The Oconomowoc Plan Commission will vote Wednesday night on proposed changes to the general development plan for the Pabst Farm Town Centre that will allow it to be built in phases. The proposal also eliminates a pond that was to ...

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By Joe Lanane A lack of officially committed developers for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Innovation Park is raising questions over the frugality of a Wauwatosa investment in the project. Bill Holahan, UWM economics department chairman, characterized the tentative developers for ...

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By Joe Lanane The office of Wauwatosa mayor Jill Didier confirmed Wednesday that city officials will meet with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee developers on Thursday morning to discuss a proposed engineering campus. The $250 million UWM Innovation Park would include both ...

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By Bill Clements Special to The Daily Reporter Wauwatosa and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation are racing the clock to create a development district for the $250 million Innovation Park project before Sept. 30. If the city can create the ...

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By Paul Snyder The proposed Edgewater Hotel redevelopment Wednesday morning broke through Madison’s legislative barriers with a positive vote from the city’s Common Council. But the $98 million project on Madison’s Lake Mendota shoreline still needs final approval from a ...

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By Darryl Enriquez If Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s goal for breaking ground on the proposed Monona Terrace high-speed rail depot is to be met, officials must avoid lengthy policy debates that have prolonged or threatened other projects, local contractors and ...

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By Paul Snyder The Edgewater Hotel redevelopment scored a split in a city panel double-header Monday night and Tuesday morning, setting the project up for a final stand before Madison’s Common Council. “We got a boost of momentum,” said Bob ...

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By Paul Snyder Residents of Madison’s Mansion Hill Historic District keep battling the proposed Edgewater Hotel redevelopment as a Common Council vote on the project nears. “I would be astonished if we don’t irritate a few people,” said Fred Mohs, ...

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By Paul Snyder The Madison Plan Commission on Tuesday gave the proposed Edgewater Hotel redevelopment three approvals after hours of debate and questioning that began Monday night. “It certainly gives the project new wind,” said Alderman Michael Schumacher, a member ...

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By Paul Snyder The Hammes Co. on Wednesday submitted to Madison its latest set of plans for redevelopment of the Edgewater Hotel. The plans provide more detailed information on the ideas representatives from the Brookfield-based company presented to the Urban ...

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