Hovde In The News

A father and daughter plan to open Milwaukee’s first hard-cider bar, seizing on a rapidly growing segment of alcoholic beverages and placing it in a fast-growing area of the city. Stuart Rudolph and Chandra Rudolph could open Lost Valley Cider Co. in Walker’s Point as soon as March. Vision Design, which also designed Morel restaurant in Walker’s Point, is to begin work after the holidays on the bar’s interior, at 408 W. Florida St., Suite 102. The liquor license application with the city is expected to be reviewed in February.

Standing ovation for Ovation 309 – The new luxury apartment complex is exciting and fresh with many amenities and amazing views. Stand on the corner of State and Johnson and you’ll spy the Ovation 309 building, a new venture in downtown living that opened this past June. From the outside, the Ovation captures the hip, modern elegance of its neighbors, Overture Center, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the Madison Public Library’s central outpost…. read the rest of the story at Madison Magazine!

The owners of RED Sushi, the popular Japanese restaurant on King Street, have announced a move to West Washington Avenue. According to Tanya Zhykharevich, who co-owns RED with chef Jack Yip, the new restaurant will be in the ground floor of the former AT&T building at 316 W. Washington Ave. Over the past two years the building has received a $30 million renovation by Hovde Properties!

Hovde Properties adds a new restaurant and brewery to Village Crossing in Waunakee. A Waunakee couple are using their expertise to open a new brewery and restaurant on Main Street, all to fill a gap they noticed when they moved here in 2011. To read the entire article published in The Waunakee Tribune.

The area’s newest brewpub, the Lone Girl Brewing Company, is set to open in Waunakee in early June. The two-story, 11,000-square-foot facility is the anchor tenant for Waunakee’s new Village Crossing project on Main Street. Its brew house, main bar, restaurant, rooftop beer garden with a bandstand and a fire pit demonstrate that this is an ambitious design that may well fuel the revitalization of downtown Waunakee.

A decaying section of Highway 19 took motorists past dated storefronts and elderly street lights. A few folks came to town to visit Mill House Quilts, but there wasn’t much else to see. Locals were more likely to head to Madison after the kids got off school.

Fast-growing online food ordering software provider EatStreet Inc. has moved into a new headquarters in downtown Madison, more than doubling the amount of space it occupies. The move signals a continuation of EatStreet’s growth, as well as a new chapter for an old AT&T building that is being transformed into a technology company hub.

Community Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery has opened its new location in Brix Apartment Lofts on the first floor located at 408 W. Florida St., Suite 105. Surgeon Ruba Khader and her team provide treatments such as dental implants, bone grafting, tooth extractions, orthognathic surgery, and other procedures. Community Oral & Read More »

Just a few years ago, the aging 10-story AT&T building, a couple of blocks off the Capitol Square at 316 W. Washington Ave., was sitting mostly empty. Today, it is bustling with activity and has become the newest entrepreneurial hub in Madison, with some of the most vibrant young businesses making it their home. Along with its new identity, it sports a new name: the 316 Building.

A recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, by Scott Resnick highlights how Hovde Properties is helping make Madison Wisconsin an amazing business start up city. Quoting Resnick, “I’ll be blunt: “This is fantastic for Madison!” First, Hovde Properties and their team of architects took a bullish outlook on start-up community in Madison and our downtown. The finishes aren’t gaudy, rather they contain a chic start-up vibe. My wife and I recently ate at Red Sushi, now relocated into the first floor, and it was the exact kind of location our downtown needed. Could other downtown property owners have made this kind of investment?