By James Briggs The owner of a minor-league baseball team wants the city of Green Bay to help build a $10 million stadium for his franchise, but public financing will be a tough sell for a city that’s already experienced ...

Tagged with: Green Bay Jim Schmitt stadium tax-incremental financing district TIF

By James Briggs After more than a year of debate surrounding the $98 million redevelopment of Madison‘s Edgewater Hotel, the last municipal hurdle for developer Hammes Co. came down to a mythical tent. Madison has approved an operating agreement, which ...

Tagged with: Amy Supple Capitol Neighborhoods common council Edgewater Edgewater Hotel Fred Mohs Hammes Co. hotel Julia Kerr Lake Mendota lawsuit Madison tax-incremental financing district TIF

By Joe Lanane Prices dropped substantially for low-income housing tax credits during the financial downturn, but two Appleton projects suggest values are inching upward. “There’s certainly more equity in the market this year than there was last year,” said John ...

Tagged with: Madison tax-incremental financing district TIF WHEDA Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority

By Marie Rohde A suburban knockoff of an urban downtown has become one of the hottest spots in the Milwaukee retail market, while the real thing flounders. In two weeks, all or part interest in the ownership group for the ...

Tagged with: Bayshore Town Center mall Marcoux Maslowski Shops of Grand Avenue tax-incremental financing district Wisconsin Center District

By James Briggs Plans to redevelop Madison’s Edgewater Hotel have reached the end of a long and winding road through the city’s legions of committees and boards. Madison’s TIF Review Committee on Wednesday approved a controversial $16 million tax subsidy ...

Tagged with: Breitlow Building and Construction Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin Edgewater Edgewater Hotel Hammes Co. tax-incremental financing district TIF

By Joe Lanane The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s proposed Innovation Park project is moving forward with the promise of help from Wauwatosa taxpayers even though project supporters have not announced any developer contracts. The Wauwatosa Common Council approved a resolution this ...

Tagged with: Bruce Block Dennis McBride Innovation Park tax-incremental financing district TIF University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee UWM UWM Real Estate Foundation Wauwatosa Wauwatosa Common Council

By Marie Rohde The Pabst Farms developer slashed its property tax bill this year by planting crops on 145 acres planned for commercial development, despite restrictions banning farming. Oconomowoc City Administrator Diane Gard acknowledged the agreement between the city and ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Milwaukee would get a guarantee from a developer to protect the city’s investment in a $2 million Menomonee Valley tax-incremental financing district, but not on the much larger Tower Automotive project. The risk of things going bad ...

Tagged with: Inc. Menomonee Valley tax-incremental financing district TIF Tower Automotive Zimmerman Architectural Studios