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City of Milwaukee Health Department Issues Heat Health Advisory
Residents advised to take precautions during hot weather conditions
Jun 13th, 2022 by City of Milwaukee Health Department
Housing Authority Opening Low-Cost Housing Waiting Lists
Want housing assistance? Get in line ASAP starting Dec. 15.
Dec 9th, 2021 by Jeramey Jannene
Convent Hill South on Track
Housing Authority preparing land sale for tower while Travaux seeks financing.
Feb 6th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
High Rise Architect Paid $180 Per Hour
City plan to build 32-story tower offers rare public peek at what designers, others earn.
Dec 18th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Soil Testing for 32-Story Tower Underway
Soil conditions will help determine cost of foundation for Convent Hill tower.
Aug 2nd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Council Approves 32-Story Tower
Housing Authority sees it as model for how luxury housing can support affordable housing.
Jul 9th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Committee Approves 32-Story Tower
But first, council members give tower its most thorough public vetting to date.
Jul 2nd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Convent Hill South Advances
City Plan Commission okays 32-story, $150 million apartment tower.
Jun 10th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
A Luxury Tower with Affordable Housing
Housing Authority to build 32-story, $150 million tower whose income would support affordable housing across city.
Apr 17th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Bublr Bike Rides Will Be Free on Election Day to Get Voters to Polls
Bublr Bikes Giving Free 30-Minute Rides to Encourage Voting on Tuesday Nov. 8
Nov 7th, 2016 by Bublr Bikes
Milwaukee & Rock River Canal, 1870
Near what is now Cherry St., and the fabulous Notre Dame convent atop the hill.
Sep 7th, 2016 by Jeff Beutner
Bublr Bikes offers FREE Rides on Election Day
Eight of Bublr Bikes 28 stations are located within two blocks of a polling location.
Apr 4th, 2016 by Bublr Bikes
The History of Milwaukee Street
It's one of the original village streets dating back to 1835.
Sep 25th, 2015 by Carl Baehr
Supervisor Bowen Announces Series of Town Hall Meetings
Residents Invited to Speak About Milwaukee County Budget, Other Issues
Oct 29th, 2013 by State Rep. David Bowen
Ogden Avenue Corridor Development
Ogden Ave between N. Van Buren Street and Milwaukee Street has numerous retail establishments, but how well do they work together? Quite poorly. The groupings of stores work fairly well amongst themselves, but as an Ogden Ave retail corridor they turn their backs on one another.
Dec 12th, 2008 by Jeramey Jannene
Park East Square Moving Forward
Park East Square sign Originally uploaded by repowers The first phase of the development of Park East Square appears ready to begin. On Friday, Milwaukee County announced that they had completed the sale (read: RSC & Associates LLC exercised their option to purchase) of a 2.1 acre parcel of land at the western edge of the Pick ‘N’ Save parking lot and just north of Convent Hill for $2,725,000. To be exact, that’s the plot of land bordered by Lyon St, Jefferson St, Ogden St, and Milwaukee St. Nothing I can find indicates when construction will start, but since they purchased the land I would imagine it’s imminent. The development will include a 122-room Hyatt Place, 102-room Hyatt Summerfield Suites, along with 105 apartments and retail space. Back in March there was talk of the first phase of the development (this parcel) including 126 high-end apartments, a 148-room boutique hotel and 80,000 square feet of office, retail, restaurant and entertainment space if RSC & Associates LLC could get $9.2 million in a TIF from the city. Typical of developments of this scale in the Park East neighborhood, the TIF request was not granted. President Richard Curto said he would drop the hotel if that was the case, but clearly he thought better of that idea. He instead dropped a significant amount of retail space and went with more hotel rooms, which dropped costs significantly by eliminating the need for a massive parking structure. The final value of the development will be around $65 million, and as reported in September will include 6,900 square feet of retail space. Construction was originally supposed to begin in November, but financing hasn’t been easy to come by for anyone lately, and explains the delay. The plan in September called for construction on the hotels to begin first and take 14 months, followed by construction of the apartments (which includes 5 town houses), which will take another 15 months. I would imagine this is the same today, but with a pushed back start-date. According to the September Journal Sentinel article about the current development. The development will pay $21.5 million in property taxes over 10 years, RSC estimates, and would create 230 construction jobs and 64 to 74 hotel and retail jobs. The original plan, which the city favored …called for no public cash. That smaller project would pay $10.7 million in property taxes, and create 250 construction jobs and 50 to 75 retail jobs. The plan RSC wanted that included city financing …would generate $21.6 million in property taxes over 10 years, create 310 construction jobs and provide 150 to 200 retail and hotel jobs. The property taxes would pay back the city’s loan. RSC & Associates and the city both deserve applause for creating a development that will not only avoid the creation of an expensive TIF district, but will generate nearly the same amount of property tax revenue for the city. On top of that, the smaller retail space is more consistent […]
Dec 22nd, 2007 by Jeramey Jannene
New Convent Hill Building – Nearing Completetion
New Convent Hill Building Originally uploaded by compujeramey Walking by the new Convent Hill Public Housing building on my way to class today, I was impressed. The exterior of the building has rapidly come together. I’ll try and snag a picture in the next few days. The sidewalk has now been laid, which to me serves as a clue that the exterior is nearly complete and the heavy lift is nearly done. Hard to imagine it was just a pile of steel ten months ago.
Oct 3rd, 2007 by Jeramey Jannene
Voting With The Mayor
Mayor Barrett’s office announced Monday that he would vote at City Hall at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Oct 25th, 2004 by Michael HorneBuilding data on this page, including assessment information, was last updated on April 5, 2024
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