News & Notes
The girls state basketball tournament is being held in Green Bay instead of Madison this week. Is this the start of more WIAA tournaments leaving Madison and finding new homes?

Have a great week!

 Joe
Development News for the Week of: 3/9/2013 - 3/15/2013   

DANE COUNTY POPULATION TOPS 500,000 FOR FIRST TIME, CENSUS BUREAU ESTIMATES

  

The county gained more than 7,000 residents in the past year. Both the total number and the percentage increase - 1.4 - were the highest in WI

-Wisconsin State Journal

TWEAKS TO EDGEWATER PROJECT BYPASSED CITY PANELS

The Edgewater hotel redevelopment is causing another tiff.

-Wisconsin State Journal 
 
LANGDON AREA HISTORIC DISTRICT PUSHED; DEVELOPERS WARY

A six-story apartment project approved by the city has sparked a backlash, including an online petition.

-Wisconsin State Journal  
 
FOCUS ON DANE COUNTY: FITCHBURG TO BUILD FARM-THEMED SPLASH PAD

By mid-summer, children in Dane County will be able to cool off in a tractor sprinkler as part of a new farm-themed splash pad at McKee Farms

-Wisconsin State Journal

CARGO COFFEE TO ANCHOR NEW EAST WASH HIGH-RISE

The Constellation apartment building is seen by many as the first step in the long discussed but slow to happen rebirth of the blighted East Wash

-Wisconsin State Journal      

  

SHARP DROP IN US HOMES LOST TO FORECLOSURE IN FEB.

While the nation's foreclosure woes persist, new data show they're easing amid a resurgent housing market, rising home prices and efforts by

-Wisconsin State Journal    

EPIC SYSTEMS TOPS LIST OF 'COOL OFFICE SPACES'

Verona-based Epic Systems Corp. is No. 1 on a list of the top 10 "cool office spaces," according to the Glassdoor blog and as reported by Forbes.

-Wisconsin State Journal   
There were 66 home starts in February, up 65 percent form 40 in February 2012.
-Wisconsin State Journal

ACCEPTED OFFERS UP 51% FOR DANE COUNTY CONDOS IN FEBRUARY, SUGGESTING BIG MARCH SALES

Pending sales were up for both condos and single-family homes, but more sharply for condos, which also have seen deeper drops in inventory.

-Wisconsin State Journal    

DANE COUNTY HOME SALES RISE 31 PERCENT IN FEBRUARY, BUT SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES SEE BETTER PRICES DESPITE BIG CONDO SALES

Home sales rose 31 percent in February in Dane County, with a 2 percent rise in median sales price. But it made a big difference whether you sold a single-family home or a condo. 
-Wisconsin State Journal  

NEW BUILDING SEEN AS IDEAL USE OF SITE AS WORK SET TO BEGIN  

  

To be built on the site of the former Ideal Body Shop at 502 S. Park St., the new building will be named The Ideal in honor of those deep roots.

-Wisconsin State Journal      

MATC SCALES BACK PLAN FOR CULINARY SCHOOL

Plans to build a Downtown home for Madison Area Technical College's Culinary and Baking Institute have been scaled back after a funding shortfall prompted college officials to reconsider a new building next to its Downtown campus.

-Wisconsin State Journal   
 
PAUL SOGLIN NOMINATES KATHERINE CORNWELL TO HEAD POWERFUL PLANNING DIVISION

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has named Katherine Cornwell as director of the city's Planning Division, which shapes the city's vision for growth and handles tens of millions of dollars in projects annually.

-Wisconsin State Journal    

CITY COMMITTEE APPROVES CATHOLIC SCHOOL EXTERIOR REDEVELOPMENT DESIGN

The Landmarks Commission approved designs for a downtown redevelopment at a meeting Monday.

-Wisconsin State Journal     

DANE COUNTY BUYING LAND FOR NEW MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE, HIGHWAY GARAGE

Dane County is buying 22 acres just east of Madison for an expanded medical examiner's office, a new highway garage and possibly a future sheriff's satellite office.

-Wisconsin State Journal      


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Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
     
LAKEFRONT ROADWORK TO OPEN LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT

  

Gov. Scott Walker and Mayor Tom Barrett announced Monday a city-state plan for $34 million in road work that includes extending Lincoln Memorial Drive south into the Historic Third Ward, and opening up land for new buildings by moving I-794 ramps near the Hoan Bridge.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   

  

PROPOSED OAK CREEK HOTEL RUNS INTO ANOTHER DELAY

The long-standing proposal for an Oak Creek hotel near Mitchell International Airport has run into another delay.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  

ST. JOHN'S APARTMENTS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSES $2 MILLION EXPANSION 

St. John's on the Lake plans to add more assisted living apartments at its elderly housing development on Milwaukee's east side.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

INVENTORY BECOMING ISSUE IN METRO MILWAUKEE HOUSING MARKET

Sales of existing homes continued to rebound in the metro Milwaukee area in February, cutting into inventory and creating competition for the best homes on the market, real estate professionals said Tuesday.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH FACILITY, WITH 50 JOBS, PROPOSED FOR MEQUON

A start-up company formed by the founder of a Milwaukee-area drug ingredient maker is proposing to build a pharmaceutical research and development facility in Mequon, creating 50 jobs.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

VIDEO: DAYKIN DISCUSSES LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT

Business reporter Tom Daykin talks about the recent announcement of the city-state plan for moving the freeway ramps and improving the walkway by the lakefront downtown.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel     

MODERNE TENANTS BRING PIONEER SPIRIT TO UNDERDEVELOPED AREA

While enjoying the perks of living a stone's throw from Water St. business and night life, tenants hope the Moderne will revitalize the site of the former freeway spur near W. McKinley Ave. and add aesthetic value to Milwaukee's skyline.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel      
 
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