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Development News for the Week of: 4/13/2013 - 4/19/2013   

MARCH HOME SALES IN DANE COUNTY HIT 6-YEAR HIGH 

 

Dane County home sales are up, but inventory remains a concern. 

-Wisconsin State Journal      

   

JENNIFER CHEATHAM ASSEMBLES EXPERT TEAM TO REVIEW MADISON SCHOOL DISTRICT

New Madison superintendent Jennifer Cheatham has assembled a team of eight education experts to help diagnose the current state of the district. 

-Wisconsin State Journal     

DANE COUNTY SEEKS WAYS TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE 

 

Dane County may change the way it maintains roads, manages lake levels and controls storm runoff after a comprehensive review of its operations aimed at dealing with extreme weather events. 

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL PARENT FIRM PLANS TO ACQUIRE DEAN HEALTH SYSTEM 

 

Dean Health System and the owner of St. Mary's Hospital have agreed to merge, the organizations announced Tuesday.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

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MILWAUKEE AREA'S ECONOMIC SUCCESS WILL DEPEND ON INCREASING ITS INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL 

 

Entrepreneurial hotbeds such as San Jose and San Francisco are among the most well-educated places in the country. For the Milwaukee region, improving education, including increasing the number of college graduates, will be critical to its future success.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

VIDEO: DAYKIN DISCUSSES DOWNTOWN MARRIOTT

When downtown Milwaukee's Marriott opens in July, it will add to the expected 26% increase in hotel rooms over the next few years, business reporter Tom Daykin reports in this week's Land and Space.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel     

EAST SIDE APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT SEEKS RIVERWALK GRANT

An 87-unit apartment builiding planned for Milwaukee's east side would get $1.5 million in city funds to help pay for a public RiverWalk segment tied to the development.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

MILWAUKEE CONVERSIONS, BROWN DEER APARTMENTS RECEIVE TAX CREDITS

Two separate Milwaukee proposals to convert a former box factory and vacant offices into apartments, along with a disputed Brown Deer apartments plan, are getting federal tax credits to help finance them, state officials announced Thursday.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

RESIDENTS PETITION AGAINST BROWN DEER APARTMENTS

A group of Brown Deer residents fighting a planned affordable apartment development have submitted to local officials petitions signed by over 1,000 opponents.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel      

LOCAL TRUCKING COMPANY OWNER BIDS FOR EX-NORTHRIDGE MALL

The owner of a West Allis trucking firm said Wednesday he's submitted a bid to buy the former Northridge mall, which he would transform into a specialty mall.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    
 
MAYFAIR COLLECTION BREAKS GROUND, LOOKS TO 2014 OPENING

Ten years after initial planning started to redevelop Wauwatosa's Burleigh Triangle area, a groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for a shopping center that will replace much of that area's unused warehouses.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

IRON BLOCK RENOVATIONS OBTAIN MEDC LOAN

The $9 million purchase and renovation of downtown Milwaukee's historic Iron Block Building is being partly financed with a $3.6 million loan from a nonprofit business lender affiliated with the city.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel      

APARTMENTS, SCHOOL BUILDING PROPOSED FOR NORTH SIDE

A four-story building with 43 apartments and a Milwaukee Public Schools charter school has been proposed for the city's north side.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  
   
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