Blair Williams

Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Curtain Call Ball Goes Virtual to Aid the Rep Rising Emergency Fund on Friday, October 16, 2020

City Advances $8.1 Million TIF for Michels

Stunning $100 million project along KK River could bring 800 jobs to Harbor District.

Developer Blair Williams’ Federal-Style Manse

Lovely $583,000 East Side home built by architect Armand Koch in 1915 for Ogden family.

Michels Announces $100 Million Harbor District Plan

Apartments, a hotel, multiple office buildings and new restaurants planned.

Punch Bowl Social to Open First Wisconsin Location by New Milwaukee Bucks Arena

Award-winning “eatertainment” concept coming to Entertainment Block in early 2019

Good City Brewing Tapped for Bucks’ Live Block

Local brewery will operate brewery and taproom just steps from new arena.

Good City to Open Brewery at Downtown Entertainment Block

Local brewery building a sour beer facility and taproom

Bucks Unveil Old World Third St. Bar

Live Block plans updated to include 2,045-square-foot building alongside beer garden.

The Brewery is Nearly Complete

Abandoned brewery now a vibrant, urban neighborhood.

Bucks Live Block Eliminates Performance Space

Revisions also aim to improve urban feel of area.

City Panel Okays Live Block Shrinkage

Bucks change plan: complex will have beer, but may not have a brewery.

The New Brewery

Historic brewery finds new life as urban neighborhood.

Bucks’ Live Block Connector Approved

City committee okays entertainment center connecting directly to nearby bar district.

Empty Storefronts Conference Scores Again

Annual conference on how to revitalize main street back in Milwaukee for its third year.

Bucks Arena On Budget, On Schedule

Plus, who are the two tenants slated to move to the Live Block?

Live Block Work Starts in Deer District

Work begins on entertainment complex next to new arena.

Vim and Vigor at The Brewery

Two new apartment buildings are rising up, while another one is cancelled.

The Hopping Brewery

Four apartment buildings, two new breweries and a hotel coming to former Pabst brewery.

City Panel Rejects Sherman Park Station

Design criticized. Would replace gas station destroyed during summer riot.

Density Meets Bay View

First building in the massive Stitchweld complex will open next month

Masonic Hotel Gets Key Approval

Historic Preservation Commission clears downtown hotel tower to move forward

Nomad World Pub’s Expansion Approved

East Side soccer bar will get one heck of a beer garden under a major expansion plan.

Stitching Together Stitchweld

Massive apartment complex with 288 units quickly rising in Bay View.

Bucks Arena Work Prep

Sewer relocation has this stretch of the Park East seeing activity for the first time in ten years.

Stitchweld Melds History and Urban Living

Milhaus and WiRed Properties Partner on New Development

Masonic Lodge Could Become Hotel

Plan would build addition atop historic building, but will preservation advocates block it?

Izumi’s building on Milwaukee’s east side sold to developer

Two apartment projects advance on northern edge of Bay View neighborhood

Hardware Headquarters plan emerges for former National Ace buildings

Bucks Arena Triggering More Downtown Deals?

Downtown is a "on a roll," a developer says, and momentum is building for more real estate moves.

National Ace Hardware by Park East to close; building sold to Milwaukee developers

Milwaukee Bucks owners’ $1 Park East land buy supported by developers

Blair Williams, from developer pursuing Park East, supports Bucks’ plan

Who was competing with the Milwaukee Bucks owners for Park East land?

Bay View’s Golden Age?

A proposal for five new apartment buildings in Bay View. And will At Random be razed?

Why Indy Developer Likes Bay View

Meeting reveals more details for proposed $40 million, 307-unit apartment complex at old Sweet Water site.

Indianapolis Comes to Bay View?

New $40 million, 307-apartment proposal for Bay View offered only a rendering of an Indianapolis project by the developer. When do we get the full package?

New East Library is a Jewel

Wow, what an improvement. Our photos capture the technology-rich and architecturally impressive new library

North Avenue Boomtown

Three different projects will together remake E. North Avenue. Our photos capture the progress.

Oakland & North Project Stalled Yet Again

Review board says the design of proposed mixed-use building is still not good enough for such an important site.

Commission Recommends Historic Designation for Sydney Hih Building, Fuse Still Lit

The Historic Preservation Commission recommended approval of interim historic designation for the Sydney Hih building, though the future of the building remains very much in doubt.

East Library Redevelopment Update and Estimated Schedule

A public meeting was held at Milwaukee Public Library's East Library last night to present updates and answer questions on East Library redevelopment proposal.

Mixed-Use East Library Proposals Meet the Neighbors

Wednesday night, Alderman Nik Kovac held a public meeting to allow feedback to be voiced regarding the three proposed alternatives for the redevelopment of the one-story East Library into a mixed-use facility. The meeting was a follow-up to a meeting last November discussing the potential of issuing a request-for-proposal (RFP) for the redevelopment of the East Library site. Attendees at the meeting were provided with an update on the process and allowed to ask questions about the process and proposals. The predictable East Side public meeting questions were aired, but which, if any, of the proposals will be selected?