Park Towne News & Notes

Have a great week!

 

Joe

Development News for the Weeks of: 12/20/2014 - 12/26/2014    

STATE HOME SALES FALL IN NOVEMBER WHILE MEDIAN SALES PRICE RISES AGAIN

Existing home sales were down 6 percent year-over-year, with median sales price up by almost the same factor.

-Wisconsin State Journal 

 

MADISON'S SAA DESIGN GROUP TO GROW, BE ACQUIRED BY EAU CLAIRE-BASED AYRES ASSOCIATES

SAA founding owner David Schreiber was among the state's first licensed landscape architects in 1972.
-Wisconsin State Journal

WEDC MARKETING EFFORTS A WASTE OF MONEY; NEW REPORT SUGGESTS

UW economists says companies rarely move across state lines despite efforts to lure them with tax breaks or incentives.
-The Cap Times

ARTISAN FOOD EMPORIUM COULD BE COMING TO MOUNT HOREB

Organizers of a proposed enterprise center in Mount Horeb that would serve as a hub for numerous food-related businesses have begun studying the feasibility of the project.
-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON PLANNING STAFF SUGGEST AN ARRAY OF REDESIGN OPTIONS FOR TOP OF STATE STREET

The city is working to revamp the area following concerns of crime and loitering in the area.
-The Cap Times

 TECH AND BIOTECH: BURRILL PREDICTS STRONG YEAR FOR BIOTECH IN 2015; SIMPLEX SCIENTIFIC GETS SBIR GRANT

The Burrill report says 2014 will be a record year for biotech and 2015 won't surpass it.
-Wisconsin State Journal

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

BUCKS ARE SURVEYING RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES ABOUT NEW ARENA

The franchise has hired a nationally known consulting firm as it seeks community input to help the new owners make "informed decisions" involving a replacement for the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel        

106 ACRES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY TO BE PRESERVED IN LAND BUY

The MMSD and the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust paid $519,900 to protect two properties harboring small streams, woodlands, wetlands and at least one rare species.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

    CAMBRIDGE MAJOR LABORATORIES PLANS $20 MILLION EXPANSION

 

Cambridge Major's expansion will include a new administrative headquarters, as well as additions to its research and development and manufacturing capacity in Germantown.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

STATE PANEL BACKS 3 MAJOR ROAD PROJECTS TITALING $670 MILLION

The great majority of the cost of the new projects - $448 million - would go for a 14-mile section of Interstate 43 in Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel