News & Notes
Congrats to my brother Jim; you are an IRONMAN!

Have a great week!

 

Joe  
Development News for the Week of: 9/7/2013 - 9/13/2013   

CHEER, PRAY, SWEAT: IRONFANS SHOW UP FROM NEAR AND FAR 

 

Endurance junkies came to Madison from 49 states and 23 countries for Sunday's Ironman Wisconsin triathlon. All brought stories. Many brought an avid fan base.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

DANE COUNTY MANUFACTURING SEEING ITS UPS AND DOWNS AS MODEST REBOUND ROLLS ON 

 

Few new jobs have come with the growth so far, but 2014 looks better.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

DANE COUNTY HOME PERMITS UP 30% FOR BEST AUGUST IN SIX YEARS 

 

Permits also topped 100 for the month for the first time since 2007, when there were 124. 

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

CITY MULLS SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT HOUSE BLOCK 

 

Madison is considering a special committee to study the block that hosts Frank Lloyd Wright's Lamp House.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

MADISON CAB DRIVER'S FREESTYLE BEARD WINS NATIONAL CONTEST� 

 

Madison cab driver Chris Kriskovic's seven-spike beard won the styled category at the national beard championships last week in New Orleans.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

  

MEETINGS SEEK PUBLIC INPUT FOR POTENTIALLY MASSIVE OVERHAUL OF BELTLINE 

 

Work wouldn't begin until around 2025, but engineers are seeking ideas for how to alleviate congestion.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

Since Dane County can't bargain with its employees under Act 10, plans are set to have the county partner with its workforce in a different way.

-Wisconsin State Journal   

 

PROPOSED MILLS STREET APARTMENTS WOULD TAKE OUT FIVE OLDER HOMES 

 

The developer, Gallina Companies of Mount Horeb, estimates the project cost at $8.1 million and hope to rent it for August 2014.

-The Cap Times 

 

 
Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
 
CITY LISTS RESTAURANT SPACE NEAR BRADLEY CENTER

An 8,400 square-foot restaurant space in a city-owned parking structure near the BMO Harris Bradley Center will again be seeking tenants under a proposal approved Wednesday by the Common Council's Public Works Committee. -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

ILLINOIS LIGHTING MANUFACTURER TO MOVE TO KENOSHA

A lighting company with 400 workers is the second manufacturer in a week to say it will leave northern Illinois for Wisconsin.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel     

SETTLEMENT RESURRECTS GRAFTON CONDO PROJECT 

 

Litigation has been settled for a riverfront housing project to be completed by the end of 2013 in the Village of Grafton.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

POTAWATOMI, HO-CHUNK, ONEIDA HAVE OBJECTIONS TO KENOSHA CASINO PROJECT

The big three of Wisconsin Indian gambling are not ready to welcome the Menominee tribe to their exclusive club of casino-rich tribes. 

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  

 

WATER CENTER LAUNCHES

Gov. Scott Walker, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and area business leaders ceremoniously opened a seven-story, $22 million water technology and business incubator Thursday afternoon.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

     

VIDEO: TOM DAYKIN DISCUSSES MILWAUKEE RIVER HILTON 

 

The owners of Glendale's Milwaukee River Hilton want to sell the aging hotel but local officials oppose plans by the proposed buyer to convert the hotel into housing for Chinese students attending area schools.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

GLENDALE REJECTS CONVERSION OF HOTEL TO STUDENT HOUSING

A proposal to convert a Glendale hotel into housing for Chinese students attending Milwaukee-area high schools and universities has been rejected by city officials.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

ACADEMY TO CONSIDER OTHER LOCATIONS

 

The backers of a proposed housing complex for Chinese students attending Milwaukee-area high schools and universities will look at other locations after a Glendale site was rejected by city officials.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

 

DEVELOPER PLANS INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS FOR WEST ALLIS SITE 

 

Wangard Partners Inc. plans to develop two industrial buildings on a former truck terminal in West Allis, under a newly approved proposal.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDING CONSIDERED FOR GERMANTOWN

 

The potential development of a 56,000-square-foot office and industrial facility is being considered for a Germantown site.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


 
 
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