Subsidized developments on the rise

Panel to hold hearing on TIF for Milwaukee office building

Published: January 14, 2013
Tags: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, TIF

The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee will hold a public hearing Thursday on its plans to create a tax increment financing district to aid construction of Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s new office building.

Manufacturer to assume TIF risk in deal with Milwaukee

Published: July 19, 2012
Tags: Department of City Development, Greg LeRoy, HellermannTyton, Jeff Fleming, Mark Nicolini, Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Terry Tuttle, TIF

A Milwaukee cable manufacturer and the city are nearing a deal that would give the company a chance to recoup a portion of the cost of buying and improving a 92,300-square-foot building.

Letter to the editor: TIF story comments disputed

Published: June 25, 2012
Tags: Rob Henken, TIF

In my 17 years of work in government and my four-plus years as president of the Public Policy Forum, I have never had comments I made to a reporter as utterly distorted and mischaracterized as those attributed to me in a June 20 article on TIF extensions in The Daily Reporter.

Milwaukee alderman revives TIF extensions

Published: June 20, 2012
Tags: J. B. Van Hollen, Jeff Fleming, Jim Bohl, Kathleen Hohl, MATC, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Public Schools, Rob Henken, tax incremental finance districts, TID, TIF
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A green light from the state attorney general’s office has emboldened a Milwaukee alderman to renew his request to extend TIF districts to pay for roadwork in the city.

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.

Supreme Court rejects Edgewater lawsuit (UPDATE)

Published: February 24, 2012
Tags: Bob Dunn, Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Fred Mohs, Gene Devitt, Hammes Co., Landmark X, Mark Clear, Paul Soglin, TIF

A lawsuit from two Madison residents contesting the merits of a controversial downtown hotel expansion project will not be heard by the state Supreme Court.

Madison council votes down $16M TIF for Edgewater Hotel

Published: November 16, 2011
Tags: common council, Edgewater, Edgewater Hotel, Hammes Co., hotel, Madison, Paul Soglin, Robert Dunn, TIF

A tie vote of the Madison Common Council has put one of the city’s most controversial developments back on the ropes.

Milwaukee streetcar desire debated

Published: July 18, 2011
Tags: Bob Donovan, Brian Manthey, Milwaukee, Nik Kovac, Rail, referendum, streetcar, tax-incremental financing, TIF, Tom Barrett, Transportation, W. Martin Morics, We Energies

By James Briggs A Milwaukee alderman on Monday called for a referendum to let voters advise Common Council members on whether the city should build a $64.6 million streetcar line. Calling financial projections for the project “rosy,” Alderman Bob Donovan said he has yet to hear from a single resident in his district who supports [...]

Proposed bill would let TIF districts cross municipal borders

Published: June 9, 2011
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, Aubinger, Chad Weininger, Cornerstone, Ehlers & Associates, Hiniker, Jim Schmitt, Lambeau Field, Michael Harrigan, Robert Cowles, tax incremental finance districts, TIF

By James Briggs A proposed bill floating through the Legislature would let cities team up on tax incentives for development projects. The bill, co-authored by a pair of Green Bay Republicans, Rep. Chad Weininger and Sen. Robert Cowles, would let neighboring municipalities create tax incremental finance districts that cross city borders. TIF districts let municipalities [...]