Published: January 5, 2011
Tags: apartment, Brad Murphy, Brian Munson, campus, common council, Darsi Foss, density, development, Madison, Maniaci, Mullins Group, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, zoning
By James Briggs Madison has approved a housing and retail development that more than doubles the city’s guideline for maximum density. Madison-based Mullins Group LLC will build a 130-unit apartment building with 8,600 square feet of retail on University Avenue near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Neighbors, who generally support the development, have criticized its [...]
Published: May 4, 2010
Tags: campus, Dennis McBride, Donegan, Pantuso, UWM, UWM Real Estate Foundation, Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa Common Council
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan Plans for a new University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus moved forward Tuesday amid protests from Wauwatosa city officials who pushed for more changes to the plan. The Wauwatosa Common Council has been considering the proposed UW-Milwaukee campus and business park plan since February. The proposal has packed numerous city public hearings in the [...]
Published: March 8, 2010
Tags: butterfly habitat, campus, Dennik, Innovation Park, Jim Schmitt, Lawrence Kean, McCulloch, Regional Medical Center, Watertown Plank Road, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT, Zoo Interchange
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan The first public hearing on the Innovation Park plan showed the contrast between big-picture economic development and concerns about how development affects people’s daily lives. “We have to make sure that everybody gets a piece of the pie,” said Jim Schmitt, Milwaukee County supervisor, “that everybody has their say.” Supporters of the [...]
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 [...]
Published: December 17, 2009
Tags: campus, Holloway, land-use plan, Lipscomb, property, Schmitt, UWM, UWM Foundation, UWM Real Estate Foundation
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan Progress trumped caution Thursday when the Milwaukee County Board took an official step toward selling a Wauwatosa property for development of a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee engineering campus. Before the county can sell the land to the UWM Real Estate Foundation Inc., Milwaukee County Board supervisors had to approve a land-use plan that [...]
Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com A state lawmaker’s attempt to distribute representation on the UW System board of regents based on geography might spark more competition among universities for project money. State Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point, wants to change the composition of the board by directing the governor to appoint at least one member from each [...]
Published: May 15, 2009
Tags: campus, engineering, survey, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wauwatosa
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will pursue its plan to build an engineering campus in Wauwatosa despite negative feedback from faculty. The university surveyed staff members (PDF) to get their opinion on the campus plan, and the mostly negative reaction stems from faculty still carrying hard feelings about an earlier plan to relocate [...]
