It has been a crazy couple of weeks. With all the poor weather my high school golf team had many events moved into the previous few weeks. At least the sun is shinning and we have had a couple of days in the 70's!
Have a great week!
Joe
Development News for the Week of: 5/18/2013 - 5/24/2013
A new Food Fight restaurant will go into the Block 100 Project on the corner of North Fairchild and West Mifflin streets, across from the Overture Center and the new Central Library. The restaurant will occupy the first floor and about 5,800 square feet of space.
State home sales rose 9.2 percent in April, for the 22nd straight month of higher sales than the previous year. The statewide median sales price also grew, increasing 7.8 percent to $138,000.
Thrive, now called Madison Region Economic Partnership, also releases data showing the area lags behind peers in population growth, income gains and job strength.
With no deal in place to use Madison Area Technical College's new protective services building, the city will pursue its own facility for advanced firefighter and EMS training.
A Plan Commission hearing on a disputed proposal to develop apartments in Brown Deer is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. May 28, at Brown Deer High School's Novak Fieldhouse.
Homeowners who use Airbnb.com and similar websites to rent rooms to travelers could be operating unlicensed inns, according to the trade group for Wisconsin's bed and breakfast operators. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Milwaukee Common Council, which provided a city loan to the now-insolvent Sweet Water Organics Inc., is requiring council approval for selling or leasing the company's collateral to help reduce the city's loss.
A 38-unit apartment development is being proposed for West Allis.
Developer Chris Miller, of Hartland-based Miller Marriott Custom Homes LLC, wants to build a pair of two-story buildings, with 19 units each, on 2.2 acres on the west side of S. 92nd Street, immediately north of the railroad overpass between W. Mitchell and W. Rogers streets, according to a city Plan Commission report.