Park Towne News & Notes
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Development News for the Weeks of: 6/16/2018 - 6/29/2018      
 
NEW $60 MILLION CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IS PROPOSED FOR EXACT SCIENCES

The five-story building would be in University Research Park, on the West Side, where the cancer test company already occupies several buildings.
- Wisconsin State Journal
 
 
"The design of this building is not really compatible with traditional buildings on this block, and therefore does not comply the with city's design standard," said Ald. Ledell Zellers, District 2.
-The Cap Times


The Public Market and private portions of the project are now proposed to be built in the opposite locations than previously planned for the East Side development.
- Wisconsin State Journal
 

The company, founded in 1996, is adding a downtown location and eyeing a $6 million project on Madison's Southwest Side.
- Wisconsin State Journal

STATE STREET HOTEL PLANS REFINED AS DEVELOPMENT TEAM SEEKS LAND USE APPROVALS
 
 A group of developers submitted a rezoning request to turn four properties on the 100 block of State Street into a boutique hotel.
- Wisconsin State Journal
 
 
Stone House Development is proposing at least 100,000 square feet of office space, retail and parking on the 1000 block of East Washington Avenue.
- Wisconsin State Journal
 
MADISON OFFICIALS CONSIDERING TIF POLICY REVISIONS FOR JOBS PROJECTS 
 
Officials are reviewing changes to the city's tax incremental financing policy for projects that create and retain jobs in Madison.
-The Cap Times

 
Final designs for the troubled intersection will come back to the City Council in about a year.
-The Cap Times 
 
 
Around the State and Points Elsewhere  


 
The developers of a planned Milwaukee Public Library branch with upper-floor apartments would get more time to complete the project under a new proposal. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 
 
While much of the former industrial core of West Allis continues to be transformed into apartments, offices, retail space and other new uses, at least one property is sticking to its roots. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 
   
A 19th-century addition to a historic downtown Milwaukee church being redeveloped into an events venue will be preserved, instead of razed, under a revised plan. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
The former Target Store on Milwaukee's far northwest side is again being proposed for redevelopment - this time by a firm that's expanding its local operations and creating about 100 new jobs. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
A firm that in early 2017 completed a Walker's Point apartment development is proposing a similar project in that booming Milwaukee neighborhood. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
A city loan used to help finance downtown's Moderne high-rise has been paid off as the developers work to complete their financing for another Milwaukee apartment tower.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
A Bay View apartment development would include a pedestrian plaza on what is now a city street under a new proposal.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel