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2025's Top 10 Real Estate Stories: Most Popular Picks

In 2025, as the city evolved, which stories struck a chord with readers?

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tay updated with Urban Milwaukee’s daily snapshot of the city’s most talked‑about real‑estate headlines. Whether Milwaukee is advancing, regressing, or plateauing, the pulse of the city is best read through its building projects, demolitions, and preservation battles. Our readers gravitate toward stories that chart these shifts, and the following ten pieces were the most read in 2026.

    10. East Side Apartment Complex Opens After Years of Planning

    9. Bronzeville Center for the Arts Loses Key Donor

    8. Are East Side Buildings Truly Historic or Mislabelled?

    7. Betty Brinn Children’s Museum Forced to Relocate

    6. Emergency Plan to Save a Crumbling Structure on Burleight Street

    5. Aurora St. Luke’s Office Building Demolished

    4. Why Attanasio Never Developed Near Brewers Stadium

    3. Replacing a Century‑Old City Building Will Be Costly

    2. Two McDonald’s Locations in Milwaukee to Be Torn Down

    1. Mayor Cavalier Johnson Moves to Concordia Neighborhood

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