DEAN MOSIMAN and KIMBERLY WETHAL
Wisconsin State Journal
As big apartment projects move into more parts of the city, a developer is proposing a roughly $90 million, six-story redevelopment with 445 apartments and parking adjacent to Tenney Park and overlooking Lake Mendota.
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The former Oscar Mayer property and the area surrounding it poses a critical redevelopment opportunity for the city. AssuredLeads is located on the sixth floor of an office building on the property at 910 Mayer Ave., and this is the view looking south toward downtown.
- BEN BREWER
Photos: Former Oscar Mayer property in transition
As tenants settle in at the industrial site where Oscar Mayer used to manufacture dogs and deli meats, Madison is thinking broadly about the future of the critical swath of land on the city’s north side.
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