News & Notes
Hello Everyone,

I thought I would start adding interesting quotes to start the news letter so here goes:

" You have to accept whatever comes, and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give. "

- Eleanor Roosevelt


Have a great week!

 

Joe

Development News for the Weeks of: 8/2/2014 - 8/8/2014    

DEVELOPER SEEKS CITY LOAN TO HELP RENOVATE LOW-INCOME HOUSING 

 

Mirus Partners seeking $1.3 million city loan for $16 million renovation project

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

MADISON PREPARING TO CREATE ANOTHER RAILROAD QUIET ZONE 

 

City poised to spend $650,000 to add crossing equipment at three East Side railroad crossings

-Wisconsin State Journal 

'THE CREAMERY' FLOATED AS NAME FOR PROPOSED EAST WASH CONCERT HALL 

 

"It was a butter factory, after all," said Rich Arnesen of Stone House Development, which is teaming up with Frank Productions on the project.

-The Cap Times

WOLLERSHEIM BREAKS GROUND ON $4 MILLION DISTILLERY FACILITY 

 

The project, scheduled for completion by next summer, will help Wollersheim increase brandy and other spirit production. 

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

CITY TO BUY OWL CREEK LOTS

 

The City Council voted unanimously to spend $550,000 for 49 lots and related expenses in the Owl Creek subdivision, which lies southeast of the Beltline and Highway 51. The purchase represents more than half the total parcels in the subdivision.

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

FOCUS ON DANE COUNTY: WINDSOR EXPLORING INCORPORATION AS VILLAGE 

 

The latest push to incorporate the town of Windsor into a village was suggested last fall, but a formal process began this spring when town officials notified residents they were opening up discussions about whether to remain a town, merge with the village of DeForest or... 

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

DEVELOPER, MADISON ZONING OFFICIALS FIGHTING OVER 5 PARKING SPACES ON EAST WILSON 

 

A downtown development targeting residents who don't own cars wants to hide a small, five-car lot behind a facade.

-The Cap Times

 


Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
CALL IT BUBLR: MAILWAUKEE BIKE SHARE LAUNCHING The Bublr

Bikes can be picked up at automated kiosks for $7 a day and returned to any station. Initially, the downtown will have 10 such stations.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel        

POTAWATOMI'S HOTEL A SURE BET TO SHAKE UP LODGING MARKET

The new hotel could mean less revenue for nearby hotels that traditionally have gotten some action from the gambling mecca.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

  

RESEARCH PARK MIGHT SELL LAST REMAINING LOTS

Milwaukee County Research Park, in Wauwatosa, is considering proposals to sell its last remaining parcels but also could be adding new lots.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

LAKEFRONT DROPS PLAN FOR MENOMONEE VALLEY BREWERY

Lakefront Brewery Inc. has dropped its tentative plan to develop a second brewery in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   

   

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON EAST SIDE APARTMENTS

Construction has started on a five-story apartment building on Milwaukee's east side.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

  

BOELTER COS. PLANS MAJOR GLENDALE EXPANSION

Restaurant and tavern supplies firm Boelter Cos. plans to add a second large facility in Glendale, according to a city Plan Commission report.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

PROPOSED GATED COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CONDO PROJECT ON LITTLE MUSKEGO LAKE GREETED WITH CITIZEN CONCERN

Not in my back yard was the resounding theme as more than a dozen residents lined up to address the common council here about a series of proposed residential developments along portions of Little Muskego Lake.

-Mymuskegonow.com   

 

VIDEO: TOM DAYKIN DISCUSSES APARTMENTS IN DELAFIELD  

 

In the past three years, three new upscale apartment developments in Delafield, totaling around 150 units, have opened in this community of roughly 7,100 people. Another 61-unit project is to start construction this fall.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

PANERA BREAD, RETAIL CENTER PLANNED FOR NEW BERLIN

The Panera Bread chain is proposing a new restaurant in New Berlin.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  
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