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We envision, plan, reinvent, and help places to thrive

Urban Planning
Urban Planning

We work in core urban areas to plan, envision, and reinvent ... with deep insight into how people, place, and market forces shape area vibrancy.

Redevelopment
Redevelopment

Getting needed development to happen in a shifting market is a long game. You need vision + trusted expertise in place for all twists and phases.

Economic Development
Economic Development

Analysis and vision at multiple scales allows us to uncover untapped opportunities and harness assets for economic growth and transformation.

Community Planning
Community Planning

From comprehensive planning and zoning for needed housing ... to park and open space plans ... we are expert at shaping place, character and policy to advance community goals.

Design + Communication
Design + Communication

Also known by our division name Eye Level Studio, this is a team of highly creative, versatile designers and communicators who speak the language of user experience + place.

Implementation Services
Implementation Services

We are an extension of your community and project team ... from stakeholder engagement, to grants, TIF + project financing, to developer recruitment ... and beyond.

Shaping places, shaping change

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Recent Updates

V&A news

Bayside approves $40M senior apartments with a full range of care options

BAYSIDE, WIS. – Bayside will soon get 153 new senior housing units in the OneNorth development at Port Washington Road and Brown Deer Road, offering the ability to provide a full range of senior care: Independent living, age-in-place assisted living, and memory care. This need was identified in the community’s updated Comprehensive Plan.

Not all assisted living or communities are fully continuity-of-care equipped. It’s an important factor to consider for the aging process, helping helps keep people in the community they know even as their needs change. The surrounding mixed-use development is expected to offer other walkable amenities seniors appreciate, such as a new library.

The apartments raise the 26-acre OneNorth development’s total investment to $100 million, Scott Yauck, Cobalt Partners president and chief executive officer, told the Journal Sentinel in November. In 2021, the village approved a tax incremental financing district that will help fund development on the site with $35 million in village financing.

Public engagement throughout the Comprehensive and OneNorth planning processes has helped the community express preferences and evolve the entire development to be closer to community goals.

Construction has now started, with the goal of completion by early 2027.

Madison’s Regent Street: unique, vital, and transforming

MADISON, WIS. – A public-private partnership led by the Regent Street Group has big ideas to turn a mile-long stretch of Madison’s Regent Street into a year-round entertainment district that plays on the area’s assets. Serving as a both a major transportation corridor and activity zone for UW Sports event-goers, it serves the diverse needs of students, healthcare workers, businesses, and neighborhood residents.

The area has already seen a dramatic increase in redevelopment and development density. But more transformation, much more, is coming.

In March, Rob Gottschalk from Vandewalle & Associates gave a well-received presentation on Regent Street. He explained the urgency to shape an aspirational vision now. He also shared some of the big ideas from the partnership. The goal is to inspire, secure Regent Street’s distinct character, and help shape the coming transformation to include a place for all users.

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Talk to us about how we can help uncover place-based opportunities with impact. IN MADISON: 120 E. Lakeside St. Madison, Wisconsin 53715. 608-255-3988 / IN MILWAUKEE 247 W. Freshwater Way, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204. 414-988-8631.

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