Commentary: Sustainable collaboration takes two

Milwaukee department wants to offer tenants chance at lease-to-own

Published: May 31, 2012
Tags: Clifton Crump, Department of City Development, foreclosures, Jeff Fleming, Kivley Property Management, lease, Mark Kivley, Willie Hines

A Milwaukee department is betting at least $75,000 a year that it can persuade tenants in foreclosed properties to lease-to-own their homes.

Lawsuit looms over lakefront lot expansion (VIDEO)

Published: June 23, 2010
Tags: Dan Cody, expansion, Gerry Broderick, Joe Sanfelippo, lease, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County War Memorial Center, parking lot, Preserve our Parks, Summerfest, The Park People of Milwaukee County, War Memorial
Comments: 3

By Sean Ryan Park preservationists are threatening to sue Milwaukee County if it approves a parking lot expansion on lakefront property for the War Memorial Center. War Memorial Inc., a nonprofit organization that runs the center, is asking Milwaukee County for a lease of 2.55 acres that would be used as part of the planned [...]

‘You can’t fight city hall’: VFW loses eminent domain battle

Published: June 22, 2010
Tags: Berliner, condemnation, Drakos, eminent domain, Institute for Justice, Jeff Fleming, lease, Maharishi Vedic University, Michael Berger, Milwaukee, Supreme Court, Towne Metropolitan, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2874, VFW
Comments: 1

By Sean Ryan A Milwaukee VFW post lost $300,000 and a chance to tilt national eminent domain law toward property owners after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to accept a case. The lawsuit was over the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s 2001 acquisition of a building in which the Veterans of Foreign Wars [...]

Madison Common Council lifts TIF restrictions for BioLink project

By   Paul Snyder The Madison Common Council on Tuesday lifted a 50 percent pre-lease requirement to provide a construction loan for a proposed business incubator. The council’s action allows planning to proceed for BioLink, a 31,000-square-foot project that will hold a greenhouse, office and research space for new businesses in the city. The project will [...]

Occupancy rules threaten Madison’s BioLink project

By Paul Snyder A $2 million construction loan for a business incubator in Madison hinges on occupancy guarantees from companies that might not even exist yet. The city created the 50 percent occupancy requirement, but some members of the Common Council argue the proposed 31,000-square-foot BioLink project should be an exception to the rule. “We [...]

Gillen, city’s port negotiate headquarters deal (UPDATE)

Published: April 19, 2010
Tags: Board of Harbor Commissioners, Edward E. Gillen Co., Gillen, Kinnickinnic River, lease, port, Port of Milwaukee, Port of Milwaukee Economic Development Advisory Committee, Reinelt, waterfront, Zirbel

By Sean Ryan There is no guarantee Edward E. Gillen Co. will remain in Milwaukee despite a commitment by the contractor and port officials to get a deal done. Gillen has been in Milwaukee since the marine contractor was established in 1894. The company is negotiating with the Port of Milwaukee to lease at least [...]

Historic Minneapolis mansion on the block

Published: March 31, 2010
Tags: carriage house, Center for Changing Lives, Harrington Mansion, lease, Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Richard Ellis, sale, Zuhrah Shrine Center

By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Not every property for sale qualifies as a shrine. But the Zuhrah Shrine Center — historically known as the Harrington Mansion — is on the market in Minneapolis. “It is a very large building,” said Tony Krall, a member of the Zuhrah Shrine board of directors. “With [...]

Summerfest lease extended to 2030 in Milwaukee (10:29 a.m. 12/24/09)

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The world’s largest music festival will continue to be held along Lake Michigan in Milwaukee until at least 2030. The lease that allows Henry Maier Festival Park to host Summerfest was set to end Dec. 31, 2020. But Milwaukee’s Common Council has approved an amendment that extends the lease 10 years. The [...]