Latest plans to repurpose Madison Central High School goes kaput

 

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Wisconsin State Journal, 8/25/2024

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. 

This is not the first plan for the block to run into trouble.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'kaput', as in utterly finished, defeated, or destroyed, occurred in 1895

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. also-ran
2. blowtorch
3. dance card
4. misplan
5. shakeout

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Latest plans to repurpose Madison Central High School.  (6/27/2024)