News and Notes

News & Notes

News and Notes for the Weeks of 3/1/25 -3/21/25

REGENT STREET EYED AS FUTURE BADGERS-INSPIRED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT

Neighborhood leaders want to heighten the appeal of the bustling but hard-to-navigate street running along the outskirts of the UW-Madison campus.

-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON REJECTS NORTH SIDE SUBDIVISION ON HEADWATERS OF STARKWEATHER CREEK

The proposal would put rental houses and roads in places where the city doesn't want to see development, including the headwaters of Starkweather Creek.

-Wisconsin State Journal

HUNDREDS OF HOUSING UNITS TAKE SHAPE NEAR MADISON'S FORMER OSCAR MAYER PLANT

The future of undeveloped land nearby is still a point of contention among neighbors, however.

-Wisconsin State Journal

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FLOATED BESIDE LANDMARK IN DOWNTOWN MADISON HISTORIC DISTRICT

The preliminary concept includes a new five-story, 22-unit apartment building in front of an existing carriage house, which would be renovated.

-Wisconsin State Journal

BIG HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PLANNED JUST BLOCKS FROM WISCONSIN CAPITOL

Bear Development of Kenosha is proposing a seven-story, 223-unit apartment building at 501 E. Washington Ave., site of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

-Wisconsin State Journal

NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ADVANCE ALONG EAST WASHINGTON AVENUE

A pair of proposed apartment buildings would add 258 units, including some for low-income residents, between Aberg Avenue and Highway 51.

-Wisconsin State Journal

MADISON'S FIRST 'APARTHOTELS' ARE READY TO GO, IF CITY COUNCIL AGREES TO TWEAKING THE RULES

Madison currently prohibits hotel stays of longer than 30 days, an antiquated rule that's holding back new part-apartment, part-hotel businesses in the city's Downtown.

-Wisconsin State Journal