Friday, July 11, 2025

Towering Isthmus: Empty block next to GEF 1 in downtown Madison is next isthmus redevelopment target

 From this...

Photo by Retiring Guy


Audrey Korte reports:
A city-owned parking lot just blocks from the Capitol could soon become a vibrant new hub for housing, culture and community. 
Two development teams have submitted proposals for how they would reimagine he two-acre site formerly known as the Brayton Lot. Bounded by East Washington Avenue, East Main, South Butler and South Hancock streets, the city's last fully open Downtown block available for redevelopment. 
For decades, the city has floated ideas for this prime real estate, launching planning efforts that never quite took root. But now, with two ambitious proposals on the table, Madison appears poised to transform the asphalt expanse.

...to this (The Grove)...



...or this (Brayton Square)






Other East Washington posts:

2024
Baker's Place.  (9/28)
Moxy Hotel.  (5/6)
Baker's Place.  (5/6)

2023
The Continental.  (7/25)

2022

2021
The Valor.  (10/19)
800 block project revisited:  Love notes to the temporarily shuttered Sylvee.  (2/14)

2020
The Arden.  (12/18)

2019
Hotel Indigo.  (12/2)
NIMBY chronicles.  (11/12)

2018





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