Shovels ready as Edgewater project brews at center of Madison storm

Traffic study stalls review of development

Published: September 1, 2011
Tags: KL Engineering, Krupp General Contractors, Madison, Plan Commission, Spring Harbor Neighborhood Association, University Crossing, University of Wisconsin digestive health clinic

The neighbors of a potential Madison development are getting restless over the lack of a traffic report as the project nears a city vote.

State stalls Madison warehouse project

Published: June 20, 2011
Tags: Angie Copeland, Anita Weier, Brad Murphy, Department of Administration, DOA, Ernest Winters, Keats Environmental Associations, Madison, Mendota Mental Health Institute, North Lake Mendota Neighborhood Association, Plan Commission, WEPA, Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act

By Adam Wise State planners are putting the brakes on a 96,000-square-foot warehouse project to allow time for an environmental assessment neighbors say should have been done long ago. “We didn’t really want to push this through, and some people didn’t believe we were following our rules,” said Ernest Winters, state Department of Administration bureau [...]

Neighbors resist state project in Madison

Published: June 13, 2011
Tags: Angie Copeland, Anita Weier, Brad Murphy, common council, Department of Administration, DOA, Ernest Winters, Madison, Plan Commission, Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Veterans Museum

By James Briggs A Madison alderwoman opposes state plans to construct a 96,000-square-foot storage and preservation building in a north-side residential neighborhood. Anita Weier, a freshman on the Madison Common Council, delayed city approval of the Department of Administration’s proposal by kicking it back to the Plan Commission. The $25 million project would house artifacts [...]

Madison McDonald’s places order to go, could bump library

Published: April 27, 2011
Tags: Benno, Cnare, Hawthorne Branch, Madison, Madison East Shopping Center, Madison Public Library, Mangin, McDonald's, McDonald's USA LLC, Missoula Mac, Plan Commission, Rummel, Tripp Widder, Union Corners, Urban Design Commission

By James Briggs A McDonald’s franchise’s request to move is setting up a potential game of musical chairs on Madison’s east side. Poynette-based Missoula Mac Inc. is seeking permission to move its McDonald’s franchise a few blocks east to the Madison East Shopping Center at 2800 E. Washington Ave. The franchise’s prospective new home, though, [...]

Rummel presents triple threat for Madison projects

Published: April 18, 2011
Tags: Adam Plotkin, Capitol Neighborhoods, Daniel Stephans, Landmarks Commission, Lauren Cnare, Madison, Marsha Rummel, Paul Soglin, Plan Commission, Todd Barnett, Union Corners, Urban Design Commission

By James Briggs Developers who want to build anything in Madison from a high-rise to a new sign soon will get to know Alderwoman Marsha Rummel. Rummel, who represents the city’s near east side, will be on all three of Madison’s planning committees, Mayor-elect Paul Soglin said Monday. Rummel will spend the next two years [...]

Madison’s development direction in Soglin’s hands

Published: April 8, 2011
Tags: Bridget Maniaci, Dave Cieslewicz, Julia Kerr, Lauren Cnare, Marsha Rummel, Michael Schumacher, Paul Soglin, Plan Commission, Urban Design

After defeating incumbent Dave Cieslewicz in the Madison election, Mayor-elect Paul Soglin has an immediate chance to reshape the city’s development future.

Bringing new life to 27th Street

Published: February 28, 2011
Tags: 27th Street, Dan Wander, Department of City Development, Front Line Real Estate Partners, Jeff Fleming, Milwaukee, MilwaukeeFocus, Plan Commission, Terraco Inc., Witkowski

After a previous failed attempt, Milwaukee officials and the developers behind a project to revive the 27th Street corridor bounded by Oklahoma and College avenues have confidence this proposal will be the one that sticks.

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 [...]

Madison project sidesteps curfew request

Published: December 21, 2010
Tags: Brian Munson, common council, curfew, Darsi Foss, Gruber, Heifetz, Julia Kerr, Madison, Plan Commission, Regent Neighborhood, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff

By James Briggs A proposed development has prompted Madison officials to debate whether it’s appropriate to set ground rules for future tenants before the first shovel hits the ground on projects. Madison-based Mullins Group LLC is planning to build a 130-unit apartment building with 8,600 feet of retail near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The [...]