Cudahy is closing in on a revised agreement for a mixed-use development on a former landfill.

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The challenges began for the Truax Park Redevelopment in Madison long before contractors walked onto the site.

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By Paul Snyder Madison’s leaders are debating whether to split the city’s top planning-development post into two positions. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and aldermen Tim Bruer and Mark Clear have introduced an amendment to city ordinances that would create an ...

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By Paul Snyder A Madison property owner is considering suing the city to increase its offer for her Burr Oaks neighborhood apartment building. The city is offering Nedra Bobo $252,000. She wants $280,000. “In the end, all we’re asking for ...

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By Paul Snyder Madison’s leaders are dickering over the purchase prices of seven apartment buildings on the city’s south side, but those efforts to get the taxpayers a bargain may end up backfiring. “It’s very possible we would take this ...

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By Sean Ryan Oak Creek officials likely will receive bad news and calls for help from local businesses responding to an economic development survey. But even a negative response will let city planners gauge the state of the local economy. ...

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By Paul Snyder The new year will bring big changes for the Madison planning department following Director Mark Olinger’s departure, effective Jan. 5. According to an e-mail to Common Council members and city staff attributed to Olinger, Madison Mayor Dave ...

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By Paul Snyder New rental units in Madison’s redeveloped Allied Drive neighborhood are leased and have a waiting list, but local officials fear condos and houses in the area would go begging. “When it comes to the home portion, I ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] A private developer’s pitch for a senior-housing development on Madison’s south side mirrors a city-led project a mile and a half away. “My first thought was whether it would affect what we’re looking at,” said Stu Levitan, ...

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