Milwaukee Art Museum, war memorial talks break down

January 29, 2013 7:30 pm Leave a comment

Negotiators for the Milwaukee County War Memorial and Milwaukee Art Museum cannot even agree on whether they’re sitting at the same table.

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UWM considers lowering land price for Innovation Park development

January 28, 2013 4:50 pm Leave a comment

An informal suggestion that Milwaukee County agree to lower a land parcel’s price tag to accommodate a Mandel Group Inc. development in Wauwatosa drew ire Monday.

Tagged with: Innovation Park John Weishan Mandel Group UWM Real Estate Foundation

US jobless claims drop to 5-year low on strength of homebuilders

January 24, 2013 11:23 am Leave a comment

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to the lowest level in five years, evidence that employers are cutting fewer jobs and may step up hiring.

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Milwaukee’s Couture not a sure thing

January 17, 2013 3:14 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee developer Rick Barrett wants to build a $120 million, 44-story high-rise on the site of the Downtown Transit Center. Some opponents of The Couture believe that the transit center was built on filled-in lakebed. (Rendering courtesy of Barrett Visionary and Rinka Chung Architecture Inc.)

State Department of Natural Resources approval might not be enough to ensure developer Rick Barrett can build The Couture on Milwaukee’s lakefront.

Tagged with: Chris Abele Couture DNR Rick Barrett The Couture Transit Center

Appleton hotel sells for nearly $18 million

January 17, 2013 9:29 am Leave a comment

The downtown Appleton Radisson Paper Valley Hotel has been sold for nearly $18 million.

Goldman, Morgan Stanley to pay $557M in mortgage case

January 16, 2013 9:48 am Leave a comment

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley will pay a combined $557 million to settle federal complaints they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.

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