NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL PLANS $300 MILLION DOWNTOWN OFFICE TOWER
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. plans to build a new office tower at its downtown Milwaukee campus and is seeking $48 million in city financing for the $300 million project.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
SOUTH MILWAUKEE RESIDENTS WORK TO RESTORE WINTER WONDER
Mary Nelson and a few thousand supporters are asking Milwaukee County to spend several hundred thousand dollars on restoring one page of South Milwaukee's past, an old mill pond on Oak Creek.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
PHOTOGRAPHER'S BOOK CHRONICLES END OF PABST ERA
Hobbyist photographer Paul Bialas spent dozens of hours inside the vacant Pabst buildings, often making his way through inky darkness to get the shots he wanted.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ROSE 23% IN NOVEMBER
Permits to construct new homes rose 23% in Wisconsin's five most-populated areas in November, continuing a slow but steady improvement in the state's home-building market.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Old Navy, which closed at Southridge Mall this past spring, will return to a new location at Southridge in 2013, mall owner Simon Property Group Inc. announced Thursday.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
DEADLINE NEARS FOR MORTGAGE REVIEW PROGRAM
Milwaukee mortgage holders who may have been victimized by improper lending practices have a chance to recover some of their losses through the Independent Foreclosure Review Program.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
HOSTEL PROPOSED FOR WALKER'S POINT
A hostel-style hotel is being proposed for the Walker's Point neighborhood.
Third Coast Inn, 602 S. 3rd St., would feature 18 beds within five rooms, as well as a kitchen, laundry room, two bathrooms and other common areas for guests, according to a proposal filed with the Milwaukee Board of Zoning Appeals. The rooms would feature dormitory-style bunk beds.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
ASTRONAUTICS DEFERS DECISION ON HEADQUARTERS RELOCATION
Over the past few years, there's been discussion about the possible relocation of Astronautics Corp. of America's headquarters from Milwaukee's north side to the former Pabst brewery.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
HOUSE BILL PASSES WITH SS BADGER GO-AHEAD STRIPPED OUT
The last coal-powered ferry in the United States was dealt a setback Wednesday in a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, which stripped out language that would have allowed the Lake Michigan-crossing ship to keep operating.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
