Time running out for construction-related bills 

Published: March 14, 2012
Tags: development, Fred Risser, geothermal, wastewater, well drilling, Wisconsin Realtors Association

Two construction-related bills were slated for the Assembly calendar early Wednesday morning, placing the proposals on track for approval prior to the Legislature’s current session ending Thursday.

Budget committee votes to cut money on land preservation (UPDATE)

Published: May 19, 2011
Tags: development, Jennifer Shilling, Joint Finance Committee, Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund, Scott Walker

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted Thursday to reduce by $26 million a year what is available to be spent on Wisconsin’s primary program to protect land from development and preserve it for recreational use by the public. The Joint Finance Committee voted 13-3 to reduce bonding [...]

Students fight Madison development 

Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: Adam Milch, developer, development, Hannah Somers, Klaven, Madison, McCaughey Properties, Mifflin, Pat McCaughey, Plan Commission, Verveer, West Mifflin

By James Briggs Afraid of being priced out of a neighborhood popular among 20-somethings, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are standing up against a proposed apartment development. “In all the years I’ve served,” 16-year Alderman Michael Verveer said, “I have never seen this level of student interest in a land-use application.” Thousands of students have organized [...]

North End developer seeks city money

Published: February 7, 2011
Tags: Associated General Contractors of America, developer, development, Dick Lincoln, Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors, Ken Simonson, Kurt Bauer, Mike Ruzicka, Milwaukee, Moderne, North End, Park East, Realtor, Rocky Marcoux, William Orenstein, Wisconsin Bankers Association

A $9.3 million Milwaukee loan will help the Moderne high-rise grow at the corner of Old World Third Street and Juneau Avenue.

Madison strays from apartment density rule 

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 [...]

A new — and old — challenger for Madison Mayor Cieslewicz

Published: December 22, 2010
Tags: Central Library, Cieslewicz, development, Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Landmarks Commission, Madison, mayor, Michael Schumacher, Overture Center, Paul Soglin, Susan Schmitz

By James Briggs Controversial development proposals that languished for months in Madison‘s approval process have prompted a two-time mayor to seek his third stint as the city’s top executive. Paul Soglin, Madison’s mayor from 1973 to 1979 and again from 1989 until 1997, has injected new life into what seemed last week like an easy [...]

Parking dominates latest Concordia development proposal 

Published: September 20, 2010
Tags: Bauman, Concordia College, Department of City Development, development, Forest County Potawatomi Community, Historic Concordia Neighbors, Milwaukee Plan Commission, parking, Pritzlaff Hall

By Marie Rohde The most recent version of the Forest County Potawatomi Community’s controversial plan to develop the 11-acre Concordia College site has far more surface parking and promises to create 500 new light-assembly jobs. The plan also calls for two new three-story buildings totaling 150,000 square feet. Almost a third of the site will [...]

First-floor retail shows vitality, but not reality

Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: blog, development, Hot Topics, retail, Rohde

By Marie Rohde

staff writer

Urban planners say Milwaukee needs first-floor retail space with new construction, but developers say the need isn’t there and the city should relax its requirements.

High-speed depot pressures Madison planners

Paul Snyder paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com City planners have three years to fit an underground parking garage, hotel, public market and office buildings across the street from a new high-speed rail station in downtown Madison. “Everything will not be done by the time the train arrives,” said Common Council President Mark Clear. “That’s just not realistic. But parking [...]

Builders association loses Oak Grove fee fight

By Paul Snyder A Wisconsin appeals court struck down a builders association‘s challenge to a $3,190 fee the town of Oak Grove charges developers for new projects. In a decision filed Tuesday, the District 3 Court of Appeals ruled the St. Croix Valley Home Builders Association improperly challenged Oak Grove’s ordinance because the association did [...]