News & Notes

It has been a big week for my family; we have decided to get a dog! This will be a fun and exciting journey for all of us (well maybe not the cat) but the kids are really excited.

Have a great week!

 Joe

Development News for the Week of: 8/10/2013 - 8/16/2013   

 

They're planning to begin reconstruction of the popular pedestrian area in 2014.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

GROUNDBREAKING THIS MONTH FOR SIX-STORY STUDENT HOUSING TOWER ON FORMER STADIUM BAR SITE 

 

The building will have 162 beds and about 7,500 square feet of retail on the ground floor.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

DANE COUNTY JULY HOME SALES UP 29% MEDIAN PRICE CLIMBS BY 10% 

 

July also marked the 25th straight month to see year-over-year sales growth.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

BUILDING A BETTER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER 

 

Its location no longer a secret, enhanced security was key, even as architects and the project contractor try to also make the new, bigger shelter more home-like.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

ANCHOR BANK'S PARENT FIRM FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION, BRINGS IN NEW INVESTORS 

 

The Madison bank company says the pre-packaged bankruptcy filing will not change Anchor's bank operations, customers or employees.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

ASSOCIATED BANK FORCED ANCHOR BANCORP BANKRUPTCY 

 

Documents filed late Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court provide some details into the Madison bank company's move.
-Wisconsin State Journal   

 

SEC SETTLES FRAUD CASE AGAINST ANCHOR BANCORP, FORMER CFO 

 

In a settled civil case, the Madison bank company and its CFO are accused of misstating Anchor's earnings in 2009.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

AS ITS FARM CAMPUS OPENS, EPIC SYSTEMS PREPARES FOR EVEN MORE WORKERS 

 

But will the fast-growing Verona electronic health records company be an economic firecracker, long-term?

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

GOOGLE AMONG COMPANIES TO MOVE INTO EAST WASHINGTON DEVELOPMENT

 

Commercial tenants due to move in to The Constellation, a new high-rise development on East Washington Avenue, include Google, Star Bar, Cargo Coffee and a dentist's office.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

FOR MADISON TECH BLOGGER, GLASS DRAWS INTEREST

 

Madisonian Jeffrey Powers was selected by Google to fly to New York and purchase its prototype specs, Google Glass.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
 
TOSA APARTMENT PROPOSAL ADDS UNITS, WINS APPROVAL  

 

An apartment development proposed at a former Wauwatosa industrial site has won Plan Commission approval after the developer added more units, and made design changes. 

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel     

RENEWABLE ENERGY FIRMS, FANS URGES STATE TO REVERSE COURSE

Supporters of renewable energy are weighing in urging the state Public Service Commission to reverse course and rethink a decision that suspended incentives for business and homeowners to install solar power systems.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
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