New data show Milwaukee’s rental vacancy more than doubled in 2025, shifting the market toward renters. Local agents say concessions and move‑in deals are reappearing in some buildings.

Lafayette Crump has publicly backed a specific downtown site for a convention hotel near the Baird Center and floated TIF and state bonds as part of a funding plan. Preservation and financing questions are now front and center.

A hardware manufacturer plans a 90,000-square-foot plant at Three Leaf Partners' 130‑acre Merchant Village in Slinger, backed by state support for site access.

Milwaukee Public Museum says it has raised $212M toward its new Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin, bringing the $240M project closer to opening in early 2027.

Neumann Developments has retooled a plan to build nearly 500 for-sale homes near Hwy 60 and Sheboygan Road in Cedarburg, renewing local concerns about traffic and schools.

Rising construction prices and higher borrowing costs have thinned Milwaukee’s pipeline for new retail, pushing owners to renovate and repurpose existing storefronts. That shift is reshaping where retailers expand and what projects get built.

A land sale and a preliminary plat filing have cleared the way for Weston Acres’ final phase in Oconomowoc, potentially adding more than 100 homes to the city's western edge.

A village-owned lot on Oakland Avenue could become a 19-unit affordable building; neighbors warn losing roughly 50 parking spaces would hit seniors and people with disabilities.

After a Jan. 7 parking‑floor collapse at the Empire Building, Milwaukee aldermen advanced an ordinance to require third‑party structural inspections of parking structures.

A Jeffers‑linked joint venture paid $5.25M for Riverbend Lofts, signaling a move from ground‑up building to acquisitions in Racine.

A Muskego builder has filed plans to build 24 luxury homes on about 72 acres along West Coffee Road in New Berlin; the project will need rezoning and city approval.

The state will tear down five aging buildings at the Northern Wisconsin Center this year, clearing nearly 80 acres for a possible National Guard readiness center or other reuse.

Franklin's plan commission advanced creating a TIF district to help fund Land By Label's $83M mixed‑use project at 76th and Rawson. The proposal now heads to the Common Council.