News & Notes

I am headed off to Grimes, IA for the Divisionals for youth rock climbing. My daughter made it through the Regionals and is one step away from making it to Nationals. It should be a great weekend if we can make it through the wintery mix all the way down there.  

 

Have a great week!

 

Joe

Development News for the Weeks of: 1/4/2014 - 1/10/2014    

 

DEVELOPER WILL PUSH FOR APPROVALS IN CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT IN HISTORIC DISTRICT 

 

Steve Brown, who owns about 11 percent of all properties in the historic district, wants to demolish the 1960s-era Highlander apartment building.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

DEVELOPERS SEEK TO CONTINUE BUILDOUT NEAR MONONA BAY 

 

JH Findorff, Urban Land Interests want to add office space, more housing and parking off North shore Drive.  

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

OCCUPY MADISON, CITY PURSUE SITES TO HOST HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS 

 

Occupy Madison eyes property for tiny houses while the city identifies site for permanent supported housing project.  

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

HOME SELLERS BENEFIT AS DANE COUNTY INVENTORY HITS 7-YEAR LOW 

 

December saw just a 3.7-month supply of single-family homes for sale, and 5.1 months

-Wisconsin State Journal   

 

STATE CEOS WORRY ABOUT WEAK ECONOMY, LACK OF SKILLED LABOR BUT PREDICT MODERATE GROWTH IN COMING YEAR 

 

Rising health care costs also identified among top concerns for 2014.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

DESPITE SOME RECENT GAINS, VENTURE CAPITAL STILL TRICKLES INTO WISCONSIN 

 

The state counted $150 million in VC activity in 2013, but Massachusetts saw over three times that amount in June alone.

-The Cap Times

 

EXECUTIVE Q&A: SAA DESIGN GROUP FOUNDER DAVID SCHREIBER HELPS REVITALIZE URBAN CENTERS 

 

Veteran planner/landscape architect teases out intersecting relationships between people, place and economic opportunity.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

CITY REPORT BACKS 14-STORY APARTMENT NEXT TO LUXURY CONDOS ON EAST WILSON STREET 

 

Madison's Urban Design Commission is set to review the proposal this week. Among the opponents are Marina condo owners concerned that the development will block views and harm property values.

-The Cap Times

 

CONTENTIOUS PROJECT GAINS URBAN DESIGN COMMISSION APPROVAL 

 

The committee unanimously approved the design for McGrath Property Group's mixed-use project, which would include 127 apartments, 9,100 square feet of first-floor retail and 129 underground parking spaces at 149 E. Wilson St.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

MADISON TO GET FEDERAL DESIGN ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE TRIANGLE AREA

 

The city is one of three state capitols to get green design assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

PARK STREET A BIG PART OF THE CHANGING FACE OF MADISON

 

Development is continuing up and down the once-blighted corridor, part of a larger building boom in the city as a whole.

-The Cap Times

 

FITCHBURG MAYOR RAISES BUSINESS CONCERNS ABOUT VERONA ROAD PROJECT

 

The $175 million, six-year reconstruction is aimed at improving traffic flow from the Beltline to Highway PD.  

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

OREGON RESIDENTS RALLY TO PRESERVE PUMP HOUSE. YES, PUMP HOUSE

 

"In small-town America, these water towers are the skyline," said Arlan Kay, chairman of the Oregon Historic Preservation Commission. "Ours is very much tied to our downtown. It's an icon."

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

     

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

FIRST TASK FOR NEW UW SYSTEM PRESIDENT-FENCE MENDING IN MADISON 

 

It's a sign of the times that the first stop for the new University of Wisconsin System president on Friday will be the Capitol to meet with lawmakers and discuss transparency and accountability.  

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

AIRPLANE SALES TAKE OFF AT RECORD PACE 

 

Capt. Paul Wannberg glides an old Boeing 757 over the New Mexico desert, lining up with the runway. A computerized voice squawks elevation warnings. Forty feet. Thirty. Twenty. Ten. Touchdown.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

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