Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: Central Park, Central Park Design and Implementation Task Force, Clausius, common council, crossing, development, Few Street, JJR LLC, Ken Saiki Design, Lucht, Madison, Madison Common Council, Office of the Commissioner of Railroads, Olinger, park, pedestrian crossing, Schreiber Anderson Associates, Sensenbrenner, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., WSOR
By Paul Snyder
Madison’s only Central Park development plan hinges on the state letting the city open a pedestrian crossing over the railroad at Few Street.
At the same time, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co., which operates the railroad, is citing safety concerns for its request that the state close three nearby vehicle crossings.
“I know there is [...]
Published: February 24, 2010
Tags: campus, David Gilbert, development, Didier, engineering, Innovation Park, Milwaukee County, research, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UWM, UWM Real Estate Foundation, Wauwatosa
Comments: 5
By Sean Ryan
Wauwatosa residents hungry for information stand between a proposed $250 million engineering campus development and a planned 2010 construction start.
The developers of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Innovation Park in Wauwatosa are ready to start answering questions. The UWM Real Estate Foundation Inc. requested city approval for its Innovation Park project, and on Tuesday [...]
Published: February 9, 2010
Tags: Chiaverotti, development, Evans, grant, Janesville Road, Muskego, Muskego Area Chamber of Commerce, Werner
By Sean Ryan
The nine-year promise that secondary developments will follow the reconstruction and expansion of Janesville Road in Muskego will have to wait another year.
Waukesha County was shooting for a 2011 start date for the $25 million project, but last year’s decision to pursue a state grant means the county needs another year for planning [...]
Published: February 5, 2010
Tags: development, groundwater, Lake Michigan, Madison, McNeely, Milwaukee, Pardee, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Environmental Justice Task Force, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Economic Development, Wade, water, Waukesha, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
By Sean Ryan
Planners are going by instinct and best guesses as they try to chart the effect water prices will have on development and population trends in Waukesha.
The city has two options: Strike a deal to get its water from Lake Michigan or drill wells to tap into groundwater supplies.
According to Waukesha estimates, it would [...]
Published: February 2, 2010
Tags: Brookfield, development, Duffy, Ertl, high-speed rail, Madison, Milwaukee, Oconomowoc, Oimoen, Rail, station, traffic, train, Watertown
Comments: 2
Sean Ryan
High-speed trains stopping six times a day in Brookfield and Oconomowoc carry the promise of new developments around rail stations in those cities.
But when those trains stop, so too will the traffic on nearby roads. It’s a downside of the Madison to Milwaukee rail line that is not lost on development planners in the [...]
Published: February 1, 2010
Tags: development, Duchniak, Great Lakes Council of Governors, Lake Michigan, Longtine, Midwest Environmental Advocates, population, Sinykin, water, Waukesha, Waukesha Water Utility, Wisconsin Environmental Action League
By Sean Ryan
Environmental groups are suspicious of the development projections Waukesha is using to justify its request for Lake Michigan water.
“We are concerned about the land use and population estimates,” said Laurie Longtine, co-chairwoman of the Wisconsin Environmental Action League’s water team. “There’s some very suspect numbers and formulas in figuring that out.
“It really assumes [...]
Published: January 28, 2010
Tags: Beans and Barley, Bieck, Bieck Management, design, development, East Side Association, East Side Business Improvement District, Milwaukee, North Avenue, Pizza Man, Plaisted, Sbonik
By Sean Ryan
Business owners writing design rules for Milwaukee’s North Avenue lost a prime example of what they want when the Pizza Man building burned Jan. 19.
“The former building was a good, characteristic building of what we want to achieve with new development,” said Jim Plaisted, executive director of the East Side Business Improvement District.
The [...]
Published: January 27, 2010
Tags: Ahmann Realty Services, baseball stadium, development, Dial Warehouse, Hines Interests, Metro Transit, neighborhood, North Loop Village, Schafer Richardson, Target Field, Third North
Comments: 1
By Burl Gilyard
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — You can almost hear the roar of the crowd at Target Field. Opening day at the new baseball stadium is set for April 12.
But the area surrounding the new ballpark is pretty quiet.
The new stadium had been touted as a boon for area development. But with high commercial [...]
Published: January 14, 2010
Tags: Arce, Archbishop Cousins Catholic Center, Cardinal Stritch University, development, downtown, Fixx Coffee House, Franz, Mandel Group, Mandel Group Inc., St. Francis, Williams, Wolf
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
The Fixx Coffee House should be in the center of St. Francis’ downtown, but instead of storefronts and shoppers, there are vacant lots to the east and the mostly vacant Cousins Center to the north.
Coffee shop owner Sheri Franz said she thought that would change when Cardinal Stritch University planned to build a [...]
Published: January 8, 2010
Tags: Binkowski, Caulum, development, Grubb & Ellis, Grubb & Ellis Co., Madison, market, Meriter Health Services, Novation Campus, office construction, Peterson, The Alexander, Urban Land Interests, Urban Land Interests Inc., vacancy
By Paul Snyder
Although a report predicts that filling Madison’s vacant office space will accelerate this year, construction of new office space probably will not follow quickly.
Such construction probably is two years away, said Chris Caulum, senior real estate associate for the Madison affiliate of Grubb & Ellis Co., a Santa Ana, Calif.-based real estate service [...]
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