A developer is proposing to raze the Zor Shriners temple near the Beltline on Madison’s Far West Side for a housing project with 479 units in two buildings and underground parking.

The Dane County Board on Thursday unanimously approved giving $2 million to the city of Monona to support the recent purchase of a 10-acre, mostly wooded area along the shore of Lake Monona.

After a lengthy and dense debate, the Madison City Council narrowly adopted late Tuesday a slate of zoning changes intended to boost the city's supply of much-needed, multi-family housing — a move some worry could stymie neighborhood input and doesn't tackle the city's lack of low-cost housing.

-Wisconsin State Journal

On a narrow vote late Tuesday, Madison’s City Council approved changes to zoning rules that aim to make it easier to build more housing in the city.

With its $100 million proposal for the 300 block of State Street, Core Spaces, a real estate development firm specializing in apartment buildings near college campuses, is talking about affordable student housing in a new way. But the model it’s using has some wondering who will benefit, and how.