Milwaukee school sale put on hold

Milwaukee Common Council: Sydney Hih’s days are numbered (UPDATE)

Published: July 24, 2012
Tags: Department of City Development, Historic Preservation Committee, MEDC, Milele Coggs, Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., Nik Kovac, Sydney Hih

Milwaukee’s Common Council on Tuesday reversed the Historic Preservation Committee’s decision that gave Sydney Hih an interim historic designation.

Milwaukee’s Sydney Hih still standing … for now (UPDATE)

Published: July 6, 2012
Tags: common council, Department of Neighborhood Services, John Raettig, Milele Coggs, Robert Bauman, Sydney Hih

Sydney Hih is safe from demolition for a few more weeks.

Selling intangibles: Milwaukee has plenty to offer despite development misses

Published: April 27, 2012
Tags: AECOM, Apex Commercial, Dental Associates Ltd., Focus on Commercial Real Estate, Grubb & Ellis, Kohl's Corp., Michael Murphy, Michael Streit, Milele Coggs, Milwaukee, real estate, Robert Bauman, TIF, Willie Hines, Willie Wade

When officials at Kohl’s Corp. announced in February they wouldn’t build a new headquarters in downtown Milwaukee, many observers talked about what could have been.

Milwaukee delivers support to threatened post offices

Published: November 15, 2011
Tags: common council, Department of City Development, Gwen Moore, Jeff Fleming, Joe Davis, Milele Coggs, post offices, Tim Ratliff, Tom Barrett, U.S. Postal Service

Elected officials, at the city and congressional levels, are urging the U.S. Postal Service to save five Milwaukee post offices from the list of 3,700 under consideration for closing.