Park Towne News & Notes

   

 

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Joe

Development News for the Weeks of: 10/25/2014 - 10/31/2014    
 

WORKSHOP TO KICK OFF NEXT PHASE OF PLANS FOR PUBLIC MARKET ON EAST WASHINGTON 

 

Workshop will explore what might go where.  

-The Cap Times

 

EPIC SYSTEMS VYING FOR MASSIVE DEFENSE CONTRACT 

 

Health IT firm teaming with IBM in trying to land $11 billion deal.
-The Cap Times

 

OCTOPI BREWING TO BUILD IN WAUNAKEE NOT MADISON 

 

A brewery that had been planned for Madison's Southeast side is instead being proposed for the Waunakee Business Park.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

THE EDGEWATER REOPENS AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST A HOTEL 

 

The 202-room property includes a spa, ballroom, four restaurants and a public plaza designed to also attract Madisonians.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

INN ON THE PARK PROPOSING MAJOR EXTERIOR, INTERIOR REMAKE

The Mullins Group intends $10 million-plus remake of the Best Western Plus Inn on the Park
-Wisconsin State Journal

DOWNSIZED JUDGE DOYLE SQUARE PROJECT DRAMATICALLY REDUCES PUBLIC FUNDING

A scaled-back hotel and other changes would slash public costs of the massive Judge Doyle Square project two blocks south of Capitol Square, a new report says.
-Wisconsin State Journal

 

HILL FARMS REDEVELOPMENT CALLED POTENTIAL 'BACKROOM DEAL' 

 

Sen. Risser, others question the timing of the RFP for the sale of the 21-acre site on the city's west side.

-The Cap Times

 

STATE MOVES AHEAD WITH MASSIVE, $196 MILLION HILL FARMS PROJECT ON WEST SIDE 

 

Sen. Fred Risser says he's suspicious about the short time frame for developers to respond to the project. 

-Wisconsin State Journal

 

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

GLOBAL PRECISION INDUSTRIES MOVES TO MENOMONEE FALLS

Global Precision Industries Inc., a design and engineering firm, moved into new facilities to accommodate "several years of double-digit growth," but will keep its main operations in southeastern Wisconsin.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel        

APARTMENTS PLANNED AT HALL AUTOMOTIVE SITE IN TOSA

Two Atlanta-based firms, Campbell Capital Group and Atlantic Realty Partners, have submitted plans to develop a four-story building with 236 apartments at 11011 W. North Ave. in Wauwatosa.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

  

LARGE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING PROPOSED IN MUSKEGO

A 60,000-square-foot light industrial building is being proposed for Muskego.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

JEFF SEYMOUR, FOWLER LAKE VILLAGE DEVELOPER, ADDRESSES CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY OCONOMOWOC RESIDENTS

Jeff Seymour, a man who has faced vocal community opposition to his proposed $18.8 million condominium project, addressed concerns about his fiscal responsibility and objections that his four-story development could spoil Oconomowoc's small-town atmosphere.
-LakeCountryNow.com

START-UP HUB WARD4 MILWAUKEE SEEKS APPLICATIONS

Ward 4 Milwaukee, a start-up hub planned for the Pritzlaff building complex south of downtown Milwaukee, has begun taking applications for potential occupants, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said Wednesday morning.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   

  

DELAFIELD'S VILLAGE SQUARE APARTMENTS REJECTED

City of Delafield - The Plan Commission voted 6 to 1 tonight to recommend the city reject a proposal to build 90 high end apartment units on about 8 acres of land on the west side of the Village Square shopping center.

-LakeCountryNow.com

 

MENOMONEE VALLEY PARTNERS NAMES NEW DIRECTOR 

 

Menomonee Valley Partners Inc. a nonprofit group that has helped lead the redevelopment of Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley, has appointed Corey Zetts as its new executive director, it was announced Wednesday.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

  

SUSSEX FIRM MOVING TO NEW GERMANTOWN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

A new 28,800-square-foot industrial building for a company that is relocating from Sussex to Germantown has been approved for Germantown Industrial Park.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

   

PATRICK CUDAHY EXPANSION WINS APPROVAL

Patrick Cudahy Inc.'s proposed $12 million expansion of its Cudahy meatpacking facility has won approval from city officials.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

RETAIL SPACE APPROVED FOR INNOVATION CAMPUS

A proposal allowing two parking structures planned for Wauwatosa's Innovation Campus to include street-level retail and restaurant space is being recommend for approval by the County Board's Economic and Community Development Committee. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  

HISTORIC PEWAUKEE BUILDING SOLD FOR OFFICES

The former Masonic Temple in the village of Pewaukee has been sold to the affiliate of a Waukesha marketing firm, which is remodeling the building into office space.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel