Saturday, June 20, 2026

6-story apartment building going up on University Avenue near Hilldale (June 2026 construction site visit)

 
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Rendering and aerial view:  Madison Plan Commission



Headline:  Wisconsin State Journal, 6/11/2025

Nicole Pollock reports:
Nearly a year after receiving city approval for a five-story apartment building on University Avenue, a developer wants to double the size of the project. The original proposal from Apex Real Estate Holdings and Walter Wayne Development would have replaced a pair of commercial buildings between 3535 and 3553 University Ave., a short distance from Hilldale on Madison’s Near West Side, with 71 apartments, 76 covered parking stalls and about 1,400 square feet of commercial space.

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Wehrmann's at Hilldale: "I can’t stay in business being someone’s showroom".  (1/28)

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Element Collective, 197-unit workforce housing in Madison Wisconsin. (June 2026 construction site visit)

 
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Headline and top rendering:  University Research Park

Aaron Olver reports:
On November 20, we celebrated a milestone that represents far more than a groundbreaking—it marks the next phase in University Research Park’s evolution into a thriving innovation district. 
Element Collective, a 197-unit workforce housing development by the Mandel Group, is the first major residential project in our park’s 40-year history. This isn’t just about adding apartments. It’s about creating the live-work-play environment that innovation districts require to flourish.

Renderings of project


Wisconsin State Journal,

An earlier rendering shows location of new housing project at right.


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Old Sauk Trail Apartments on west side of Madison Wisconsin (June 2026 construction site visit)

 
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Rendering:  Madison Plan Commission

Wisconsin State Journal, 6/18/2025

Nicole Pollock reports: 
The three-story development proposed for 6610–6706 Old Sauk Road, on the remaining four acres of the Pierstorff farm, drew opposition from some neighbors who said it would look out of place in the neighborhood, worsen traffic and congestion and increase the risk of flooding. 
After more than a dozen people spoke against the project at a City Council meeting last June, the council signed off on it in a 15-4 vote. Four neighbors filed a lawsuit in July challenging the rezoning of the former farm, arguing that the development would make their properties more likely to flood and that the rezoning conflicted with Madison’s comprehensive plan.

Capital Times, 6/24/2025
A Madison developer plans to forge ahead with construction on Old Sauk Road, despite neighbor objections and a pair of lawsuits. This comes after the City Council recently affirmed rezoning the land for the project in response to a lawsuit challenging the change.
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