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 ...

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By Joe Lanane The Wauwatosa Common Council approved a resolution Tuesday on the creation of a tax-incremental finance district for a portion of the Milwaukee County Grounds that will be used for the creation of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Innovation ...

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By Marie Rohde School of Freshwater Sciences for University of Wisconsin, Phase I Addition on Site of Existing Great Lakes Research Facility (GLRF), Milwaukee Continuum Architects & Planners SC, Milwaukee, landed the contract for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s $50 million ...

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By Joe Lanane A Milwaukee County supervisor says the county needs a new parks maintenance building and should help pay for it by selling the existing facility and the land it’s on. But others aren’t sold on the idea. Supervisor ...

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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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The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has obtained an option to buy the Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital campus in Milwaukee for $20.2 million and will ask the Wisconsin Building Commission to approve the deal at its meeting Wednesday, according to UWM. The ...

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By Sean Ryan Road builders question the practicality of concrete that could last 120 years and significantly cut the industry‘s workload. Materials researchers have found ways to extend pavement life to more than a century. Konstantin Sobolev, a University of ...

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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee might not have enough money to renovate and expand the Great Lakes Research Facility. The state approved a $50 million budget for the university to build a 125,000-square-foot addition to the research building ...

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By Sean Ryan A $50 million budget the state approved for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences may not be enough to pay for the entire project. The project would add a three- or four-story, 125,000-square-foot addition to ...

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