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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has appointed Lafayette Crump to replace the retiring city development chief Rocky Marcoux.
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Read More »Marcoux retiring after 16 years overseeing Milwaukee’s development efforts
Richard "Rocky" Marcoux, longest-serving city development commissioner in Milwaukee history, is retiring — marking a career that featured several large projects, and some missed opportunities.
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Read More »City to pursue other options if Couture doesn’t move ahead by June
Milwaukee officials told a committee on Wednesday that they remain confident the delayed Couture high-rise will ultimately be built — but that they may also have to pursue other options for the completion of a branch of the city's streetcar line that now depends on the construction of the Couture.
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Read More »With clock ticking on streetcar extension, Milwaukee committee puts plans on hold
A Milwaukee committee voted on Tuesday both to pause plans to extend the city's streetcar and study proposed routes into north- and south-side neighborhoods, a decision that threatens to strain an already tight construction schedule calling for service to be added near the site of the Democratic National Convention by July 2020.
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Read More »City advances financing for $285M Komatsu project, Michels Corp.’s River 1
A Milwaukee Common Council committee gave a favorable recommendation on Tuesday to proposals advancing both Komatsu Mining Corp.'s plans for a waterfront headquarters and a nearby development overseen by Michels Corp.
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Read More »Lakefront Couture high-rise could break ground in October
The 44-story Couture high-rise along Milwaukee's lakefront is scheduled to break ground in October, the city development director told a committee Tuesday.
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Read More »Milwaukee leaders weigh affordable-housing requirements on certain apartment projects
Milwaukee officials are considering requiring that a percentage of the apartments on offer at certain new developments be available at what are deemed affordable rates.
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Read More »AFL-CIO housing trust targets Milwaukee for investment in multifamily projects
Milwaukee's commercial building boom is expected to get a little louder, thanks to an investment from the AFL-CIO.
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Read More »Detroit luring manufacturers to industrial park, vacant land
Inside a fenced construction site on Detroit's east side, heavy machines are digging, shoving and hauling away tons of dirt in preparation for the latest addition to the city's industrial landscape.
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Read More »Marcoux survives as Milwaukee development director
Rocky Marcoux’s position as development commissioner appears to again be rock solid.
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