Developer suspends apartments, hotel at former MATC site Downtown


Developer suspends apartments, hotel at former MATC site Downtown


The partially demolished building occupying a fenced-off block Downtown will remain in that state, at least for a while.

Plans to redevelop the former Madison Area Technical College site at 33 W. Johnson St., a block from Capitol Square, have stalled, Middleton-based NCG Hospitality said in an email to the Wisconsin State Journal on Friday.

NCG intended to convert the historic structure into about 126 loft-style housing units and construct an 11-story hotel next door.

The project cleared Madison’s Plan Commission and City Council with little difficulty. But the developer, which previously said it hoped to start construction this year, is no longer sure the project will ever get going...

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Ken Notes: I still think a transit center for the shuttles to MKE, CHI, MSP, Dane Airport, EPIC, and now BRT would fit well into the space. Then hotel and office space could partner with the city / region to develop the site.

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