A proposed new corporate research center for A.O. Smith and related public-works improvements may provide an underused business park with the jump-start it needs, Milwaukee leaders said Tuesday.

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After making some big changes to its plans for a new headquarters building in downtown Milwaukee, Hammes Co. is coming back to city officials with some minor tweaks.

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Officials with developer Hammes Co. had their modified plans for a new headquarters building in Milwaukee receive approval Wednesday from a Milwaukee panel.

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In throwing his support behind a planned headquarters building for Hammes Co. in downtown Milwaukee, a city official argued it's not a local government’s place to cite architectural designs as a reason to approve or deny a development proposal.

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The first phase of the project will include a five-story building, which would be occupied by Hammes Co. and other tenants.

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U.S. Bank Stadium has 1.75 million square feet of space in downtown Minneapolis, but the officials overseeing its operation says there’s not enough elbow room for event-level storage.

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Dane County officials have seemingly named a victor between two competing visions over what should be done with the Alliant Energy Center, which consultants say needs an overhaul to maintain its appeals to events organizers.

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Even as Madison officials move forward with public assistance for the massive Judge Doyle Square development, a debate is going on behind the scenes over how much of the resulting construction work should be directed toward union contractors.

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State officials plan to meet with representatives of four development teams the week of Dec. 15 to discuss their plans to rebuild the state office building that now houses the Wisconsin Department of Transportation on Madison’s west side.

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is calling for an overall spending increase on construction and other capital projects in 2015 but about $10 million less on newly proposed projects.

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