A downtown Milwaukee parking lot has seen hotel proposals come and go for 40 years, but the city now believes a different type of development might finally stick — if the neighborhood can support it.
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Leo`s notes: With housing costs rising and workforce shortages tightening, residential development — especially mixed-income and workforce housing — may finally align market reality with community need. If Milwaukee wants long-vacant sites to move from paper concepts to poured foundations, prioritizing housing over aspirational but fragile hotel deals could be the shift that makes progress stick.
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