real estate

DevelUP program director Matthew Paschall, Don Bernards of Baker Tilly and Anthony Kazee at KG Development group share DevelUp's mission and impact.

An increasing amount of Milwaukee homes are being purchased by out-of state landlord companies. How will this impact the Milwaukee housing and real estate climate both now and in the near future?

Bay View is a popular neighborhood for new homebuyers in Milwaukee, but while demand grows, the available housing has remained relatively stable. A new long-range plan for the neighborhood, drafted by Milwaukee’s Department of City Development, proposes new large-scale developments, more affordable housing, and new transit options.

The Milwaukee Bucks announced plans for a new concert venue next to Fiserv Forum, while just west of the Deer District another project was announced that could bring a new, professional soccer team to the city.

There were a lot of new developments in the City of Milwaukee during 2021. Old proposed developments began construction, new projects became a reality and some historic buildings got a rehab. Lake Effect contributor Tom Daykin shares some of his favorite projects of the year.

In February of 2021 the Historic Preservation Commission granted temporary historic protection to a row of seven puddlers' cottages on the 2500 block of Superior Street in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. Jeramey Jannene, the president of Urban Milwaukee, wrote an article about what could be next in the fate of cottages now that this protection is gone.

For the sixth month in a row the Metropolitan Milwaukee real estate market outperformed the pandemic fueled market of 2020, according to a recent Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR) report. If trends continue, it looks like 2022 will continue to be a seller’s market.

About 6,000 properties, or 14% of Milwaukee’s rental homes, are owned by out-of-state landlords, according to Marquette Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, nearly every part of our lives has been impacted, including real estate developments. Here in Milwaukee, construction…

The Democratic National Convention was expected to have a $200 million economic impact in Milwaukee. In the days following the announcement that Milwaukee…