WYSO shares revised vision for $29 million music center
The Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras (WYSO) is proposing a music center design of glass and curving roofs inspired by the contours of a cello.
Construction & Real Estate
Architecture firms to merge
Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA) with nearly 180 employees in Denver, Milwaukee, and Madison will merge with Performa, an architecture and engineering firm located in DePere, Wisconsin and Atlanta, Georgia.
Citing costs, developer again changes Wonder Bar project
McGrath Property Group is now dropping plans for a 12-story housing and commercial project in the 200 block of East Olin Avenue.
Downtown church redevelopment plan calls for 10 stories
Revised plans for a new St. John’s Lutheran Church in downtown Madison call for 10 stories at 322 E. Washington Ave.
Mortenson finalizes financing for Judge Doyle Square hotel
Mortenson announced it has completed financing and acquired the site for the Judge Doyle Square hotel from the city of Madison.
Development to displace Mead Hall
A planned high-rise development on East Washington Avenue will force Bos Meadery and Mead Hall to look for a new location as soon as the end of this year.
East Towne homeless shelter clears another hurdle
A lawsuit filed to block the city of Madison from sheltering homeless men at the former Gander Mountain and Savers store near East Towne has been turned aside.
Sock fundraiser a success
Cardinal Heating and Air Conditioning collected 4,039 pairs of new socks for children and adults in need in the community.
2022 IB Executive of the Year winners announced
The following executives will be profiled in the January 2022 print issue of In Business magazine and honored at an event that month.
Olin Avenue development revised, includes preserving Wonder Bar
A plan to build a 12-story housing project and relocate the historic Wonder Bar has been revised by the developer.
Oakwood begins construction on skilled nursing and rehabilitation center
Oakwood Lutheran Senior Ministries, which owns and operates two continuing care retirement communities in Madison, has begun construction on a new skilled nursing and rehabilitation center at Oakwood Village University Woods.
City approves sheltering homeless at hotel
The Madison City Council approved renting up to 35 rooms at the Madison Plaza Hotel at 3841 E. Washington Ave. to shelter those camping in Reindahl Park and living elsewhere outside before the onset of winter.
New options for jail project could keep it closer to budget
Two new options for the Dane County Jail facilities could keep the project to $155 million or less.
Green cemetery moves forward
An alternative burial project that is better for the environment and less expensive is moving forward.
Homeless hotel plan derails low-income housing
More homeless people currently camping at Reindahl Park could be sheltered at the Madison Plaza Hotel.
Hooper moves to new DeForest campus
Hooper, one of Madison’s oldest companies, has moved from its 14-acre, 10-building complex along Pennsylvania Avenue to a new $60 million, 50-acre campus near Highways 19 and 51 in DeForest.
Plan would raze nine downtown buildings to accommodate new housing
Madison Property Management wants to raze nine buildings now used for student housing in the 500 block of West Washington Avenue and replace them with a six-story housing project.
DNR weighs in on Cherokee Country Club renovation
State regulators in the Department of Natural Resources want to allow Dennis Tiziani, owner of the Cherokee Country Club, to fill wetlands and dredge ponds as part of a scaled-back plan to redesign the club into a top-flight golf course.
Oakmont Senior Community sets grand opening
Starting Wednesday, Nov. 17, Oakmont Senior Community will hold open house tours each Wednesday from 9–11 am at 841 N. Main St., Verona.
WEDC gives $250K for Sun Prairie explosion site
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) announced it will give a $250,000 grant to a new development in downtown Sun Prairie, the site of an explosion more than three years ago.
