News & Notes
The Madison Area Builders Association's Parade of Homes begins tomorrow. Come out and see our Parade Site in Conservancy Place. Our site includes four incredible homes with views that you have to see to believe. For more information see our web site: Conservancy Place

Have a great week!

 Joe

Development News for the Week of: 6/1/2013 - 6/7/2013   

  

ANNUAL MABA PARADE OF HOMES BEGINS THIS WEEKEND, BUT FEW 'SPEC' HOMES WILL BE ON ROUTE 

 

This year's parade features 30 homes in five communities, with few spec homes available.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

MAY HOME PERMITS IN DANE COUNTY UP 14% AS MODEST REBOUND ROLLS ON 

 

From January through May, the increase in Dane County home permits over last year stood at 31 percent.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

CONTRACTOR BREAKS GROUND FOR MANUFACTURING PLANT IN MIDDLETON 

 

Madison-based Iconica, a design-build contractor, broke ground in late May for a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Middleton for ACS, which designs and builds equipment and facilities for the global engine- and vehicle-testing market.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT INNOVATORS PRESENT IDEAS TO MAKE MADISON A GLOBAL INNOVATOR 

 

Six students from Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands stopped here as part of a 15-week, 15-country internship aimed at digital innovation.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

  

CITY GETS MORE PROPOSALS FOR STATE STREET DEVELOPMENT 

 

Madison gets two more proposals to improve State Street. 

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

CITY, DEVELOPER REACH DEAL ON PROJECT FOR 800 BLOCK OF EAST WASHINGTON AVENUE 

 

Madison, developer reach tentative deal on letter of intent to sell property on 800 block of East Washington Avenue.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

DEVELOPERS PROPOSE TO RAZE SIX HOUSES FOR DOWNTOWN APARTMENT PROJECT 

 

Developers would demolish six houses for 85-unit housing project near State Street.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

MADISON, DEVELOPER MAY END DEAL ON BIG INDUSTRIAL PARK 

 

Madison and T. Wall Properties may end deal on industrial park near airport.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

 

 

 

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Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
 
HUSCO ROLLING OUT $45 MILLION EXPANSION

Much of the money will be spent on equipment and assembly lines at the engine parts supplier's plants in Waukesha and Whitewater.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

 

VIDEO: DAYKIN DISCUSSES ROCK SPORTS COMPLEX 

 

Tom Daykin discusses the $3 million development of the Rock Sports Complex on a reclaimed landfill.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel      


THREE LOCAL BUSINESSES PITCH DOWNTOWN THIENSVILLE DEVELOPMENTS

Three local businesses are vying for the chance to develop prime downtown Thiensville real estate along Pigeon Creek. At a special joint meeting of the Committee of the Whole and Plan Commission on Tuesday, Thiensville-based CORE Consulting, Mequon-based Knobloch Nelson Architects, and Thiensville Family Health Care Clinic all presented multi-level, mixed-use plans for consideration.
-Mequonnow.com


STATE PROPOSES CHANGING LAKESHORE DEFINITION TO HELP COUTURE

Under new legislation, downtown Milwaukee's historic lakeshore would be defined according to where it was set in 1913 -- an attempt to end questions about whether a private development can be built on the Downtown Transit Center site.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

DISPUTE RESOLVED OVER MENOMONEE VALLEY PLAN UPDATE

Ald. Bob Bauman's complaint about a proposed Department of City Development update of the Menomonee Valley comprehensive plan has been resolved.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Developers that seek city financing for projects that include for-profit colleges will face new standards under a proposal recommended for approval Tuesday by the Common Council's Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

DELAFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL HEARINGS SET

Plan Commission members raised a series of issues last week that will have to be resolved before the Common Council decides whether to approve a proposed Christian elementary school.

-LivingLakeCounty.com

 

HOTEL PROJECT TO BE CONVERTED INTO MSOE STUDENT HOUSING

A partly completed downtown building that was to be a Staybridge Suites hotel is being bought by Milwaukee School of Engineering for student housing.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

 

   
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