Milwaukee’s CDGA launched a HOME‑ARP round to build or rehab affordable rentals, targeting roughly 50 units; applications are due this Friday at 5 p.m. CST.

Kin at Freshwater — a planned five‑story, 140‑unit affordable complex on Milwaukee’s Harbor District — is moving forward after financing setbacks, with a hoped‑for late‑2026 start.

Milwaukee has moved to start foreclosing on and tearing down long-blighted Riverwest properties after years of complaints and unpaid taxes. Neighbors and a nearby youth center welcomed the action.

State permit data show modest gains in single‑family starts, but builders say high material costs and local zoning still pinch smaller‑lot development.

Renderings preview a Truss Club on the first‑base line, a UW Credit Union Plaza with mini‑golf this June, and a center‑field beer garden slated for 2027.

Superior Crane broke ground on a new 31,324-sq-ft building at Wilmont Drive, with plans that include a 122‑foot apron to handle oversized crane shipments.

Woodsonia filed updated plans to lift Riverside Landing’s residential total to 178 units beside a planned 128,000‑sf Target; village records show TIF support and a mid‑2026 timeline.

St. Augustine Prep's $100M north campus on the former Cardinal Stritch grounds is nearly finished and set to open Aug. 17, 2026. The site will add classrooms, STEM labs and new athletics facilities.

Veridian Homes advanced Phase 5 of Arrowood, adding 36 single‑family lots to the development’s roughly 303‑home plan; the Plan Commission recommended the final plat Wednesday. Council action is on the near-term calendar.

Katz Properties sold the Bon Aire Apartments at 1560 N. Prospect Ave. for $11.2M, transferring the East Side building to a Shorewood-based buyer. The quick resale follows Katz’s January purchase.

Plans to convert the Clark Building into mostly‑affordable apartments are paused after rising construction and financing costs outpaced recent tax‑credit awards.

At a Community Development Alliance showcase last Wednesday, Mayor Cavalier Johnson and local nonprofits highlighted land trusts, turnkey rehabs and nonprofit lending as pathways to affordable homeownership. The event pushed small-scale models that could be scaled with public investment.

Menomonee Falls approved a 44‑lot phase in Fox River Falls, advancing Neumann Developments' multi‑phase conversion of the former Silver Spring Golf Club. Village records and developer materials show mid‑sized lots and multiple homebuilders are now marketing parcels.