS SPECIAL MEETING

Meeting called to discuss city's future as a tourist destination Destination Oconomowoc. These two words are the focus of a meeting on Monday, said Laurel Whelan.

-Living Lake County

NORDSTROM OPENING DEPARTMENT STORE AT MAYFAIR MALL BY 2015

Nordstrom Inc. will open its first full-line Wisconsin department store at Wauwatosa's Mayfair mall in fall 2015. The Seattle-based company announced Thursday plans to open a 140,000-square-foot, three-level store. It will be on the mall's east side, between Boston Store and Mayfair's six-story attached office building.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

FINANCING PLAN FOR MAYFAIR COLLECTION WINS FINAL CITY APPROVALS

A proposal to provide up to $8.5 million in city funds to help develop the Mayfair Collection shopping center has won final city approval.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

ICAHN SAYS HE'LL MOVE ON IF BID TO CONTROL OSHKOSH CORP. FAILS

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn says he will drop his fight to gain control of Oshkosh Corp. if he doesn't get adequate shareholder support before his offer expires Dec. 3.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel