News & Notes

Have a great week!

 

Joe 

 

Development News for the Weeks of: 12/21/2013 - 1/3/2014    

 

MADISON COMMITTEE NEARS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BLOCK HOSTING FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT DESIGNED HOME 

 

Lamp House Block Ad Hoc Plan Committee's vision includes preserving views to and from Downtown property.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

MADISON CONSIDERS PHOSPHORUS TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR STARKWEATHER CREEK 

 

The city eyes a site north of Milwaukee Street after dropping two other locations that proved controversial. 

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

'PEDAL PUB' COULD BE WHEELING THROUGH MADISON STREETS BY SPRING 

 

A law signed in mid-December by Gov. Scott Walker allows so-called "pedal pubs" to operate in Wisconsin.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

CATCHING UP: UNION CORNERS PROJECT SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD 

 

Gorman & Co. hopes to start construction on estimated $83 million, mixed-use project late next summer.

-Wisconsin State Journal   

 

BUSINESS LEADERS WARM TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO TIF POLICY 

 

The special City Council committee recommends flexibility for jobs, affordable housing projects.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

THE CHANGING FACE OF MADISON: A NEW DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT BOOM IS ALL ABOUT APARTMENTS 

 

New apartment buildings are altering downtown Madison's skyline. But is over-supply a dangerous possibility?

-The Cap Times

 

DEFOREST, JANESVILLE DEVELOPMENTS AMONG 2013'S TOP WEDC-SUPPORTED PROJECTS 

 

Amazon's new distribution center in Kenosha tops list of 10 biggest projects receiving taxpayer assistance in exchange for new or retained jobs.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

DANE COUNTY DISTRESSED PROPERTY SALES DOWN NEARLY 13%

 

Sales of homes in or near foreclosure amounted to a bit more than a tenth of November's sales.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

DANE COUNTY'S NOVEMBER FORECLOSURES DOWN BY 25% 

 

New foreclosures dropped 25 percent in Dane County in November compared to last year, as the local market continued closing out the year strongly.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

YEAR-END ROUNDUP FINDS MANUFACTURING MOSTLY ON UPSWING 

 

Companies in Madison, Middleton, DeForest and Stoughton expanded or bought new equipment

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

STATE HOME SALES DOWN 6 PERCENT AS MARKET COOLS IN NOVEMBER 

 

Higher mortgage rates and prices are cited.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

LOCAL INVESTORS HELP FUND $7.7 MILLION, MIXED-USE DOWNTOWN WAUNAKEE APARTMENT PROJECT 

 

The project will include 78 mostly market-rate apartments, with 10 set aside for permanently disabled tenants, and 3,500 square feet of commercial space.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

 

WAUNAKEE'S SCIENTIFIC PROTEIN LABS TO BE ACQUIRED BY CHINESE COMPANY FOR $337 MILLIONĀ 

 

Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical of China will buy the Waunakee maker of pharmaceutical and chemical products from animal processing byproducts.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

WITH USAGE UP, STOUGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BEGINS FUND DRIVE FOR UPGRADE

 

A renovation of about $650,000 would replace shelving, carpeting, lighting and furnishings and enlarge meeting areas.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

    
Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

PACKERS IN PLAYOFFS SPELLS GOOD NEWS FOR FANS AND LOCAL MERCHANTS 

 

Home playoff games mean millions of dollars for Green Bay area's economy.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

ONCE-SAGGING LEO FRIGO BRIDGE TO REOPEN IN TIME FOR PACKERS GAME 

 

Repairs to the sagging Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge on I-43 in Green Bay have been finished two weeks ahead of schedule, and the bridge will open by 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

-Oakcreeknow.com   

 

ECONOMIC FORECAST UPBEAT FOR 2014 

 

Expectations are rising for a stronger U.S. economy in 2014 after reports Thursday showed solid growth in manufacturing and construction spending at the end of last year.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

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