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The biggest southeastern Wisconsin business stories of 2021, according to BizTimes Media editor Andrew Weiland

Boutique hotels are replacing struggling office buildings.

Plus: High-profile real estate attorney on the move

Record challenges to 2020 assessments now headed to court. By Jeramey Jannene - Mar 15th, 2021 07:20 pm //end headline wrapper ?> BMO Tower at 790 N. Water St. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Milwaukee’s 2020 assessment process generated a record number of appeals. So many that the city suspended the process for 2021. Almost a year later, a record dollar value of challenges remains. The Common Council’s Judiciary & Legislation Committee recommended Monday to allow 94 unresolved claims, representing $876 million in city-assessed value, to go to court. The city rec...

The news comes just a little over a year after the deal was first announced. At the time, Hughes and McQuillan thought they would close on the purchase in February 2020 and set out on an ambitious plan to open in time for the July 2020 Democratic National Convention. “If it works out great, we would love to. If we miss it, unfortunately, we miss it,” said Hughes at the time. But as it turned out, almost everyone, including Joe Biden, missed the Milwaukee DNC due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the project is still moving forward. Over the past year, the partners applied for a series of per...