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Nicholas & Associates, the construction management and general contracting arm of the Nicholas Family of Companies, announced Thursday it has been selected by Moyer Properties as the general contractor for Aster Flats.

Aster Flats is a 263-unit, three-building rental community set on a 4.86-acre site on Madison’s west side.

“Being selected to build Aster Flats reflects the trust and strong reputation we’ve established in southeast Wisconsin through a series of high-profile projects in recent years,” Nick Papnicholas Jr., chief executive officer and managing director of NFOC, said in a statement.

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RSK: More apartment units. The vacancy rate in Madison seems to be climbing slightly.

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The Madison Office Lifestyle Portfolio consists of 13 Class A, amenity-rich office properties ranging in size from approximately 25,000 square feet to over 300,000 square feet and is home to more than 130 tenants. The portfolio is located on the west side of Madison and Middleton, with the majority of properties situated in the Far West submarket.

Redevelopment could be coming to a famous site at the intersection of John Nolen Drive and Olin Avenue.

Range Hill Partners, which develops multifamily housing in Madison and Charlottesville, Virginia, is proposing a seven-story, 190-unit apartment building on the site of the old Wonder Bar and Coliseum Bar across from Olin Park.

Apartments would range from studio to three-bedroom units at market rates, with two stories of enclosed parking on lower floors and 1,600 square feet of ground floor commercial space...

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RSK: Even more apartments.....too bad they cannot preserve the Wonder Bar.

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Madison-based Realta Fusion plans to build a nuclear fusion research facility at the former Oscar Mayer plant in a move that company executives and government leaders say could boost the local economy and make the state capital a hub for green energy development.

Realta leaders expect to create over 600 jobs at the site, where they plan to build and test a prototype magnetic mirror fusion machine, facilitated by up to $55 million in state and local economic incentives, the company announced July 15.

Realta’s vice president of technical development, Dominick Bindl, called the project “the most impactful state-supported fusion deal ever done in the United States.”...

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RSK: In case you missed it. This will have a direct impact on commercial real estate on the east side as well.

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Gorman & Company will join community leaders, residents and project partners Thursday to celebrate forthcoming new and remodeled affordable housing developments in Baraboo.

The Fordham Place groundbreaking and Corson Square revitalization event will take place at 10:30 a.m. at 920 10th St. in Baraboo.

Fordham Place will bring 56 new affordable apartment homes to the neighborhood, including 18 one-bedroom, 26 two-bedroom, and 12 three-bedroom apartments. These housing units will serve households earning between 30% and 60% of the area median income.

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RSK: And they have one of the best doing the construction and development for affordable housing.

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New York City’s Department of Buildings launched safety inspections across multiple construction sites after two steel columns buckled last week at 235 East 42nd Street, a project converting the former Pfizer headquarters into 1,600 apartments. The incident caused several floors to sag and prompted the evacuation of nine surrounding buildings during morning rush hour. Four buildings remain under full vacate orders. The city is examining other projects involving developer MetroLoft and its private building inspector, Domani Inspection Services.

MetroLoft founder Nathan Berman said the columns may have buckled because they were not properly reinforced to support the weight of new additions to the property. The Department of Buildings is interviewing witnesses and responsible parties, and has not detected further movement since the incident. The developer hired Thornton Tomasetti to conduct an independent forensic analysis. The project, which includes a rooftop pool, gym, and ground-floor retail, is the largest planned office-to-residential conversion in the country.

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RSK: This no doubt will put a damper on conversions for a while but if there is enough money in it to outweigh the risk, they will move forward.

 Madison Mallards Game – CBG Summer Social

     Wednesday, July 22
     6:00 PM
     Madison Mallards Baseball Game
    Warner Park: 2920 N Sherman Ave, Madison, WI 53704

Join us for a fun summer evening of baseball, networking, and socializing at the Madison Mallards game! Enjoy a night at the ballpark with fellow members, sponsors and colleagues.

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It’s not just New York and California — the office market is getting healthier across the country.

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RSK: And not just the two coasts but across the country....good news.

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Since 1971, St. John Properties has designed, developed, and managed spaces that fit every type of business. Our team anticipates and serves the needs of over 2,700 clients, including small, mid-sized, and large companies, nationwide.

DataBank and EdgeCore are the most prominent operators and developers shopping stakes in their companies this summer, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous sources. 

Netrality Data Centers and Edged are also looking to offload ownership shares, the WSJ reported. 


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RSK: Big money in data enters... especially those up and running...

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With over 350 experienced real estate professionals, Knight Barry provides exceptional support and service. Visit our website for more information about our 50+ commercial and residential offices throughout Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.

MADISON: 2450 Rimrock Road, Suite 204, 608-255-2700
CAP SQUARE: 44 E. Mifflin Street, Suite 101, 608-255-2700

PASADENA, Calif., July 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer of collaborative Megacampus ecosystems in AAA life science and advanced technology innovation clusters, today announced that it has delivered a 427,000 rentable square feet (RSF) state-of-the-art Research & Development (R&D) hub for Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) at the Campus Point by Alexandria Megacampus (Campus Point) in San Diego, California. Since 1998, Alexandria has strategically partnered with BMS across Alexandria's highly consequential and innovative life science and advanced technology clusters, and is proud to enhance this mission-critical relationship with BMS as an anchor tenant at the iconic Campus Point Megacampus.

In 1994, as a newly formed startup REIT focused on pioneering the life science real estate niche, Alexandria acquired its first laboratory building in Torrey Pines, and in 2010, launched the initial phase of the company's Campus Point by Alexandria Megacampus. As of March 31, 2026, Campus Point was 95.4% occupied and spans 2.9 million RSF, including 1.3 million RSF of properties in operation, 0.9 million RSF under construction, as well as 0.7 million RSF available for future development and redevelopment...   ...Full Story Here

RSK: I wonder why the Life Sciences market has slowed in Madison. We have the resources here so I do not understand. The only good news is the Fusion Research Center which is locating to the old Oscar Mayer Plant.

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With the largest Real Estate Practice of any law firm in Wisconsin, Reinhart offers clients custom-tailored real estate insight.

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The claw machine, the blinking arcade fixture known for swallowing quarters and seldom surrendering a prize, is making a comeback — and in a surprisingly big way.

Claw-machine arcades are grabbing up U.S. retail space, expanding from niche storefronts in Asian shopping districts into malls and shopping centers. Chains are franchising, signing leases with big landlords and opening locations coast to coast, including recent debuts at Simon Property Group and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield properties and at the Mall of America in Minnesota.

Landlords are responding to the "clawcade" craze, fueled by America's embrace of both Asian culture and experiential entertainment, operators and real estate analysts say. And there's another appeal: Cash-strapped Americans are looking for reasonably priced family outings in lieu of expensive vacations to places like Disney World, a recent JLL report found.    ...Full Story Here

RSK: Please say it isn't sooooo! Now more trapped little kids in these crazy machines that have tested the times.

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Park Towne is a family run Madison-based real estate company serving southern Wisconsin for over 50 years. Led by second generation brothers Mike, Jim and Joe Ring, Park Towne has a portfolio of for-lease commercial properties and offers development, management and brokerage services.

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Hotel stocks rose again in June and appear quite healthy through the first half of the year.

The Baird Hotel Stock Index — which comprises 20 of the largest hotel brand companies and real estate investment trusts publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange by market capitalization — rose 3% in June and is up 21.1% year to date.

The S&P 500 — an indicator of the health of the broader economy — dipped 1.1% during the month. Year to date, the S&P 500 is up 9.6%.

“Hotel stocks posted gains for the third consecutive month, and the hotel REITs were the notable outperformer once again,” said Michael Bellisario, senior research analyst and managing director at Baird. “Industry-wide RevPAR growth remained strong throughout June, especially within the higher-end chain scales, and growth was above analysts’ and investors’ expectations, which drove the continued relative outperformance for the sector. The global hotel brands gained more than 1% in June and outperformed the S&P 500, and the hotel REITs gained more than 11%, which capped off a three-month increase of over 35% for the sub-sector since hotel stocks and the broader market bottomed in late March.”

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RSK: Tis the travel season and vacation time.

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Owners of Hilton Worldwide hotels are more likely to be delinquent on their mortgages than those who own Marriott International, IHG Hotels & Resorts or Hyatt properties, according to a new analysis.

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RSK: This looks bad on the surface but the majority of the debt is on a few downtown hotels in large cities.

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RSK: 571 Units of Multifamily at 301 Westfield Rd on 9 acre site. Here are the proposed plans.

	The Gialamas Company, Inc.	RFA Asset Management Madison, WI	Key Commercial Real Estate, LLC
Madison Commercial Real Estate LLC	St. John Properties	IA Management, LLC	Wisconsin Commercial Real Estate
Park Towne Realty LLC	Mullins Group, LLC	Crown Commercial	Flad Development & Investment Corp.
Evans Properties, LLC	Keller Real Estate Group		MIG Commercial Real Estate, LLC
First Weber Group, Inc - West Towne	Opitz Realty, Inc.	First Weber Group, Inc - Prairie Du Sac	Peterson Management Company Inc.
The Lenhart Company, Inc	Scott Faust & Associates	Shamrock Real Estate Services, LLC	Targa, Inc
Executive Management, Inc	Stark Commercial - East	Urban Land Interests	Slinde Realty Company
Assist-2-Sell/Pohlkamp & Associates	Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Matson Real Estate	Artisan Graham Real Estate

Hovde & Hovde, Inc

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