Park Towne News & Notes
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Development News for the Week of: 9/2/2017 - 9/8/2017     



With the city already moving ahead on several major projects, Mayor Paul Soglin on Tuesday offered a $326 million capital budget that would complete design work on an $11.8 million public market and delivers initial spending for neighborhood centers on the Far East and South sides.
-Wisconsin State Journal


The development team that wants to turn Madison Area Technical College's Downtown campus into a hotel and add a new office building and grocery store on the block-size parcel will present a tweaked plan for the site to the city's Urban Design Commission on Wednesday.
-Wisconsin State Journal


The development of Sun Prairie's west side is continuing to evolve with three projects under construction in and near the Shoppes of Prairie Lakes.
-Wisconsin State Journal

 
A plan for a hotel that would renovate and add on to the historic Kleuter building on East Washington Avenue got initial approval from the city's Urban Design Commission on Wednesday.  
-The Cap Times




Around the State and Points Elsewhere  


Amazon.com announced Thursday that it is seeking a second North American headquarters that will employ up to 50,000, setting off a race among big cities eager to house one of the country's most valuable companies.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  
 
APARTMENTS, COMMERCIAL SPACE PITCHED FOR NORTH SIDE MILWAUKEE SITE ONCE USED BY BRIGGS
 
A mixed-use development is being proposed for a building on Milwaukee's north side that was the original location for Briggs & Stratton Corp.
 
The 50 apartments coming to downtown Milwaukee's Grand Avenue mall will feature upscale touches in the mall's Plankinton Arcade, including private entrances that pay homage to restored historic storefronts. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  
 
  
Milwaukee's business improvement districts, key tools in redeveloping downtown and other neighborhoods, would face new limits on raising cash under a provision tucked into the proposed state budget.  
 
A business incubator for the film industry is in the works for downtown Milwaukee's former Pabst brewery.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
Twenty years ago, as a high school senior, Amanda Schmidt-Maughan cleared 5 feet, 5 inches and took second place in the high jump at the Wisconsin state track and field championships. She still holds her school record.Now she's looking to see how high one of Wisconsin's largest companies will jump.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel