Hunter Turpin
Hunter covers commercial and residential real estate for BizTimes. He previously wrote for the Waukesha Freeman and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A recent graduate of UW-Milwaukee, with a degree in journalism and urban studies, he was news editor of the UWM Post. He has received awards from the Milwaukee Press Club and Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Hunter likes cooking, gardening and 2000s girly pop.
🔒 Nova apartment building to offer short-term leases for two years
As construction of the Nova apartment building nears completion in downtown Milwaukee, the nine-story residential building now has an additional permitted use: hotel space.
Jumping...
BID reveals four possibilities for a ‘pedestrian first’ Brady Street
The Brady Street Business Improvement District released four options Tuesday to make East Brady Street more pedestrian friendly, ranging from enhanced intersections to pedestrianizing...
🔒 Eagleknit building gets first major tenant
The Eagleknit building in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood, an adaptive reuse project, has gained its first significant tenant with the addition of Milwaukee-based marketing...
🔒 Business owners weigh in on Ivanhoe Place plaza
Last month, a plaza at Ivanhoe Place on Milwaukee’s East Side opened, closing a portion of the street to vehicles, providing more space for...
WisDOT releases redesign, removal concepts for I-794
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation released several different possible redesign or removal concepts for I-794 in downtown Milwaukee.
Concepts released publicly on Thursday show nine...
Greenfield buys mostly vacant Spring Mall property
The city of Greenfield purchased the mostly vacant Spring Mall property on Tuesday for redevelopment.
Located at 4200 S. 76th St., the 24-acre property consists...
🔒 State buys site on Milwaukee’s northwest side for new youth...
The state of Wisconsin's youth prison project in Milwaukee is moving forward with the purchase of site this week on the city's northwest side.
For...
🔒 Hartland housing development scaled back
Milwaukee-based Three Leaf Partners and Mandel Group have scaled back a housing project in Hartland that would redevelop an old quarry site.
The multi-family project would...
576-unit Bay View housing development set for summer construction start
A massive affordable housing project in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood is set to start construction later this summer.
Located at the former Filer & Stowell...
Development firms buy Brewer’s Hill property for potential mixed-use project
An affiliate of Minnesota-based Hempel Real Estate and Milwaukee-based ICAP Development has purchased nearly two blocks of mostly-vacant land in Milwaukee's Brewer's Hill neighborhood for...
Geneva Lake home sold for $9.3 million
A home on Geneva Lake was sold last week for $9.3 million in what will likely be among southeast Wisconsin's priciest home sales this...
🔒 $200 million Belle City Square development in Racine enters next...
Milwaukee-based development firm J. Jeffers & Co. is beginning construction on the commercial component of its $200 million mixed-use Belle City Square redevelopment project in...
