Park Towne News & Notes
Joe
Development News for the Week of: 8/12/2017 - 8/18/2017     


DEVELOPER TARGETS HOUSING TO 'GRANDFAMILIES' AT UNION CORNERS

The proposed Union Corners Grandfamily project is aimed at grandparents raising grandchildren and extended family members raising other family members' children.
-Wisconsin State Journal

ASSEMBLY LAWMAKERS PASS $3 BILLION TAX INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR FOXCONN

The package of refundable tax credits and environmental regulation rollbacks now heads to the state Senate.
-Wisconsin State Journal

REPORTERS GET A SNEAK PEEK AT UW-MADISON'S ALUMNI PARK SET TO OPEN IN OCTOBER

Wisconsin Alumni Association offers first peek at lakefront park taking shape.
-The Cap Times

'YOU MAKE MISTAKES, PEOPLE DIE': DEFOREST'S EVCO PLASTICS EXPANDS MEDICAL MANUFACTURING UNIT

The company is adding 50,000 square feet and about 70 jobs to its medical plant, one of its nine manufacturing facilities around the world.
-Wisconsin State Journal

UW-MADISON AT ODDS WITH DEVELOPER OVER PROPOSED 12-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING NEAR UNION SOUTH
 
A developer wants to build a 12-story apartment building for students on Charter Street near the UW campus, but the UW said that Wednesday that it has concerns with the project.
-The Cap Times

NORIC ADDS EMPLOYEES AND SPACE AS IT BRANCHES OUT FROM EPIC SYSTEMS CONSULTING

The Madison company, a major Epic Systems consultant, now occupies much of three floors of its Regent Street building.
-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON NEARS END OF PLANNING PHASE FOR THE $17 MILLION MONROE STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

The project, slated to start in March 2018, involves repaving the road, replacing utilities, increasing pedestrian safety and enhancing the streetscape of the business districts.
-Wisconsin State Journal

MORE STORIES AT HOTELRED AND STATE STREET APARTMENTS RECEIVE MADISON PLAN COMMISSION NOD

The HotelRED project proved to be a contentious neighborhood subject and the State Street developer had to first satisfy concerns that they wouldn't create a nuisance to nearby properties.
-The Cap Times

HOTELRED GRANTED APPROVAL TO EXPAND BY 3 FLOORS AFTER PREVIOUSLY BEING DENIED

The Madison Plan Commission granted a permit for HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St., to add three floors and 39 hotel rooms after a previous proposal was denied in March.
-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON OFFICIALS LOOK TO CREATE PUBLIC PLAZA AT MONROE AND REGENT STREETS AS RECONSTRUCTION NEARS

The design work has begun to convert a triangular property bounded by Monroe and Regent streets and South Breese Terrace into a public plaza as part of the Monroe Street reconstruction project to begin next spring.
-Wisconsin State Journal

MONROE STREET RECONSTRUCTION FINAL DESIGNS ON DISPLAY AT WEDNESDAY MEETING

After years of public input meetings on the Monroe Street reconstruction project, this week neighbors can finally see the fruit of their participation when the city presents the final corridor design at the Wingra School gymnasium Wednesday.
-The Cap Times

MATC REDEVELOPMENT AIMS TO START CONSTRUCTION NEXT SUMMER

The developers of the project to redevelop MATC's downtown campus are calling for a two-phase project, beginning with the office building in the summer of 2018 and following with a hotel in the summer of 2019.
-The Cap Times

MIDDLETON LOOKS TO REVITALIZE HISTORIC AREA NEAR STAMM HOUSE, PHEASANT BRANCH

The city recently released a concept plan for the area around the Stamm House, the historic settlement known as Pheasant Branch. The plan aims to play up the settlement's rich history and draw pedestrian and bike traffic.
-The Cap Times



Around the State and Points Elsewhere  
DOORS SET TO OPEN AT NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL'S STATE-OF-THE ART SKYSCRAPER IN MILWAUKEE

If they really wanted to, the leaders of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. could have made their new Tower and Commons skyscraper the tallest building in Wisconsin.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

CITY APPROVES FUNDS TO HELP REDEVELOP TORCHED SHERMAN PARK BUILDING

The planned redevelopment of a former Sherman Park bank torched in last year's riot will receive city financing under a proposal endorsed Thursday. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

BROOKFIELD CORNERS DEVELOPMENT LANDS SILVERSPOT CINEMA, WITH MIX OF HOLLYWOOD, INDIE FILMS

A cinema chain offering a mix of Hollywood and indie films in an upscale atmosphere plans to open its first Wisconsin location at The Corners mixed-use development in the Town of Brookfield. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

LARGE WALKER'S POINT BUILDING SOLD TO MILWAUKEE FIRM FOR OFFICE, RETAIL CONVERSION

A large Walker's Point building has been sold to a local development firm that plans to convert it to offices and retail space in one of Milwaukee's hottest neighborhoods.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

FORMER ART STUDIOS CONVERTED INTO APARTMENTS IN WALKER'S POINT

A few years before Milwaukee's Gallery Night began, and long before it evolved into a quarterly event with dozens of venues, a former factory in the Walker's Point neighborhood hosted the Studio Art Crawl.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

HOME SALES FALL AS INVENTORY OF HOMES FOR SALE DIPS TO 20-YEAR LOW

Normally among the hottest times of the year to buy or sell a house, July came up tepid in metropolitan Milwaukee. The reason: Not enough homes on the market.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel