83 apartments proposed on former Cudahy landfill near General Mitchell airport
FROM BIZJOURNALS.COM: A proposal for 83 townhouses to be built near the airport in Cudahy could finally launch the city’s plan to convert a former landfill into a new neighborhood with housing, retail and commercial buildings. Kenosha-based Bear Development LLC has stepped up to buy 5.3 acres along South Pennsylvania Avenue from the city for $1 for the affordable housing project. It envisions a mix of two- and three-bedroom apartments built as two-story rowhouses. Bear this month applied for $1.3 million in state affordable housing tax credits to finance the project and this spring...
Read MoreCourtyard Marriott opens in former Deere Building
FROM WCFCOURIER.COM: The $43 million 166-room hotel is located at 250 Westfield Ave. For decades, tractor manufacturing was concentrated there before Deere expanded to several facilities around Waterloo-Cedar Falls in the 1970s and early ’80s. Floors in the structure were raised above the original manufacturing floor to allow hotel patrons to take advantage of the picturesque views outside the now-restored windows. One floor of the building will be used by Deere as a conference and training center. The ongoing construction — which includes an upper-level swimming pool, large...
Read MoreWashington County Site Redevelopment Program wins APA planning excellence award
Washington County Site Redevelopment Program has been selected to receive a 2017 planning excellence award from the American Planning Association Wisconsin chapter. Vandewalle & Associates has been working on multiple projects in Washington County over the last two years.
Read MoreAfter twists and turns Pretzel City Kitchens finds a home
FROM THE JOURNAL STANDARD, FREEPORT — After years of preparation, fundraising and searching for the right location, Pretzel City Kitchens leaders expect to open the commercial kitchen this fall after signing a lease at The Wagner House in Freeport. When a deal fell through with a previous landlord in downtown Freeport, board members looked at another possibility with Bill Green, owner of 218 properties, who agreed to lease part of the first floor at The Wagner House to Pretzel City Kitchens. While construction is still ongoing, Pretzel City Kitchens board secretary Jen Newendyke said they...
Read MoreHartford hotel moves toward Aug. 1 groundbreaking
Ground is expected to be broken on a new downtown hotel at 110 East Sumner St. sometime around Aug. 1. The 60-unit hotel is proposed to have an attached restaurant and an outdoor patio, indoor pool, meeting room, exercise facility and parking lot.
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