News & Notes

The Madison Area Home Builders Association Home Product Show is this weekend at the Alliant Energy Center. If you are coming to the event, stop by our Conservancy Place booth.

Have a great week!

 Joe

Development News for the Week of: 2/23/2013 - 3/1/2013   

PLAN TO ALTER LANES ON BUSY NORTH SHERMAN AVENUE DRAWS MIXED REVIEWS ON NORTH SIDE  

  

There's broad agreement busy North Sherman Avenue should be made safer, but proposed improvements have divided residents, cyclists and North Side business owners. 

-Wisconsin State Journal  

NO MORE LOUD, ORANGE CARPET AS MONONA TERRACE WILL GET A MAJOR REDO

Monona Terrace's famously loud, burnt-orange carpet will be replaced by one with a burgundy background as part of a renovation project.

-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON COUNCIL OKS TWO BUILDING PROPOSALS OVER NEIGHBOR COMPLAINTS

A pair of development proposals can move forward despite attempts from neighbors to sway the Madison City Council's opinion.

-Wisconsin State Journal     

BLACKHAWK TECHNICAL COLLEGE EYES NEW MANUFACTURING TRAINING SITE

Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville recently approved plans to open a 105,000-square-foot industrial facility in Milton by the fall semester in 2014.

-Wisconsin State Journal    

BUDGET PROVISION TO LIFT BAN ON FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF LAND CRITICIZED

Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposes lifting a longtime prohibition on foreign ownership of large tracts of land in Wisconsin.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER RENOVATIONS

A group looking at the next phase of improvements for the Alliant Energy Center is expected to take a bold approach as they seek ideas from developers and area residents.
-Wisconsin State Journal   

NEW STORES CHOSEN FOR LONG-VACANT SITE OUTSIDE WEST TOWNE MALL

After 10 years of inactivity, the site of a former restaurant and tire store outside West Towne Mall is seeing movement again.

-Wisconsin State Journal  
 

DEVELOPERS DOUBLE CITY OF WATERLOO MOVE-IN INCENTIVE FOR SOME NEW HOMEBUYERS TO $8,000

For 2013, buyers of new homes in two Waterloo subdivisions can get $8,000, rather than $4,000.

-Wisconsin State Journal  
 
 




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Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
   
KIMPTON PLANS UPSCALE HOTEL IN MILWAUKEE'S THIRD WARD

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants said Monday it will enter the Milwaukee market with the management of a new upscale hotel on the northeast corner of E. Chicago St. and N. Broadway in the city's historic Third Ward.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    

KEEP BUCKS IN TOWN, STABILIZE CITY FUNDS, BARRETT URGES    

  

Mayor Tom Barrett said with property values dropping throughout the city, state aid stagnant, a possible loss of residency rules and a foreclosure crisis, there needs to be a conversation about local government financing.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 


FORMER PABST BREWERY GETS GREEN AWARD

The redevelopment project at the former Pabst Brewing Co. known as The Brewery has won the highest designation for sustainable development practices from the U.S. Green Building Council, it was announced today.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   

   

NEW-HOME SALES JUMP TO HIGHEST SINCE 2008    

U.S. new-home sales jumped in January from the previous month to the highest level since July 2008, a sign that the housing recovery is accelerating. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   


RACINE, KENOSHA, WAUKESHA LEAD PACK IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT FORECAST

Racine, Kenosha and Waukesha counties are the southeastern Wisconsin markets most likely to see new light industrial development in 2013, according to a new forecast from commercial real estate brokerage Dickman Co.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  

WALKER DEFENDS DEALING WITH CITY, URGES FOCUS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

In a sharp rebuke to city leadership, Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday defended his record in dealing with Milwaukee and said top officials should focus on solving problems and energizing the economy instead of blaming others.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
 

HOW TRANSFORM MILWAUKEE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED 

Last spring, shortly before the recall election between Gov. Scott Walker and Mayor Tom Barrett, the governor announced a major initiative plan his aides said would center on the economically ravaged areas of the north and south sides of Milwaukee.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
 

 VIDEO: DAYKIN DISCUSSES THE BREWERY;  

Business reporter Tom Daykin talks about the proceeding development at the site of the old Pabst brewery.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
 

SENIOR HOUSING WITH 350 UNITS PROPOSED FOR MENOMONEE FALLS  

A senior housing development that would eventually include 350 apartments is being proposed for a 23-acre site in Menomonee Falls.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
   


 MENOMONEE FALLS SITE CONSIDERED FOR FBI OFFICES

A developer is considering the renovation of a 105,000-square-foot former medical clinic in Menomonee Falls into offices for the FBI's Milwaukee-area office.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
 

ABB OFFICE BUILDING GAINS MORE APPROVALS IN WAUWATOSA

ABB Inc.'s new regional headquarters proposed for the Innovation Campus site in Wauwatosa has won additional city approvals.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
 


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