OCONOMOWOC — Aldermen expressed much more favorable feedback Tuesday about plans for a mixed-use development on 210 acres inside Pabst Farms after the developers listened to feedback and swapped some rental units to be owner-occupied homes and condos.

It’s been a busy year for the Wisconsin construction industry, with dozens of projects starting in 2025 and carrying into 2026. Next year will involve hundreds of thousands more square feet of housing, offices and industrial space to be built, billions of dollars invested in the state’s growing number of data centers and miles of road to be repaired and expanded for thousands of motorists.

The first housing development for the Kenosha Harbor District is set to open in January, with more construction expected soon after.   The Karrick, a five-story, $55 million luxury apartment building at the corner of 55th Street and Seventh Avenue in Kenosha’s downtown, is set to open Jan. 15, 2026, said Scott Yauck, founder and CEO of Milwaukee development firm Cobalt Partners.

Next Phase of Bayside Development includes Grocer, Health Club and Luxury Apartments

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...

Wauwatosa-based Matter Development is proposing a 153-unit senior living facility as the next phase of the 26-acre OneNorth development in Bayside.

Construction has begun on the first of several buildings planned in downtown Kenosha as part of a nine-block redevelopment effort known as the Kenosha Harbor District.

At their nearly completed $40 million apartment building, known as The Symphony, Scott and Charles Yauck of Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners notice everything. In the stairwell, walls are marked with blue tape where the paint needs a touch up. Inside one of the building’s 98 apartment units, they double check that all the hardware is fastened tightly.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners is welcoming tenants to its first apartment building at its Loomis Crossing development in Greenfield, but in order to keep development at the 38-acre site going amid ballooning development costs, Cobalt and the city have entered into a new development agreement.

It’s a story not unlike many cities in the upper Midwest.   A series of manufacturing plant closures left Kenosha’s downtown mostly empty for many years.   From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the once-bustling manufacturing town saw companies like American Motor Corp., Anaconda American Brass and MacWhyte Co. shut down or reduce their operations in the city, eliminating thousands of jobs.

Next Phase of Bayside Development includes Grocer, Health Club and Luxury Apartments

A rendering of the OneNorth development is on display as part of the groundbreaking ceremony of the OneNorth development in Bayside on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. The project, north of West Brown Deer Road between I-43 and North Port Washington Road, is to include apartments, retail and a new home for the North Shore Library.

When Greenfield Mayor Michael Neitzke was first elected in 2005, he had already heard plenty of excuses from developers about why more ambitious developments wouldn’t work in the small suburban city just southwest of Milwaukee.

The 38-acre Loomis Crossing development at Interstate 894 and Loomis Road in Greenfield achieved a key milestone on Thursday as developers celebrated the groundbreaking for construction of a 40,288-square-foot medical office building planned for the sprawling campus.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners and Joseph Property Development have partnered on the purchase of a $59 million apartment portfolio from West Allis-based Supreme Builders.   The deal includes a 25.5-acre vacant parcel of land off I-894 in Greenfield where Cobalt and Joseph plan to develop a 250-unit apartment complex. The site is southwest of South 92nd Street and Coldspring Road, near the Hale Interchange.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners LLC has made a name for itself taking on large-scale developments in Milwaukee’s suburbs, often involving the transformation of vacant or underused sites into landmark mixed-use districts.

Milwaukee-based Cobalt Partners LLC says work will commence “immediately” on its $84 million development in Bayside following village approval of a $34.9 million   A series of manufacturing plant closures left Kenosha’s downtown mostly empty for many years.   From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, the once-bustling manufacturing town saw companies like American Motor Corp., Anaconda American Brass and MacWhyte Co. shut down or reduce their operations in the city, eliminatin

Cobalt Partners LLC’s acquisition of an old park-and-ride lot means the developer now controls all 26 parcels that make up its latest massive development district in Greenfield.

 The developers who failed to win over Bayside with an ambitious development project that included a 30-story apartment tower are back with a fresh set of plans.

The city of Greenfield has taken another step toward revamping a high-visibility swath of land along the freeway by creating a special tax district and signing a development agreement to pave the way for a potential hotel, recreational/entertainment venue, multifamily housing, retail and other uses.