Apartment tower, Whole Foods approved for large Madison Yards development on West Side

The Madison City Council signed off Tuesday on a development team`s proposal to build a large apartment tower and a new Whole Foods grocery store as part of a massive West Side development.

The council also rejected a bid to rezone several properties on the East Side to align them with a city plan, thereby avoiding a change that could have hampered the recently opened Amazon distribution center from expanding and had lobbyists arguing the rezoning would set a "dangerous precedent."...
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