Rocky Marcoux

After IKON Hotel Issues, Council Moves To Assert More Control of TIF Districts

City has foregone $540,000 in interest payments at discretion of administration.

IKON Hotel Deal At Risk of Default

Haywood Group could default on $4 million city loan. City could end up owning empty mall.

TIF Could Fund Traffic Calming, Affordable Housing Near Downtown

City proposing $6.5 million for traffic calming, anti-displacement housing efforts in area north of Fiserv Forum.

Inside Komatsu Mining’s Massive New Harbor District Campus

P&H parent company swaps a ribbon cutting for a tree planting in opening new factory.

On the reemergence of America’s Black Holocaust Museum

Statement of Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs February 25, 2022

Mandel Delaying Portfolio Because of Market Saturation

Lakefront tower has been reduced in height since 2016 proposal, but firm still believes too much competition exists.

Tearman Spencer Attacks Robert Bauman

City Attorney says alderman broke local, state and federal laws and has bullied and exceeded his authority at great cost to taxpayers.

Tom Barrett Takes Oath To Serve As Ambassador

No longer mayor, Barrett is preparing to head to Luxembourg.

Barrett, Officials Celebrate Couture Groundbreaking

Nine years after building was first proposed. 'Like making sausage. It's not pretty.'

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $500

Brown Appointed To City Plan Commission

City Hall veteran, former DCD Deputy Commissioner Martha Brown to fill vacant seat.

Construction Underway on Largest New Urban Manufacturing Plant in US

Komatsu Mining building $285 million manufacturing and office complex in Harbor District.

Milwaukee city development commissioner goes ‘On the Issues’ Aug. 26

Council Spending Hours Reviewing Barrett’s Appointments

Plenty of praise and criticism for department heads, including Jeff Polenske and Jeanette Kowalik.

Demolition Underway for Adams Hotel

Plus: DCD gets new leadership team

Library Director Paula Kiely Retiring

Kiely has led library since 2006, presided over great change.

Crump Wins Committee Support to Head DCD

New commissioner would serve in one of most visible, influential administration roles.

Lafayette Crump Appointed DCD Leader

Duke graduated attorney works for Milwaukee DNC 2020, has experience with real estate development.

DCD Leader Rocky Marcoux Will Retire

Marcoux has held position for 16 years, survived contentious reappointment battles.

Mayor Names Lafayette Crump to Head City Development

Commissioner-Nominee is a Champion of Economic Growth and Inclusion

Is A Couture Deal Finally Coming?

City officials say it is, while Ald. Bauman pushes city to separate streetcar from project.

Perez Leads Termination of Friends of Housing Contract

Frustrated by nuisance properties, Alderman takes aim at organization's city contracts.

Lakefront Tower Loses A Few Floors

Plus: Northridge Mall trial starts, Foxconn bailing on project could cause up to $120 million state bailout.

500 Media Members Get DNC Preview

Officials host national media for first look at city and convention venues.

Meet HQ501

Scott Lurie, in partnership with RINKA, unveils renderings for redeveloped Assurant building.

Can Downtown Boom Boost Poorer Areas?

Airbnb tax, mentorship program, other proposals suggested to boost investment elsewhere.

Could Strauss Plant Deal Be Revived?

Ald. Johnson working to save deal, Barrett holds out hope, community meeting planned.

The Quiet Plan to Save Grand Avenue

Actually written 10 years ago. Civic leaders discuss how public private partnerships revived Downtown.

Business Leader Blasts Council on Strauss Deal

Hamilton and council members are to blame for losing hundreds of jobs, Sheehy says.

Who Lost the Strauss Brands Deal?

State Sen. Lena Taylor helped kill a deal bringing hundreds of jobs to depressed Century City area.

Barrett Blasts Council On Strauss Deal

They let "malarkey" of disinformation campaign kill meat processing plant deal, he charges.

Strauss Deal is Dead

Company pulls plug on $60 million Century City deal after area alderman decides he opposes it.

RACM Approves Land Use for Meat Processing Plant

While council stalled financing package, RACM okays land use change affecting Strauss Brands.

RACM Approves Deal for Schuster’s

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

Tent City Being Evicted

Plus: A packed week of real estate news, including the Schuster's project moving forward.

City Contributing Up To $15 Million to Schuster’s Project

Financing will support $84 million project for Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Couture Streetcar Extension Decision Pushed to June 2020

"We look like complete fools," says Bauman as Marcoux expresses confidence in project.

Developer Assembling Land for Ikon Hotel

Kalan Haywood confirms hotel won't be open by DNC.

Council Approves Ikon Hotel Deal Despite Objections

Plus: Council unanimously endorses host of other development projects.

City Preparing Interior Demo of Northridge Boston Store

City hopes to redevelop site, still pursuing demolition of China-owned mall.

Strauss Would Bring 250 Jobs to City

Deal with meat supplier to relocate in Century City gets thumbs up from RACM board.

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."

Wangard Plans “Eagleknit” in Walker’s Point

Plus: Action-packed week of real estate includes new apartments, downtown HQ and more pizza.

Why Talgo Stays in Milwaukee

Company's customers are on the West Coast, so why expand its Milwaukee facility?

New Park, Harbor View Plaza Opens

Meet the kid-friendly, $1.5 million park overlooking harbor at east end of Greenfield Avenue.

No Streetcar Expansion in Time for DNC

Proposal held again. Marcoux, Hamilton fight over future of streetcar.

Ribbon Cutting Celebrates SEVEN04 Place, Developer Brandon Rule

First development from young, African-American developer brings new, affordable housing to Walker's Point.

Komatsu Unveils Harbor District Designs

See what the "largest urban manufacturing proposal in the United States" will look like.

Marcoux Warns Not Acting Could Jeopardize Streetcar Extension

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

Council Grabs More Design Oversight

Bauman reaches compromise with Marcoux. Council gets some say on new overlay zones.

No Agreement on Streetcar Extension

Mayor's press conference touts $160 million expansion plan. Delay could hurt city, he says.

Asian Market at Northridge By 2021?

After city condemns building, the mall's owners introduce development plan, timeline.

Council Holds Streetcar Extension

Streetcar proponents become opponents, push for longer extension to Walker's Point.

Legacy Lofts Ribbon Cutting

Historic structure and new building are already full.

Council Okays Subsidy for One MKE Plaza

Comptroller calls the deal a "significant risk" but council votes 12-3 in favor.

Northridge Owners Appeal Raze Order

City wants to redevelop vacant mall citing inaction, safety concerns, but ownership objects.

Committee Okays City Funds for Ikon Hotel

One MKE Plaza proposal for old Sears site on North Ave. gets first city approval.

Ikon Hotel Deal Gets First Approval

Plus: A Waukesha jail is now an apartment building.

City Moves to Demolish Northridge Mall

Condemnation order starts process to razing building and perhaps seizing property.

7 Takeaways From Ikon Hotel Deal

Will city build a pedestrian bridge? A beer bet on what? How many stoplights from Downtown?

Old Sears Building to Become New Hotel

80-room Ikon Hotel and 24,600-square-foot conference center planned for 21st and North.

$100 Million Will Transform Old Schuster’s

Medical College and Greater Milwaukee Foundation will anchor redone Bronzeville building.

Who Gets Design Oversight?

Bauman wants council control over overlay zones, while DCD, local developers object.

Any City Progress on Affordable Housing?

Has Barrett's 10,000 homes initiative had an impact? Council members give mixed grades

Top 10 Stories of 2018

Fiserv Forum, Komatsu, Michels, The Hop, but what surprise story took number one?

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $500

Council Okays Largest Urban Manufacturing Deal in U.S.

West Milwaukee company will move to city, but will it create any new jobs?

Committee Okays $40 Million For Komatsu

But financing for $285 million manufacturing campus gets blasted by Ald. Bauman.

Komatsu Deal Includes Commuter Rail Station

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

America’s Largest Urban Manufacturing Proposal?

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

Ashanti Hamilton Files for Mayoral Run

Is Chris Abele planning to back Hamilton?

The Couture Cleared for Takeoff

Long-anticipated project receives financing commitment from federal government.

Take A Virtual Ride on The Hop

Mayor shows off The Hop in advance of Friday's public opening.

Downtown Tunnel Gets Colorful Mural

"Migration," a 50-foot-long mural, will delight 1,400 migrating weekday pedestrians.

Many Oppose Kinnickinnic Ave. Buildings

Two-hour meeting allows Bay View neighbors to vent about proposed 220-unit complex.

Streetcar On Time and On Budget

The Hop was on time and "almost balanced to the dime," officials note.

Health Department Faces Criminal Probe

Spat between Hamilton and Zielinski reveals DA investigating and Baker hiring lawyer.

City Lands $285 Million Industrial Campus

Komatsu Mining will move its West Milwaukee mining equipment campus to Harbor District.

Craft Brewer’s Century City Plan Approved

City takes a loss on sale to Good City Brewing, but feels project is a big long-term win.

Harbor District Emerges

All the sudden the sleepy harbor is the place for hundreds of million in development.

Growing Bronzeville

City selling gateway to neighborhood

Legacy Lofts Rises in Lindsay Heights

Historic structure and new building will be joined to create 64 affordable apartments.

Good City Expands to Century City

Craft brewery will locate its office and warehouse on 31st and Capitol in redeveloping area.

Zielinski Ramps Up Mayoral Campaign

"I want to run against Barrett," alderman says, laying out issues he will use against mayor.

Rebuilding a Vibrant Bronzeville

Actor Danny Glover and many local notables celebrate new development anchored by Black Holocaust Museum.

New Building for Freshwater Plaza Moves Forward

City seeks to update design standards for Walker's Point development.

New Development in Menomonee Valley?

A new road and design solutions could attract development and 800 new jobs.

Vision unveiled for 40 acres of land in the Menomonee Valley

Design charette concepts revealed for six key sites

Let Us Celebrate Saint John’s Third Tower

Ground breaking for third lakefront tower draws crowd of saints and sinners.

Downtown’s Hot But Cooling Off?

And bad news for city on mortgage foreclosures.

Downtown Has Added 11,450 Housing Units

All under Barrett, all since 2004. But what about the rest of the city?

Multiple Tower Groundbreakings in 2018

Couture, 1550 are in the works, but what about another lakefront tower?

Money for Amazon for Startups?

Milwaukee 7 leader Jim Paetsch floated the idea. Plus: more apartment projects.

The Hubbub in Walker’s Point

It's all happening in Walker's Point, a bevy of busy reporters agree.

More Apartments, Retail for Walker’s Point

Wangard development is compromise between city, developer and alderman.

Huge Project for 27th and Wisconsin?

Near West Side Partners buying entire block, hypes development, wants free city land.

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $500

Affordable Housing Plan Inches Forward

But proposal has been narrowed, will only affect city-financed projects.

How Legacy Lofts Overcame the Odds

Conversion of old ice cream factory died many times before work could begin.

New Bay View Park Denied, For Now

“It looks like Mayor Barrett won,” says Ald. Zielinski.

Pete’s Fruit Market Boosts Bronzeville

New grocery store comes after neighbors opposed Family Dollar moving in.

Third Ward Ballet Building Okayed

New 50,000-square-foot building could transform the Milwaukee Ballet.

Sherman Park Redevelopment Launched

City to assist in financing $2.5 million redevelopment of former BMO Harris Bank branch.

Contribution to Tom Barrett of $400

Contribution to Michael Murphy of $350

Contribution to Terry Witkowski of $300