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Development News for the Weeks of: 9/6/2014 - 9/12/2014    

WILLY STREET CO-OP COMPLETES ITS RENOVATION AND NARROWS ITS SITES FOR THIRD STORE 

 

Willy Street Co-op, 1221 Williamson St., has completed a $4 million store renovation.

-Wisconsin State Journal

COHOUSING IN THE WORKS AT UNION CORNERS

Cohousing in the works at Union Corners

The concept is based on shared facilities and a commitment to community.

-The Cap Times

 

NO RELIEF FOR DEVELOPER SNAGGED OVER FIVE PARKING SPACES

The city zoning code prohibits first floor parking spaces in mixed-use buildings.

-The Cap Times

 

800 EAST WASH FINALLY SET FOR GROUNDBREAKING

Gebhardt Development and Festival Foods will join city officials and neighborhood leaders on Sept. 16 for a ribbon cutting for the Galaxie.
-The Cap Times 
 
ANNUAL EPIC SYSTEMS MEETING WILL BRING 10,000 VISITORS TO VERONA

Customers and staff will get a taste of "Life on the Farm" at the company's Users Group Meeting.
-The Cap Times

FEDS SELLING, GIVING AWAY , UNWANTED LIGHTHOUSES IN WISCONSIN AND BEYOND 

 

Lighthouses for sale! Actually, lots of lighthouses for free. And some of them are in Wisconsin.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

CALIFORNIA BIOTECH FIRM TO HIRE 100-PLUS TO MAKE CANCER DRUGS IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH PARK 

 

PSC Biotech pledged to create 103 jobs by 2017 in exchange for a $1 million low-interest loan from WEDC.

-Wisconsin State Journal

MEAD & HUNT RELOCATES TO NEW $12M HEADQUARTERS IN MIDDLETON 

 

The three-story building on Deming Way offers 50 percent more space with high-tech and green features.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

VIRENT TO EXPAND PRODUCTION OF PLANT-BASED CHEMICALS 

 

The Coca-Cola Co. is providing a bigger investment in the Madison company to fund the expansion.

-The Wisconsin State Journal 

 

FOCUC ON DANE COUNTY: MOUNT HOREB GATHERING INVESTORS FOR ARTISAN FOOD CENTER 

 

The new investor group could pave the way for Black Earth Meats to resume operations in Mount Horeb as early as next year.

-The Wisconsin State Journal

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

GORMAN & CO. TACKLING HISTORIC RENOVATION IN KENOSHA

While pursuing the Union Corners development locally, the Oregon-based firm seeks foreign investors for a $20.4 million redevelopment of a former Elks Club into a boutique hotel.
-The Cap Times

KEATING KAHN IS BOOSTER OF DOWNTOWN, HISTORIC BUILDING

Real estate developer is rehabilitating the 1899 Railway Exchange Building on E. Wisconsin Ave. and loves its historic flourishes.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel      

AS WIND POWER EXPANDS FOOTPRINT, OPPOSITION GAINS STRENGTH

Wind-power developers are facing growing opposition in some states. A fight swirls around the efforts in Congress to extend the federal wind-power tax credit.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

  

SHOPS OF GRAND AVENUE AUCTION BACK ON

Milwaukee's Shops of Grand Avenue is again back on the auction block.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

SAGE APARTMENTS, WITH LEED PLATINUM STATUS, HIT 50% PRELEASE LEVEL

Sage on Jackson, the first market-rate apartment property in Wisconsin to achieve LEED platinum status, is 50% preleased, developer Mike O'Connor announced Wednesday.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

OFFICE BUILDING PITCHED FOR FORMER PARK EAST CINEMA SITE

An office development proposed for a former Park East cinema site would include a tenant moving from Waukesha County with 60 employees, it was disclosed Friday.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   

    

DEVELOPERS WANT CITY HELP FOR WAUWATOSA HOUSING PROJECT ON UNDERWOOD AVE.

Last year, Alderman Peter Donegan told developers that if they asked for financial assistance from the city to build apartments on Underwood Avenue, "you'll be in for the fight of your life." 
-Wauwatosanow.com

CITY MIGHT BUY WEST SIDE GAS STATION FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

The city would buy a Mobil gas station on Milwaukee's west side that has been targeted for redevelopment, under a new proposal.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 


KIMPTON HOTELS TO BREAK GROUND ON 3RD WARD PROJECT BY YEAR'S END

 

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants will break ground on its project in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward by the end of the year, with a planned opening in 2016.  

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  

WAUKESHA SHOPPING CENTER BUYS EXPANSION SITE

The company that operates a Waukesha shopping center has bought an adjacent site for a major expansion.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

HEARING ON REVISED RUBY FARM PROPOSAL COMING THIS FALL

A public hearing will likely occur this fall on a revised proposal to develop office buildings, stores and other new uses at Brookfield's Ruby Farm site.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

PEWAUKEE MANUFACTURER SELLS BUILDING, PLANS MOVE

Midwest Engineering Systems Inc. has sold its Pewaukee headquarters, and will move to another building in that city.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

SENIOR HOUSING, WITH PUBLIC FINANCING, RECOMMENDED IN BROWN DEER

A Brown Deer housing development for older people, which would receive public financing help, has received preliminary village approval.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

OFFICE, RETAIL BUILDINGS PROPOSED FOR BROOKFIELD SITE

Three office and retail buildings, totaling around 49,000 square feet, are being proposed for a Brookfield site.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

NEW WEST ALLIS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT LANDS ANCHOR TENANT

The redevelopment of the former Yellow Freight truck terminal in West Allis into light industrial space has landed an anchor tenant.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
W. MILWAUKEE ICE CREAM TOPPINGS MAKER BUYS NEARBY BUILDING

Masterson Co., which makes ice cream toppings and other foods, has purchased an industrial building next to its West Milwaukee facility for an apparent expansion.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

KOHL'S MARKETING FALLS OFFICE BUILDING

Kohl's Corp. is marketing an office building that was to be part of the retailer's new corporate headquarters before those plans were dropped last year.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

CONDOS PROPOSED FOR OCONOMOWOC

A 48-unit condominium development is being proposed for Oconomowoc's northeast side, near the site of other residential projects. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


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