Hunter Turpin
Hunter covers commercial and residential real estate for BizTimes. He previously wrote for the Waukesha Freeman and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A graduate of UW-Milwaukee, with a degree in journalism and urban studies, he was news editor of the UWM Post. He has received awards from the Milwaukee Press Club and Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Hunter likes cooking, gardening and 2000s girly pop.
MCTS temporarily suspends use of battery electric buses
Milwaukee County Transit System electric buses have been pulled from the streets as the result of a manufacturer recall of the buses' batteries.
"Due to...
🔒 Wisconsin home sales dropped in July, but prices are still...
Median home sale prices in Wisconsin were up 7.5% statewide in July, compared with July of 2022, but weak inventories continue to limit sales...
Developers withdraw plans for Hartland hotel
Plans for a boutique hotel in the village of Hartland have been withdrawn after being denied by village officials twice and being revised three...
🔒 Demolition contractor Veit opens new facility in New Berlin
Minnesota-based demolition and waste-management contractor Veit & Co. is moving into a new, consolidated facility in New Berlin, and will host a grand opening...
Milwaukee County issues RFP for last available Park East block
Milwaukee County has issued a request for proposals for the last available block of the Park East redevelopment land.
Known as Block 22, multiple developers...
Former Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer sells Okauchee Lake home for $7...
Former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer has sold his Okauchee Lake home for $7 million.
The town of Merton home was sold to a...
🔒 Bird’s Eye View: The Fitz
A long-vacant lot on Milwaukee’s East Side will soon have 55 apartment units.
Developers Three Leaf Partners and DeMichele Co. have begun construction on a...
🔒 Real Estate Spotlight: Gauging the redevelopment potential of former M&I...
Today, an office tower from the 1960s is widely considered past its prime. Office buildings of that vintage typically have smaller floor plates and...
🔒 Bear Development wins first TIF approval for 576-unit housing project
Construction on the largest private affordable housing development in Wisconsin history could begin in 60 days.
Kenosha-based Bear Development has plans for a $197 million...
Greendale to condemn former Boston Store building at Southridge
Greendale officials have a developer, a development proposal and a TIF district in place to redevelop the former Boston Store at Southridge Mall, but...
🔒 Near northwest side hotel plans scrapped, replaced with new mixed-use...
Almost five years after an initial proposal to redevelop the former Sears building on Milwaukee's near northwest side, developer Kalan Haywood is back again...
🔒 ThermTech planning expansion into New Berlin facility
Waukesha-based metal heat treating company ThermTech is planning an expansion into a building it recently purchased in New Berlin to accommodate more equipment and...
