Hovde Building News Today

Hovde Properties wants to raze five century-old buildings with distinctive terra cotta façades, including the former Silver Dollar Tavern, but the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation is objecting.

In his announcement speech in Madison Tuesday, it was not at all clear that Eric Hovde's heart was in the race to beat Sen. Tammy Baldwin

Hovde owns most of the buildings, which have been largely empty for decades, but also recently secured an option to buy the building that houses the Silver Dollar Tavern.