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Development News for the Week of: 1/17/2014 - 1/23/2014    

SPLITTING UW SYSTEM, UW-MADISON FROM STATE BEING DISCUSSED AT CAPITOL

The universities would operate as a public authority, under an idea being discussed.

-Wisconsin State Journal  

 

ON CAMPUS: UW-MADISON STUDENT GOVERNMENT OPPOSES POSSIBLE SPLIT FROM STATE 

 

Details of the new proposal are still being worked out.
-Wisconsin State Journal

 

HOTEL DEVELOPER MAY SEEK TIF FOR PAHL TIRE SITE IN DOWNTOWN MADISON 

 

Yet the City Council has been cool so far on financial support for downtown hoteliers.
-The Cap Times

HILL FARMS NEGOTIATIONS A COMPLICATED AFFAIR

The state office building portion of the project would be exempt from city review, leaving neighbors concerned about traffic and density.
-The Cap Times

MADISON CITY COUNCIL HOPES TO ATTRACT GROCERY STORE TO ALLIED DRIVE

The council accepted staff recommendations Tuesday night and will likely take up budget amendments in coming weeks for a low-interest loan.
-The Cap Times

GOV. SCOTT WALKER REJECTS KENOSHA CASINO PROJECT

The Republican governor says the risk the casino would bring to the state's taxpayers is too great.
-Wisconsin State Journal

UPLAND HILLS TO OPEN CLINIC IN MOUNT HOREB

Dodgeville-based Upland Hills Health plans to open a clinic in Mount Horeb in April.
-Wisconsin State Journal

WISCONSIN HOUSING MARKET ENDS YEAR STRONG ON SALES, MEDIAN PRICE GAINS

December home sales were up 2.1 percent, with a 4.3 percent rise in median price, as market 'normalizes.'
-Wisconsin State Journal

CATCHING UP: NEW CABELA'S OUTDOORS STORE NEARING COMPLETION IN SUN PRAIRIE

The Madison-area office of general contractor Kraus-Anderson Construction is to turn over the store March 1.
-Wisconsin State Journal

MAYO CLINIC CHOOSES EPIC SYSTEMS CORP. AS ITS NEW PROVIDER

Verona-based Epic will install electronic health records and billing systems, Minnesota-based Mayo says.
-Wisconsin State Journal

FOCUS ON DANE COUNTY: MIDDLETON SEEKS PUBLIC INPUT IN NEW PLANNING PROCESS

The Middleton City Council on Tuesday approved a public participation component that includes meetings and surveys that will kick off a new comprehensive planning process.
-Wisconsin State Journal

Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

SCOTT WALKER REJECTS MENOMINEE BID FOR KENOSHA CASINO

The governor's office said he was rejecting the bid because of fears that an agreement with the Potawatomi tribe could require state taxpayers to pay millions of dollars.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel        

AMERICANS FOR PROPERTY WORKING WITH DONOVAN TO DERAIL STREETCAR PLAN

The Milwaukee Common Council voiced support for the $124 million project on a close vote but under a procedural move will take it up again Feb. 10.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

  

IN WAKE OF CONCORDIA PROJECT, BEACHES AND BLUFFS FADE AWAY

Concordia University spent $12 million to shore up its sagging, 130-foot hillside. Since then, the school's neighbors to the south have seen Lake Michigan swallow their beaches and bluffs.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

167-UNIT APARTMENT PROJECT PROPOSED FOR DREXEL TOWN SQUARE

Barrett Visionary Development is seeking the approval of Oak Creek city planners for the project, known as Emerald Row Apartments.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  

VIDEO: DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA DRAWS HIGH-END APARTMENTS

In this week's Land & Space video, we look at four high-end apartment developments, totaling over 300 units, in the works in the downtown Waukesha area.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

DEVELOPMENT COULD RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID FROM BROOKFIELD

City officials unveiled a proposal that includes $7.55 million in city financing that would help Irgens Development Partners finance The Corridor, an office, retail and hotel project. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

BROOKFIELD COUNCIL TABLES QUARRY PROJECT CITING UNANSWERED QUESTIONS

After a few weeks of smooth sailing, the Regal family and the developer MRCR's proposal for an apartment complex south of Burleigh Road was met with rough going at Tuesday night's Brookfield Common Council meeting.
-BrookfieldNow.com

BAUMAN: JOHNSON CONTROLS LAKEFRONT BUILDING COULD HOUSE 2,000-PLUS EMPLOYEES

The office tower which Johnson Controls Inc. is considering for Milwaukee's downtown lakefront area would house roughly 2,000 to 3,000 employees, according to Ald. Bob Bauman. 

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel    

 

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LEASES ADDITIONAL DOWNTOWN SPACE

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. has agreed to lease a large block of space downtown Milwaukee's 411 East Wisconsin office tower.

-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

 

TOSA COUNCIL OKS ZONING FOR STATE STREET STATION APARTMENTS

The State Street Station apartments and retail project planned for the 7400 block of W. State St. has been approved by the Wauwatosa Common Council.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

BUSINESS PARK PROPOSED AT HIGHWAY 164, LISBON ROAD IN SUSSEX

Representatives of Wangard Real Estate Developers told the plan commission last week that they would like to begin construction this summer on a 73-acre multiuse business park on the Basting farm on the northwest corner of Highway 164 and Lisbon Road.
-LakeCountryNow.com

MODERNE HIGH-RISE PAYS OFF 1 OF 2 CITY LOANS

One of two city loans used to help finance downtown Milwaukee's Moderne apartment and condominium high-rise has been paid off.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

PROPOSED CRAFT BREWERY SEEKING TOWN OF CEDARBURG LOAN

A craft brewery and tasting room would be developed in the Town of Cedarburg, with the help of a $50,000 town loan, under a new proposal.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel