Tom Daykin

2 weeks ago | jsonline.com | Tom Daykin

South First Street, between Lincoln and Chase Avenues, will be cut from four lanes to two lanes. The two lanes being removed will be converted into a biking and walking path, and a bioswale. The idea is to take an underused street and make it more welcoming to cyclists and pedestrians − while also using the narrower street to reduce speeding.

2 weeks ago | jsonline.com | Tom Daykin

Developer Kalan Haywood Sr. apparently has missed a March deadline to begin repaying a $3.85 million City of Milwaukee loan. Meanwhile, Department of City Development officials say Haywood is seeking other financing sources to redevelop a historic former Sears store, 2100 W. North Ave. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority "is looking at both tax credits and bond financing" for the project, said Madison Goldbeck, the development department's marketing and communications officer.

2 weeks ago | jsonline.com | Tom Daykin

A landlocked private school on Milwaukee's far west side has bought a neighboring supermarket − with plans to eventually expand on to that property. Wisconsin Lutheran High School, through an affiliate, paid $8.25 million for the Pick 'n Save supermarket building, 8201 W. Bluemound Road. That's according to a deed posted online by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. The supermarket has a multi-year lease for the building, said Rev. Kenneth Fisher, Wisconsin Lutheran president.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Tom Daykin

A large Walker's Point site has been sold to the affiliate of a Milwaukee firm known for developing apartments, hotels and other commercial buildings. Two adjacent lots, at 525 and 539 S. Fifth St., were sold for $1.3 million to 5th Street Holdings LLC, according to a new deed posted online by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue. 5th Street Holdings' registered agent is Kyle Strigenz, a principal at HKS Holdings LLC.

3 weeks ago | jsonline.com | Tom Daykin

WisDOT is presenting three alternatives for converting part of Wisconsin Highway 175/Stadium Freeway North into an at-grade, four-lane boulevard. The plans call for decommissioning a roughly 1.5-mile stretch of the six-lane freeway between Wisconsin and North avenues. Additional studies and funding plans would need state approval before the project could happen. The earliest construction start is 2030.