Milwaukee Buzz - Dec. 21, 2006
Charting Pabst progress
I don't need to remind many people that the first Pabst proposal, known as "Pabst City," stirred up controversy and resulted in finger-pointing and name-calling around City Hal. Having been present for virtually every aspect of the deal, I can assure you that the reality show was much less interesting.
Tags: Zilber, Pabst, TIF

Politics - Dec. 4, 2006
Bauman floats Downtown streetcar loop
With light rail stopped in its tracks in Milwaukee and the Connector, Metra and KRM plans either in discussion or limbo, Ald. Robert Bauman recently introduced a Common Council resolution calling for a feasibility study on a new streetcar loop plan for Downtown.
Tags: streetcar, trolley, mass transit, Connector, Amtrak, light rail, KRM, Bauman, Common Council, TIF

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 17, 2006
Zilber announces his big-picture plans for Pabst site
Joseph J. Zilber, founder and chairman of Zilber Ltd. Real estate company, announced Wednesday that he had completed the purchase of the former Pabst Brewery site -- the controversial 21 acres of currently unused space on the edge of Downtown.
Tags: Zilber, Pabst Brewery, PabstCity, Pabst, Towne, TIF, Bauman, Milwaukee, development, BID

Politics - Feb. 14, 2006
Opinion: Manpower TIF a Band-Aid on a gaping wound
When the Milwaukee Common Council overwhelmingly approved the $25 million TIF bond to entice Manpower, Inc. to move to downtown Milwaukee, they did the only thing they could, succumb to Mayor Tom Barrett's desperate attempt to save face.
Tags: Manpower, TIF, downtown, Kliesmet, WisPolitics, Barrett, Grunau, Glendale

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 5, 2005
Residential development writes Milwaukee success story
A housing renaissance in Milwaukee's central city is breathing life into neighborhoods once neglected.. Subsidies from the City and investors have made the new housing affordable for neighborhood residents.
Tags: Andrea Rowe Richards, London Square, Central City, residential, TIF, development, Lindsay Commons