Park Towne News & Notes
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Development News for the Week of: 4/14/2018 - 4/20/2018      
 

2 DEVELOPERS VIE FOR CITY-OWNED LAND ON SOUTH PARK STREET

An area health care provider hopes to redevelop a long-empty, city-owned plot of land just south of Downtown Madison into what could become the area's most expensive development.
- Wisconsin State Journal

STATE TREASURER RECOMMENDS BUYING, REPLACING DOWNTOWN BUILDING, MOVING STATE OFFICES INTO NEW FACILITY AT SITE

The state should buy a Downtown building that houses the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, demolish it and relocate other state offices into a new facility at the site along with the museum, the state treasurer recommended Wednesday.
- Wisconsin State Journal

BOSTON STORE, YOUNKERS AND OTHER BON-TON STORES TO CLOSE; BIG CHANGES COULD COME TO EAST TOWNE AND WEST TOWNE MALLS

Boston Store and Younkers department stores will soon be a thing of the retail past and it will likely mean a big shift for southern Wisconsin's two largest regional shopping centers.
- Wisconsin State Journal
Around the State and Points Elsewhere  


The owners of downtown Milwaukee's Boston Store building have a Plan B following this week's news that both the department store and the retailer's corporate offices are shutting down.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY CONVERSION OF DOWNTOWN THEATER NOW INCLUDES A BUILDING ADDITION AND PARKING LOT

The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's plans to convert downtown's former Warner Grand Theatre now include an addition to accommodate dressing rooms and other uses - and its own parking lot.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

NEW HOTEL COMING TO WAUWATOSA'S MAYFAIR WILL BE WISCONSIN'S FIRST MARRIOTT RENAISSANCE

The hotel being created at a former office building at Wauwatosa's Mayfair mall will carry the Renaissance by Marriott brand - marking the first such hotel in Wisconsin. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

VIDEO: THE NORTH END HAS BIG IMPACT ON MILWAUKEE DOWNTOWN, EAST SIDE

Nearly 20 years in the making. The North Edn has brought over 900 new residents to the edge of downtown Milwaukee- and helped attract other projects.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

STATE PROVIDES $250,000 GRANT FOR KENOSHA HOTEL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT

The redevelopment of a historic Kenosha building into an 80-room downtown boutique hotel is getting a $250,000 state grant.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

FROM FORMER TANNERY TO HIGH-END HOUSING: THE NORTH END HELPS TRANSFORM DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE

The largest new upscale housing development in Milwaukee's downtown area started with the abrupt shutdown of a tannery. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel