News & Notes
What a great week, my high school golf team made it through a very strong sectional to get back to the state tournament! If will be fun to have a chance to win a state title next week!

Have a great week!

 

Joe

Development News for the Weeks of: 5/31/2014 - 6/6/2014    

DOWNTOWN MADISON GROUPS EYE COMMON GROUND ON LANDMARKS ORDINANCE REWRITE 

 

Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. urges compromise as new rules move forward.

-The Cap Times

 

MONROE STREET BUSINESSES RELOCATING TO CONTROVERSIAL NEW MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT 

 

The Knitting Tree and Monroe Street Shoe Repair have signed on for larger commercial space in "The Monroe."

-The Cap Times

 

UPDATE: MADISON'S TALLEST BUILDING BY THE NUMBERS 

 

We updated our list of Madison's tallest buildings again, and will continue to do so as the city's building boom continues.

-The Cap Times 

 

EXECUTIVE Q&A; NEW CEO MARGARET WATSON TAKES LONG VIEW LEADING GROWTH AT STEVE BROWN APARTMENTS

 

Replacing long-time CEO/founder Steve Brown, Watson brings 20 years' experience in other SBA roles, starting as a student tenant. 

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

A NEW BREWERY FOR MADISON BUT WITH A DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODEL 

 

Octopi Brewery will primarily make beer on contract for other beer companies.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

INDOOR, OUTDOOR ATHLETIC COMPLEX PROPOSED FOR SUN PRAIRIE 

 

The $15.6 million project would include a 135,000-square-foot indoor facility, five outdoor fields for soccer, lacrosse, football and rugby and two baseball diamonds.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

   

LANDMARKS ORDINANCE PROPOSED REVISIONS FREE OF MAJOR CONTENTION 

 

Preservation advocates and city planners have been largely on the same page in rewriting the critical preservation tool, they say.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

MILWAUKEE YMCA FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY, TO SELL SUBURBAN ASSETS

Under the plan, the YMCA will establish 'an urban Milwaukee Y' centered in or near the city and sell its suburban centers.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel      
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