development

Time running out for construction-related bills

Two construction-related bills were slated for the Assembly calendar early Wednesday morning, placing the proposals on track for approval prior to the Legislature’s current session ending Thursday.

Budget committee votes to cut money on land preservation (UPDATE)

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted Thursday to reduce by $26 million a year what is available to be spent on Wisconsin’s […]

Students fight Madison development

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 […]

North End developer seeks city money

A $9.3 million Milwaukee loan will help the Moderne high-rise grow at the corner of Old World Third Street and Juneau Avenue.

Madison strays from apartment density rule

By James Briggs Madison has approved a housing and retail development that more than doubles the city’s guideline for maximum density. Madison-based Mullins Group LLC will build a 130-unit apartment […]

A new — and old — challenger for Madison Mayor Cieslewicz

By James Briggs Controversial development proposals that languished for months in Madison‘s approval process have prompted a two-time mayor to seek his third stint as the city’s top executive. Paul […]

Parking dominates latest Concordia development proposal

By Marie Rohde The most recent version of the Forest County Potawatomi Community’s controversial plan to develop the 11-acre Concordia College site has far more surface parking and promises to […]

First-floor retail shows vitality, but not reality

By Marie Rohde

staff writer

Urban planners say Milwaukee needs first-floor retail space with new construction, but developers say the need isn’t there and the city should relax its requirements.

High-speed depot pressures Madison planners

Paul Snyder [email protected] City planners have three years to fit an underground parking garage, hotel, public market and office buildings across the street from a new high-speed rail station in […]

Builders association loses Oak Grove fee fight

By Paul Snyder A Wisconsin appeals court struck down a builders association‘s challenge to a $3,190 fee the town of Oak Grove charges developers for new projects. In a decision […]

Potawatomi plans $29 million Milwaukee redevelopment (UPDATE)

By Sean Ryan Neighborhood enthusiasm over the Forest County Potawatomi Community’s plan to develop an 11-acre Milwaukee site is mixing with skepticism over the still-unknown details. Potawatomi planners have presented […]