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Vel Phillips Plaza Opens To Great Fanfare

Vel Phillips Plaza Opens To Great Fanfare

Downtown's new "front door" honors civil rights pioneer, trailblazer.

Walker’s Point Will Get New Plaza, Protected Bike Lanes

Walker’s Point Will Get New Plaza, Protected Bike Lanes

And upgraded skate park. City plans 11 projects to improve south-side area.

Eitel Cancels Plans For Vel Phillips Plaza Cafe After Council Questions, Public Opposition

Eitel Cancels Plans For Vel Phillips Plaza Cafe After Council Questions, Public Opposition

After Milwaukee Turners "pilloried" Eitel on Tuesday, things appear to have snowballed behind the scenes.

Plan Would Improve Red Arrow Park, Overhaul Two Downtown Streets

Plan Would Improve Red Arrow Park, Overhaul Two Downtown Streets

And use downtown property taxes to bail out Century City TIF district.

Eyes on Milwaukee: IKON Hotel Dropped In Favor of ‘Sears Market’ Concept
Eyes on Milwaukee

IKON Hotel Dropped In Favor of ‘Sears Market’ Concept

New proposal to redevelop former Sears department store at Fond du Lac and North.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Northwestern Mutual Wins Key Vote To Close Cass Street
Eyes on Milwaukee

Northwestern Mutual Wins Key Vote To Close Cass Street

But not without derision, and the suggestion to create an open-air passageway for the public.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Recommends $16 Million For New Downtown Park
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Recommends $16 Million For New Downtown Park

To be called Vel R. Phillips Plaza. Plus $6 million for other projects.

Eyes on Milwaukee: New Design For Vel R. Phillips Plaza Revealed
Eyes on Milwaukee

New Design For Vel R. Phillips Plaza Revealed

Redevelopment Authority endorses $16.5 million financing plan.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Council Strongly Supports Northwestern Mutual Deal
Eyes on Milwaukee

Council Strongly Supports Northwestern Mutual Deal

City would provide $30 million subsidy for $500 million tower redevelopment.

Eyes on Milwaukee: City Board Endorses $30 Million For NM’s $500 Million Tower Project
Eyes on Milwaukee

City Board Endorses $30 Million For NM’s $500 Million Tower Project

Subsidy also includes $10 million for bike, park and street improvements.

Eyes on Milwaukee: City Approves Funding For Pedestrian Plaza, Protected Bike Lane
Eyes on Milwaukee

City Approves Funding For Pedestrian Plaza, Protected Bike Lane

Tax revenue from three apartment buildings will be tied to East Side pedestrian and bicycle improvements.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Fiserv’s Move Downtown Is About Attracting ‘Young, Diverse’ Workers
Eyes on Milwaukee

Fiserv’s Move Downtown Is About Attracting ‘Young, Diverse’ Workers

Council committee endorses complicated subsidy for Brookfield company's relocation.

Eyes on Milwaukee: New East Side Pedestrian Plaza Planned
Eyes on Milwaukee

New East Side Pedestrian Plaza Planned

Tax revenue from new apartment buildings would pay for Ivanhoe Pl. plaza and area safety improvements

Eyes on Milwaukee: Complicated Fiserv Subsidy Earns First Approval
Eyes on Milwaukee

Complicated Fiserv Subsidy Earns First Approval

Complicated deal includes $7 million for financial company, $4.6 million for neighborhood improvements.

Transportation: Van Buren Could Receive Protected Bike Lane
Transportation

Van Buren Could Receive Protected Bike Lane

City of Milwaukee considering three options.

Could City Become Magnet For Remote Workers?

Could City Become Magnet For Remote Workers?

Department of City Development studies ways to lure remote workers to live here.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Growing ThriveOn King Gets Extension
Eyes on Milwaukee

Growing ThriveOn King Gets Extension

And adds food hall, child care center. First floor designed to accommodate neighbors' desires.

Eyes on Milwaukee: IKON Hotel Gets Loan Extension
Eyes on Milwaukee

IKON Hotel Gets Loan Extension

No interest period on city loan being extended one year.

Transportation: Streetcar Study Draws Controversy
Transportation

Streetcar Study Draws Controversy

Study of Walker’s Point extension moves forward.

Transportation: Southside Streetcar Study, Street Improvements Approved
Transportation

Southside Streetcar Study, Street Improvements Approved

Walker's Point would be targeted for expansion.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Council Committee Amends Milwaukee Tool Deal
Eyes on Milwaukee

Council Committee Amends Milwaukee Tool Deal

Reporting requirements on employee race, gender, residency and wages added.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Milwaukee Tool Deal Gets First Approval
Eyes on Milwaukee

Milwaukee Tool Deal Gets First Approval

But labor leaders call for community benefits agreement for service sector workers.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Former Gimbels Will Be “ThriveOn King”
Eyes on Milwaukee

Former Gimbels Will Be “ThriveOn King”

$84.5 million MLK Drive project to have 77 apartments and offices for medical college and Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Royal Capital Purchases Former Gimbels Complex
Eyes on Milwaukee

Royal Capital Purchases Former Gimbels Complex

ThriveOn Collaboration construction will begin in February.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Buy A Brick at Pompeii Square
Eyes on Milwaukee

Buy A Brick at Pompeii Square

Downtown plaza that honors demolished church being redeveloped.

Eyes on Milwaukee: $1 Million For ‘Really Unique Project’
Eyes on Milwaukee

$1 Million For ‘Really Unique Project’

Headline: Journal Sentinel building from 1960s would become housing for MATC students.

Eyes on Milwaukee: City Funds Get First Approval for Journal Square Lofts
Eyes on Milwaukee

City Funds Get First Approval for Journal Square Lofts

Affordable housing development is focused on non-traditional MATC students.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Downtown TIF Will Bail Out Three Districts
Eyes on Milwaukee

Downtown TIF Will Bail Out Three Districts

City increasingly using downtown revenue to support ailing neighborhoods.

Eyes on Milwaukee: What To Do About Century City?
Eyes on Milwaukee

What To Do About Century City?

Bailout needed; what's the impact of losing Strauss or trying to start a hemp farm?

Eyes on Milwaukee: Cathedral Square Improvements, Century City Bailout Get First Approval
Eyes on Milwaukee

Cathedral Square Improvements, Century City Bailout Get First Approval

$16 million plan would repay debt, improve park, rebuild streets.

Eyes on Milwaukee: City Using Downtown TIFs to Bail Out Century City
Eyes on Milwaukee

City Using Downtown TIFs to Bail Out Century City

Overperforming downtown development districts will repay debt used to create Century City business park.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Okays Reed Street Yards Fix
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Okays Reed Street Yards Fix

Sewer being relocated to accommodate development. But by which company?

Friday Photos: The “Little Pink Church” is Back
Friday Photos

The “Little Pink Church” is Back

New version of long-gone church part of Lower East Side senior housing complex.

Plats and Parcels: Journal Square Will Be Hundreds of Apartments
Plats and Parcels

Journal Square Will Be Hundreds of Apartments

Plus: Packed week of affordable housing news, and Cheesehead expansion.

Eyes on Milwaukee: RACM Okays $3.4 Million Reed Street Yards Fix
Eyes on Milwaukee

RACM Okays $3.4 Million Reed Street Yards Fix

New sewers being built to help attract future tenants, possibly Rite-Hite HQ.

Eyes on Milwaukee: City Subsidy for Schuster’s Project Okayed
Eyes on Milwaukee

City Subsidy for Schuster’s Project Okayed

$85 million redevelopment of old department store will have prestige tenants.

Plats and Parcels: New Apartments Near Streetcar Line
Plats and Parcels

New Apartments Near Streetcar Line

Plus: Where does the Strauss deal stand? State office building moving forward.

Eyes on Milwaukee: RACM Approves Deal for Schuster’s
Eyes on Milwaukee

RACM Approves Deal for Schuster’s

City TIF payment, up to $15 million, to help finance project to redevelop old department store.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Approves $60 Million Century City Deal
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Approves $60 Million Century City Deal

City would give the Strauss Brands up to $4.5 million if it creates 500 jobs.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Okays $5 Million More for Ikon Hotel
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Okays $5 Million More for Ikon Hotel

But only after a debate as to whether a project in the city's black community is "risky."

Transportation: About Those Missing Streetcar Bike Lanes
Transportation

About Those Missing Streetcar Bike Lanes

Promised lanes not there: north-south lanes removed and east-west route often blocked.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Okays $3 Million for Symphony
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Okays $3 Million for Symphony

City will help MSO move old theater's wall and rebuild street for new music hall.

Plats and Parcels: Bucks Vetting Bids For New Hotels
Plats and Parcels

Bucks Vetting Bids For New Hotels

Plus: Foxconn plans another building and Northridge battle cleared for court challenge

Eyes on Milwaukee: Plan Revitalizes Pompeii Square
Eyes on Milwaukee

Plan Revitalizes Pompeii Square

City allocating $100,000 to revamp memorial to historic Italian church.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Plan Connects Third Ward, Downtown
Eyes on Milwaukee

Plan Connects Third Ward, Downtown

RACM board approves $3.8 million to connect two neighborhoods via Broadway.

Transportation: Marcoux Warns Not Acting Could Jeopardize Streetcar Extension
Transportation

Marcoux Warns Not Acting Could Jeopardize Streetcar Extension

DCD officials tell council delaying project approval would cost $8.1 million annually.

Transportation: City Confident Couture Won’t Block Streetcar
Transportation

City Confident Couture Won’t Block Streetcar

Federal grant at risk if lakefront extension to The Couture isn't running by end of 2020.

Transportation: Breaking Down the Streetcar Financing Plan
Transportation

Breaking Down the Streetcar Financing Plan

How would the city fund the $160 million, three-mile route?

Eyes on Milwaukee: Whatever Became of Boston Store Subsidy?
Eyes on Milwaukee

Whatever Became of Boston Store Subsidy?

City gave company $1.9 million for renovations before it went bankrupt. Where did it go?

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Questions Grand Avenue Deal
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Questions Grand Avenue Deal

Deal approved after hard questions on city subsidy for $92 million mall redevelopment.

Eyes on Milwaukee: $9 Million for Grand Avenue Replacement
Eyes on Milwaukee

$9 Million for Grand Avenue Replacement

Redevelopment Authority approves TIF district to support The Avenue's public areas.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Komatsu Deal Includes Commuter Rail Station
Eyes on Milwaukee

Komatsu Deal Includes Commuter Rail Station

City would have option to buy site for Walker's Point station for a KRM line.

Eyes on Milwaukee: America’s Largest Urban Manufacturing Proposal?
Eyes on Milwaukee

America’s Largest Urban Manufacturing Proposal?

City Plan Commission approves land sale for $285 million deal with Komatsu company.

Members Only: Milwaukee Streetcar Insider Tour
Members Only

Milwaukee Streetcar Insider Tour

Get an up close look at The Hop and ask questions of the experts leading the project.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Symphony’s Grand Theatre Plan Moves Forward
Eyes on Milwaukee

Symphony’s Grand Theatre Plan Moves Forward

Council, Plan Commission okay separate parts of development transforming W. Wisconsin Ave.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Committee Okays Symphony Plan for Grand Theatre
Eyes on Milwaukee

Committee Okays Symphony Plan for Grand Theatre

Musical chairs-style land swap will clear way for movie theater's expansion for MSO.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Downtown Boston Store to be Cut in Half
Eyes on Milwaukee

Downtown Boston Store to be Cut in Half

Its corporate owner Bon-Ton will downsize store, but could be good news for city.

Eyes on Milwaukee: City Approves Funds for Sherman Park Project
Eyes on Milwaukee

City Approves Funds for Sherman Park Project

New market will open in former bank.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Sherman Phoenix Continues to Rise
Eyes on Milwaukee

Sherman Phoenix Continues to Rise

Committee approves financing support for Sherman Park market.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Sherman Park Project Moves Forward
Eyes on Milwaukee

Sherman Park Project Moves Forward

Sherman Phoenix project will rise from ashes of old bank with small city grant.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Council Okays Couture Sewer Subsidy
Eyes on Milwaukee

Council Okays Couture Sewer Subsidy

But this won't be a precedent for future deals, a city official says.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Couture’s Surprise Sewer Being Moved
Eyes on Milwaukee

Couture’s Surprise Sewer Being Moved

Previously unknown sewer will cost city $2 million to move

City Panel Okays Big Westown Upgrades

City Panel Okays Big Westown Upgrades

Re-doing Grand Theatre for MSO, new Bon Ton contract, major street upgrades.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Postman Square, City’s Newest Park
Eyes on Milwaukee

Postman Square, City’s Newest Park

But it does have a long history. The park's roots trace back to 1889.

Will Bucks’ Plaza Be Public or Private?

Will Bucks’ Plaza Be Public or Private?

Team wants 4th Street closed, but will this create a town square or just team profits?

Redevelopment Authority board approves plan

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $35

Redevelopment Authority board approves plan
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Redevelopment Authority board approves plan

Funds endorsed for $2.3M Fifth Street rebuild in Walker’s Point
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Funds endorsed for $2.3M Fifth Street rebuild in Walker’s Point

City panel approves financial help for RiverWalk at The North End

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $50

City panel approves financial help for RiverWalk at The North End
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City panel approves financial help for RiverWalk at The North End

Friday Photos: Presenting the Posner Building Apartments
Friday Photos

Presenting the Posner Building Apartments

Huge, almost entirely vacant building transforming into 105 apartments on key downtown corner

Eyes on Milwaukee: Posner Building To Become Apartments
Eyes on Milwaukee

Posner Building To Become Apartments

Highly visible, mostly vacant building in Westown being restored.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Bike Share Launching in 2014
Eyes on Milwaukee

Bike Share Launching in 2014

Phase I of bike share program will have at least 28 stations and 250 bikes, thanks to a federal grant.

Photo Gallery: Ground Breaking Day in the Park East
Photo Gallery

Ground Breaking Day in the Park East

A flock of public officials turned out to celebrate the Avenir, a $20.7 million, 104-unit mixed-use building that begins construction.

Best of Doors Open: Inside the Global Water Center
Best of Doors Open

Inside the Global Water Center

Our photos capture a beautiful facility focused on beefing up the city's research and innovation.

Plenty of Horne: Streetcar Social
Plenty of Horne

Streetcar Social

Gathering of notables tracks the route of proposed streetcar. And HGTV comes to town to film a straw-bale home.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Bike Sharing and Permeable Pavement
Eyes on Milwaukee

Bike Sharing and Permeable Pavement

City committee approves spending $100,000 on bike sharing in Walker’s Point, and the MMSD will experiment with permeable pavement.

The Story of Fund Milwaukee

The Story of Fund Milwaukee

A remarkable group of small fry investors have raised $300,000 to fund start-up businesses in the city.

The Chatter: The Chicago Challenge
The Chatter

The Chicago Challenge

Economic cooperation with our massive neighbor could help Milwaukee. But Gov.Scott Walker stands in the way.

Eyes on Milwaukee: Free Bus Rides, Moneyball and Renderings, Crime on Buses Way Down, and More
Eyes on Milwaukee

Free Bus Rides, Moneyball and Renderings, Crime on Buses Way Down, and More

Welcome to the fourth installment of Eyes on Milwaukee. This week we take a look at free bus rides for St. Patrick's Day, the idea of applying Moneyball principles to project renderings, how Police Chief Flynn has apparently managed to cut in half the service calls originated from MCTS buses, the notion of a new union for UWM, and more.

The Reed Street Yards is Worth the Investment

The Reed Street Yards is Worth the Investment

"It has been vacant for decades," said Dan Casanova, of the Department of City Development. The 17-acre property known as the Reed Street Yards is located between South 6th Street and South 3rd Street just across from the Harley-Davidson Museum in Walker's Point. This property has been targeted by the City of Milwaukee as the potential epicenter of Milwaukee's water industry. The property itself, despite being centrally located, has sat vacant for years, and currently has no infrastructure, such as roads and sewers that are necessary to support future development.

City Moves Forward With Water Initiative

City Moves Forward With Water Initiative

Planning for the future of Milwaukee as the Fresh Coast appears to be moving ahead.