State Street will have to wait for Madison to get its books in order.

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By Adam Wise The city of Madison in August will convene a committee to once again study the potential of a downtown public market. The city already has studied the possibility for six years, spending at least $160,000 on consultants ...

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By James Briggs The city of Madison will pump $300,000 over the next five years into redeveloping houses in two downtown neighborhoods. But some city officials say the plan will benefit an area of Madison that is loaded with wealth ...

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By James Briggs Madison’s new top planning official says he doesn’t have answers to every challenge facing the city, but he’s going to find them fast. Madison this week hired Steven Cover as director of planning and community and economic ...

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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 building with 8,600 square feet of retail on University Avenue ...

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By James Briggs Drama surrounds Madison’s Edgewater Hotel redevelopment several weeks after the project received final city approval. An item appeared on Monday’s Plan Commission agenda about a public access management agreement outlining how and when members of the public ...

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By James Briggs When St. Paul’s University Catholic Center representatives presented a State Street high-rise design to Madison’s Urban Design Commission, the panel assumed the posture of “American Idol” judges, vigorously panning the project. As St. Paul’s officials sat through ...

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By James Briggs Madison is expanding its real estate portfolio and willing to swing a deal with developers as long as they share the city’s vision for what should be built in its coveted Capitol East District. The city has ...

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By Paul Snyder Madison planners are skeptical that Hammes Co. has made enough changes to its Edgewater Hotel design to earn approval for the redevelopment project. “If they showed us drawings that made people go, ‘Wow,’ that would go a ...

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By Paul Snyder Two proposed zoning amendments in Madison would remove roadblocks to the proposed Edgewater Hotel redevelopment and knock down restrictions on future lakefront projects. “I hope it’s a movement toward rationality and wanting to make things happen,” said ...

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