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DNC Will Restrict Construction Projects
DPW will restrict construction activity on city streets for a month this summer.
Feb 11th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Now the World’s Tallest Mass Timber Tower
New Land adds two floors, 30 apartments to proposed high rise, Ascent.
Feb 3rd, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Downtown House Being Deconstructed For Apartments
Plus: City planning third cruise ship dock
Jan 25th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Plan Will Build City’s Largest Solar Array
City, We Energies partner on eight-acre solar farm, enough electricity to power 400 homes.
Jan 23rd, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Big Blue Building Adds Signature Sign
That's 310W, folks. New sign adds street-level ID for $30 million redevelopment.
Jan 21st, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
DNC Security Zone Includes Almost All of Westown
Expect travel delays, but zone is not hard perimeter says Secret Service, MPD.
Jan 17th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Second New East Side Home Revealed
Designs submitted for second new home in North Point Historic District.
Jan 16th, 2020 by Jeramey Jannene
Meet HQ501
Scott Lurie, in partnership with RINKA, unveils renderings for redeveloped Assurant building.
Dec 21st, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
American Family Unveils Downtown Office Plan
Insurance company to redevelop century-old Mandel Graphics building near Fiserv Forum.
Dec 5th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Rite-Hite May Move to Reed Street Yards
Plus: Water leak delays BMO Tower, city exploring Plan B for former Schlitz tavern.
Nov 17th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Lurie Buying Mostly Empty Downtown Building
Developer tackling last large empty downtown office building, on 5th and Michigan. Could add hotel.
Nov 12th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Mural Spurs Historic Preservation Reform
Historic Preservation Commission moving to establish guidelines for murals.
Nov 6th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Lurie’s Bay View Proposal Revived
Plus: MPS unveils new schoolyards, Cambria hotel opens, Athea expanding chemical plant
Oct 27th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
A New Four-Story, Downtown Mural
Artist Mauricio Ramirez paints "Heart & Sol," his biggest work yet.
Oct 24th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
RACM Approves Deal for Schuster’s
City TIF payment, up to $15 million, to help finance project to redevelop old department store.
Oct 17th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Downtown BID Touts Successes, Awards
Downtown growing, group adds homeless outreach coordinator, charts plan for 2020.
Oct 16th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
NBA Player Plans Downtown Apartments
Big week in real estate with Couture taxes, Strauss, Marchese, Airbnb, Scott Lurie and more making headlines.
Oct 13th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Airbnb Says Milwaukee is Fastest Growing Destination
You can stay in the Boat House, an East Side mansion or a Riverwest living room via the popular service.
Oct 11th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Tent City Being Evicted
Plus: A packed week of real estate news, including the Schuster's project moving forward.
Oct 6th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Most Expensive Milwaukee Zip Codes for Renters
National report shows where your dollar goes the furthest.
Oct 3rd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
New 414 Bar + Kitchen Has a History?
Cambria Hotel bar honors Brew City with tap and drink menu. And this isn't the first bar at this site.
Sep 24th, 2019 by Michael Horne
Rexnord Will Occupy Downtown Buildings
Buildings on W. Michigan St. being renovated for company's new headquarters.
Sep 13th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Drury Hotel Opens Next Month
Nearly vacant office building will re-open as hotel on busy downtown intersection.
Aug 23rd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Bucks Vetting Bids For New Hotels
Plus: Foxconn plans another building and Northridge battle cleared for court challenge
Jul 21st, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Four-Story Mural Unveiled in Westown
Emma Daisy Gertel unveils Westown in Bloom mural
Jul 19th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
No Two-Way State Street Until 2020
City will repave and transform street in time for the DNC.
Jul 18th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Christopher R. “Chal” Little
"I hope this current development boom that we’re experiencing continues for a long time."
Jun 24th, 2019 by Newaukee
A Food Hall for Bay View
New Land will open "Flour and Feed", a food hall bigger than Crossroads Collective.
Jun 17th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Say Hello to Postman’s Porch
Milwaukee Downtown leads the reinvention of small triangular park near 2nd and Wells.
Jun 4th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
“The Blue” Gets $30 Million Upgrade
See the transformation of under-used office building on now booming W. Wisconsin Ave.
Jun 3rd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
KinetiK on KK
A gateway building to Bay View begins to rise.
May 24th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Bay View Doughnut Shop Gets Delayed
Sweet Rings planned shop, hired contractor with long list of court cases, money owed.
May 23rd, 2019 by Jennifer Rick
Breaking Down the Streetcar Financing Plan
How would the city fund the $160 million, three-mile route?
May 16th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
11 Key Facts About Streetcar Extensions
Love the idea? Hate it? Either way we have all the details.
May 2nd, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Ultra Lofts Rise in Deer District
In just a few months people will be living in Milwaukee's newest neighborhood.
Apr 19th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Whatever Became of Boston Store Subsidy?
City gave company $1.9 million for renovations before it went bankrupt. Where did it go?
Apr 10th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Meet the Deer District
Bucks developing area around Fiserv Forum, and The Avenue gets a new $3 million entrance.
Mar 31st, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
$9 Million for Grand Avenue Replacement
Redevelopment Authority approves TIF district to support The Avenue's public areas.
Mar 21st, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
KinetiK Rises on Kinnickinnic
Bay View's new gateway, a 6-story, 144 unit complex, is quickly taking shape.
Mar 20th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Who Gets Design Oversight?
Bauman wants council control over overlay zones, while DCD, local developers object.
Mar 19th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Commission Deems Journal Sentinel Complex Historic
Two council members push for designation in advance of paper's possible relocation.
Mar 18th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Extension Planned To Start in September
Extension to convention center would open in time for 2020 Democratic Convention.
Mar 14th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Silk Group Buys Art’s Performing Center
No more punning for strip club, now to be known as Silk on Water.
Mar 13th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2019
The Irish parade goes back to 1843, before Milwaukee was a city.
Mar 11th, 2019 by Jack Fennimore
Punch Bowl Social Opens This Weekend
Denver "eatertainment" chain opens first Wisconsin location at Bucks Entertainment Block.
Mar 7th, 2019 by Jennifer Rick
Council Approves North America’s Tallest Timber Tower
Milwaukee could be home to tallest wood building in Western Hemisphere by 2021.
Feb 27th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Western Hemisphere’s Tallest Timber Tower Okayed
New Land's 21-story apartment tower, Ascent, gets approved by council committee.
Feb 20th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Rexnord’s New Buildings Sell for $14.4 Million
Industrial company expected to move hundreds of office jobs Downtown.
Feb 20th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Rexnord Moving Downtown
Milwaukee-based industrial conglomerate will lease office buildings on Michigan St.
Feb 19th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Bucks Plan Massive Arena Signs
Will you take a selfie with a monumental, 50-foot-wide fiserv.forum sign?
Feb 12th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Tallest Timber Tower Gets First Approval
City Plan Commission endorses plan for North America's tallest mass timber building.
Jan 24th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Watch the Bradley Center Roof Drop
"Shaped charges" cause massive roof to implode, drop into stadium.
Jan 13th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
City Extending Streetcar to Convention Center
Short extension can be built without federal funds, adding more ridership.
Jan 8th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Broadway Connection Building Is a Go
Law firm Husch Blackwell will anchor Jeffers' nine-story Class A office building.
Dec 14th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Post Office, Company Fight Over Downtown Property
Plus: Where should Public Museum move? And what's an Opportunity Zone?
Oct 28th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
Cambria Hotel Starts to Rise
Downtown dead zone becoming hotel
Oct 19th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Tallest Wood Building in Western Hemisphere
New Land unveils ambitious plan to build 21-story wood apartment building.
Oct 6th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Service Starts November 2nd
The Hop to launch with "Grand Hop-ening" celebration November 2nd-4th.
Sep 28th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
PARK(ing) Day 2018 Enlivens Downtown
People rather than cars took over parking spots and activated them on Friday.
Sep 24th, 2018 by Jack Fennimore
Full Speed Ahead on Symphony Project
Prep work for moving wall 35 feet into street is underway.
Sep 7th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Why Another Downtown Grocery Store?
Location, density and growth are key drivers of new store.
Sep 6th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Harbor District Emerges
All the sudden the sleepy harbor is the place for hundreds of million in development.
Aug 12th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
More Good News for Downtown
New hotel, new office tenants and possibly a new office building.
Jul 15th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
City’s First Mass Timber Building Planned
New Land 's environmentally-friendly office building planned for Downtown.
Jul 13th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Jeffers Saves Historic Parish House
Downtown church gets new lease on life from creative developer and state law change.
Jul 10th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Bay View’s New Eco-Friendly Bar
Plus: View MKE replaces Wolf Peach in Brewers Hill. And more Mexican fare at Westown Farmers Market.
Jun 21st, 2018 by Cynthia Crawford
About That New Convention Center Plan
Renderings for expansion look beautiful, but where’s the money?
Jun 17th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
Permits Filed for Cambria Hotel in Westown
Say goodbye to another surface parking lot.
Jun 12th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
John Bauhs
"I think that the new Bucks Arena will be a game changer for the city in 2018."
Jun 11th, 2018 by Newaukee
Bucks Beat Hiring Goals on Arena
Arena project has created at least 800 jobs for under-employed city residents.
May 23rd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Is Bucks Live Block Good Urbanism?
Council committee debates merits of new building for Old World Third St., gateway to arena.
May 22nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
City Creates Vel Phillips Ave., Plans Statue
N. 4th St. to become Vel R. Phillips Ave.; where will statue go?
May 8th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
A Bar That’s Also a Museum
Brew City MKE in Grand Avenue Mall serves only Milwaukee beers -- and brewing history.
May 3rd, 2018 by Michael Horne
Downtown Strip Club To Finally Open
Owners tout "the trendiest, sexiest, most exclusive, topless, full alcohol Gentlemen’s Club."
May 2nd, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Downtown Bridges Cause Mounting Traffic
Bridge openings stop traffic for nearly 4.5 hours on busy days. City mulls policy changes.
Apr 25th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
4th St. Will Become Vel. R. Phillips Ave.
Major downtown street to be renamed for Milwaukee leader and civil rights pioneer.
Apr 25th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
A Drury Hotel for Downtown
National chain's Drury Plaza Hotel being created in historic 1928 building.
Apr 13th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Downtown Has Added 11,450 Housing Units
All under Barrett, all since 2004. But what about the rest of the city?
Apr 12th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
New Downtown Mini-Bowling Bar?
Plus: a new West Side Mexican place. And C. 1880 closing.
Mar 21st, 2018 by Jennifer Rick
Is the Downtown Apartment Boom Over?
Wangard hesitates over river-side apartment complex, while other projects push ahead.
Mar 11th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
St. James Church Project Approved
New apartment building will rise behind historic church.
Mar 6th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
State Moving Downtown Offices
Will 27th and WI site be selected? State planning $50 million building.
Feb 9th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Residents Jeer Pay-to-Park Plan
Abele sympathizes but says county must get revenue from somewhere.
Feb 7th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
City Wants Downtown Parking Security
40% of downtown crimes are vehicle break-ins. Council demands safety measures.
Jan 24th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
The Return of George Washington
3,000-pound statue of first president restored, returned to median on Wisconsin Ave.
Jan 24th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
Downtown Office Tower Becoming Apartments
More residential development downtown. Wells Fargo will remain on first floor.
Dec 29th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Top 10 Dining Stories of 2017
What did readers most care about? The results may surprise you.
Dec 28th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
$65 Million Spent on Streetcar
Construction of track is 90 percent complete, project ahead of schedule.
Dec 18th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
City Atty Says Affordable Housing Plan Illegal
Will legal opinion kill the proposal? Or can Bauman and company rework the language?
Nov 17th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Affordable Housing in Every Major Project?
Proposal would require it for any project with 20 or more units. Will developers oppose it?
Nov 14th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Apartments Planned At St. James Church
Seven-floor apartment complex just off Wisconsin Ave. would also save church.
Nov 13th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Downtown Boston Store to be Cut in Half
Its corporate owner Bon-Ton will downsize store, but could be good news for city.
Oct 27th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Potawatomi Gives $10 Million To Streetcar
Streetcar will be known as The Hop; Potawatomi gift means no operation costs for city.
Oct 6th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
City Chooses Streetcar Operator
French company Transdev will operate streetcar for $3.6 million a year.
Sep 6th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Tracks Getting Road Tested
Cars, trucks, buses, bikes and pedestrians are all crossing the tracks regularly now.
Jun 30th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Complete Summerfest Shuttle Guide
Why worry about driving and parking? The list of easy shuttle services is long.
Jun 27th, 2017 by Caroline Blair
2017 NEWaukee Night Market
A little rain couldn't shut down the first of four night markets.
Jun 15th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
$30 Million Spent on Streetcar
Streetcar project on track, literally -- and financially.
May 19th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Streetcar Track Getting Installed
Tracks getting installed on St. Paul Ave.; other streets soon to come.
May 12th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
Why Strip Club Deal Fell Apart
Deal would have ended suits against city if council okayed new club.
Apr 19th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
