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Foreclosure judgement ordered for Neutral Milwaukee site
A foreclosure judgment was granted to C.D. Smith Construction for the unfinished Edison apartment tower site in downtown Milwaukee, setting the stage for its sale.
Middle-tier apartments pitched for Milwaukee’s Edison site
The Edison's financially troubled developer, Madison-based Neutral, has been in discussions with potential partners considering the downtown Milwaukee site after work halted.
Baker’s Place in Madison sells for $37 million to Chicago asset manager
Baker’s Place, a 209-unit mass timber apartment in Madison, sold for over $37 million to Chicago-based Altitude Capital Partners, closing March 31.
Milwaukee developer sued for $11 million over stalled Edison high-rise
C.D. Smith Construction sued Neutral, developer of Milwaukee's stalled Edison high rise, for $11.3 million and seeks foreclosure of the site.
Rising costs put Milwaukee downtown projects in limbo
Milwaukee's downtown faces delays in multiple apartment and hotel projects due to high interest rates, rising construction costs and economic uncertainty.
Milwaukee seeking new developer for Marcus Center parking garage
The city of Milwaukee will seek new developers for the Marcus Performing Arts Center parking garage, according to the commissioner of city development.
City drops proposal for $700 million development at Marcus Center parking site
Milwaukee is no longer considering Neutral's answer to a request for proposals with a planned mass timber, mixed-use development over a city-owned parking garage.
C.D. Smith files $14 million in construction liens against Neutral
After leaving the construction site, C.D. Smith Construction filed $14 million in liens against Neutral for unpaid work at two projects in Milwaukee and Madison.
Crane dismantled at high-rise apartment site in downtown Milwaukee
After a month and a half of a project standstill, the tower crane at the Neutral.Edison in downtown Milwaukee is being taken down.
Neutral faced $25 million gap on Milwaukee timber tower
Neutral had a budget shortfall of $25 million, citing tariffs and rising costs for a sudden construction pause. The pause drew fire on a separate request for proposals the developer was selected to work on in Milwaukee.
Work pauses at Milwaukee Neutral.Edison construction site
Construction of a 31-story mass timber in downtown Milwaukee has stopped after the developer said they were hit by tariffs and inflation. The project will be reworked.
ON THE LEVEL: Mass timber not just a leaderboard for Neutral’s Nate Helbach
Nate Helbach, real estate developer and co-founder of Madison-based Neutral, said well-being and sustainability are top of mind for his projects. Mass timber construction ties in with those goals.
Today’s News
- Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez drops out of governor’s race
- Home construction planned for former Manitowoc mall site
- Local costs a factor in I-794 removal proposal
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 20, 2026
- Rockwell’s New Berlin proposal gets initial approval
- Michigan approves Canadian oil giant’s Line 5 pipeline project
- Construction industry resilient despite higher prices
- Marketing firm Derse gets ready to build Oak Creek HQ
- Hazy conditions continue Thursday and Friday in Wisconsin
- Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow dies at 61
- Nominations are open for Newsmaker awards at Daily Reporter
- MPS students help with Milwaukee County courthouse complex overhaul
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)