News & Notes

Spring has sprung; the state basketball championships are going on and high school spring sports are starting. Hopefully the warmer weather continues!

Have a great week!

 

Joe

Development News for the Weeks of: 3/8/2014 - 3/14/2014    
PANEL SEEKS INPUT ON TRANSIT OPTIONS SOUTH OF CAPITOL SQUARE 

 

Possibilities include a 100-foot-wide pedestrian-bicycle bridge connecting Downtown to Law Park.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

FORMER JOHANNSEN'S SITE SLATED FOR ARBOR GATE II OFFICE DEVELOPMENT 

 

Kayser Nissan owner Pat Baxter has scrapped plans to use it for an expansion of the dealership and will develop it instead.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

DANE COUNTY HOME BUILDING UP IN FEBRUARY 

 

The 11 percent rise is a return to form for Dane County, after a rare year-over-year drop in January permits.

-Wisconsin State Journal   

 

DANE COUNTY HOME SALES DROP IN FEBRUARY

 

Sales were down for the second straight month of 2014, though less steeply than they were in January.

-Wisconsin State Journal    

 

BUYING A HOUSE IS RISKIER NOW, UW-MADISON EXPERT MORRIS DAVIS TELLS WALL STREET JOURNAL 

 

Big gains no longer guaranteed, according to Davis, who runs the university's highly rated Graaskamp Center for Real Estate in the School of Business.

-Wisconsin State Journal   

 

MORTENSON CONSTRUCTION VP MARK SHERRY SEES RENEWED SURGE OF PROJECTS COMING IN 2014 

 

Mark Sherry, 50, has been running Mortenson Construction's Madison office since it opened in 2006, along with the company's Milwaukee office since 2000.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

JOHNSON BEND DEVELOPERS SAY DOWNTOWN APARTMENT MARKET FAR FROM SATURATED 

 

The proposal at 433 W. Johnson St. would be the third major upscale rental project within two blocks.

-The Cap Times 

 

ANOTHER 60 APARTMENTS PROPOSED AT WILLIAMSON AND BLOUNT 

 

The Rifken Group proposal is on the same block as the controversial 722 Williamson plan.

-The Cap Times 

 

AIRPORT HEIGHT LIMIT WILL KEEP EAST WASH FROM GOING ALL HIGH-RISE 

 

Little-known FAA-driven restrictions capped the height of the new Constellation apartments and the proposed project across Livingston Street on the 800 block.

-The Cap Times

 

WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU MOVE TO MADISON

 

A real-estate website is giving away our biggest secrets to would-be residents.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

MADISON COMMUNITY COOPERATIVE MAY SELL BURNED LOTHLARIEN HOUSE PROPERTY OFF LANGDON

 

The fire-damaged Lothlarien House, cooperative housing on Lakelawn Place, should be sold and the money used to develop housing elsewhere, Madison Community Cooperative leaders recommend.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

EAST WASHINGTON AVENUE PROJECT GAINS PLAN COMMISSION APPROVAL

 

The Madison Plan Commission unanimously granted a conditional use permit for Gebhardt Development's plans for a $70 million to $85 million redevelopment of the 800 block of East Washington Avenue.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

INNOVATION CAMPUS HOTEL WINNING TOSA APPROVAL 

 

A 127-room Residence Inn by Marriott planned for the Innovation Campus site, in Wauwatosa, is being recommended for approval by the Common Council's Community Development Committee

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

APARTMENT PROJECT PROPOSED FOR MUKWONAGO 

 

Brookfield developer Cal Akin, with Premier Real Estate Management, wants to develop a 17.4-acre site west of Main St.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

MORE ARTS? NEW ARENA? SOMEONE MUST PAY UP, REPORT SAYS 

 

To build on Milwaukee's reputation for big-city amenities and small-town charm, "additional public investment" will be required. 

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    
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