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Asking Scott Yauck what he’s working on tends to take a while. On a recent morning, the founder and CEO of Cobalt Partners unfurled a large sheet of paper across a conference table at the commercial real estate development firm’s headquarters in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward and worked his way down a list of more than a dozen projects that the firm has in the works throughout the region. More than 30 minutes later, Yauck was finally finished.

Another substantial development has been proposed for Pabst Farms that would include 210 acres of land lying in Summit and the city of Oconomowoc. The plans for the mixed-use development are being brought forth by Milwaukee- based Cobalt Partners and landowner Pabst Farms Development.

Milwaukee-based developer Cobalt Partners on Thursday announced plans to acquire a 16-acre site in the Village of Brown Deer, along North...

Milwaukee-based real estate development firm Cobalt Partners is excited to announce the hiring of Jamie Stefan as its Chief Administrative Officer. With well over a decade of executive experience in the real estate investment and legal sectors, Stefan will focus on successfully executing key strategic initiatives, enhancing operational efficiencies, and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.

Developers have secured approval from the City of Greenfield Planning Commission for The Signature, a new multi-family apartment complex...

Plans for an apartment complex with 273 units is advancing in Greenfield with the project’s development team securing preliminary...

A former Mequon water park is being sold to a local firm that plans to redevelop the property. Cobalt Partners plans to buy the Hy & Richard Smith JCC Water Park from the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center. The 6.5-acre water park, 11015 N. Market St., closed after the 2024 season because of financial constraints. The purchase is to close by early June. “Cobalt Partners has a reputation for working productively with municipalities and delivering positive outco

A new restaurant is planned in Milwaukee's Third Ward — across from Café Benelux and the Milwaukee Public Market — after current occupant Cobalt Partners relocates its first-floor offices in the space to the top floor.   Milwaukee developer Cobalt Partners said Thursday that it has acquired the top floor of the Commission House building at 400 N. Broadway and will move its offices there later this year. The move follows a significant design and renovation effort led by Milwau

Milwaukee-based Marquee Capital, the real estate investment arm of Marcus Corp., purchased the large-format retail portions of the 84South development in Greenfield for $33.1 million. The purchase includes three separate retail buildings with about 195,000 square feet of leasable retail space, all of which is occupied. Major tenants include Kohl’s, Total Wine & More, Fresh Thyme...

Developer Scott Yauck has pictures of two street signs displayed on the wall of his 3rd Ward office in Milwaukee that show Caroline Drive and Charles Drive.   Those two streets in Menomonee Falls either coincidentally or cosmically have lured Yauck their way during the course of his career.   It started in high school, when he dated Anne Zizzo, who at the time lived in that area and had the local paper route and now, as CEO of Zizzo Group Marketing Inc., is a business partner