News & Notes
The new year started with a touch of the flu; which was not helped with the Badgers defeat in the Rose Bowl.

A new year, a new coach, a new era in Badger football begins. Good Luck Coach Andersen!

 Joe

Development News for the Week of:12/29/2012 - 1/4/2013   
CAPITOL HILL APARTMENTS RISES FROM THE ASHES

A 1920s-era Downtown apartment building extensively damaged by fire 18 months ago has improbably returned as the city's latest upscale housing option.

-Wisconsin State Journal 
 
POTTER LAWSON DESIGNS ITS FUTURE

Madison company to mark centennial with move to digs of its own design.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

MADISON SEEKS NEW PROJECT IDEAS FOR 800 BLOCK OF EAST WASH

The city is asking for new project ideas for the 800 block of East Washington Avenue that Mayor Paul Soglin believes still has the potential for exciting development opportunities.

-Wisconsin State Journal   
 
US CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DIPS 0.3 PERCENT

Spending on U.S. construction projects fell in November from October because a steep drop in volatile federal projects offset another gain in home building.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

FEWER US BANKS FAILING AS INDUSTRY STRENGTHENS

U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish manufacturing and anxious consumers.

-Wisconsin State Journal

NINE MADISON CITY COUNCIL INCUMBENTS TO FACE FOES IN SPRING ELECTION

The Madison City Council will see a turnover of between four and 13 seats after the coming spring election.

-Wisconsin State Journal

NEIGHBORS WORRIED ABOUT PLANS FOR TWO NEW EAST-SIDE HOMELESS SHELTERS

The Salvation Army of Dane County wants to move its shelter from East Wash to Darbo Drive, while Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin wants to...

-Wisconsin State Journal

 ACCURAY, TOMOTHERAPY'S  PARENT COMPANY, CUTTING STAFF, CITES FISCAL PICTURE

Accuray, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company that bought TomoTherapy, of Madison, in June 2011, said Thursday it is restructuring operations

-Wisconsin State Journal

US RATE ON 30-YEAR MORTGAGE SLIPS TO 3.34 PCT.

Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages moved closer to their record lows this week, a trend that has made home buying more affordable

-Wisconsin State Journal 
  
   

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Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
 
A day after the nation edged away from a "fiscal cliff" that had threatened economic doom, the realization that other ominous fiscal battles loom tempered any sense of celebration Wednesday in the nation's capital.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

FORECLOSURE FILINGS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN DROP FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR

Mortgage foreclosure filings in southeastern Wisconsin decreased for the third consecutive year in 2012 as the housing market continued to mend slowly.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


A plan by the owner of Penzeys Spices to redevelop the former Northridge Mall has run into a delay which could bring problems for the vacant property.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

WIND FARM STUDY RESULTS A MIXED BAG

 Health problems experienced by residents near a Brown County wind farm are being debated as the developer of that project seeks approval for a larger wind project in St. Croix County.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

HIGH-END CUFF LINKS HAVE ENGINEERED STYLE

The recession had cut into orders sharply at Kyle Stoehr's nearly 50-year-old custom bearing plant in Oconomowoc, but that wasn't what was bothering him one cool November evening
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

INDOOR GOLF RANGE TO OPEN IN THIRD WARD

An indoor golf practice and instruction center is planned for Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 TOWNHOUSES PROPOSED FOR SOUTH MILWAUKEE PUT ON HOLD 

A 20-unit townhouse apartment development proposed for South Milwaukee is on hold. Vangard Group proposed the townhouses for a 1.45-acre parcel at 909 Menomonee Ave.The city-owned site is within walking distance of downtown South Milwaukee, and just north of Heritage Reserve condos.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 BMO HARRIS BRADLEY CENTER GETS $3 MILLION FACE-LIFT

The arena is nearly 25 years old now, but BMO Harris Bradley Center officials have been rolling out a number of improvements over the past few months.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


 
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