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Plan commission clears Butler Plaza redevelopment, approves demolition and 11‑story mixed‑use project with affordable housing bonus
Summary
The Madison Plan Commission approved demolition and zoning actions Sept. 15 that clear the way for an 11‑story, 76‑unit mixed‑use building to replace the Capital Fitness building at 302 East Washington Avenue and to expand the Butler Plaza PD.
The Madison Plan Commission on Sept. 15 approved a package of actions to allow demolition of an existing commercial building at 302 East Washington Avenue and to authorize an 11‑story, 76‑unit mixed‑use replacement building that would adjoin Butler Plaza.
Applicant representatives said the proposal would replace the two‑and‑a‑half‑story building (known locally for housing Capital Fitness) and the small Eisenberg Law Office site with a mixed‑use building containing roughly 9,000 square feet of commercial space at the base and 76 residential units above, two levels of underground parking (accessed through the existing Butler Plaza parking), and a roof‑level tenant amenity facing the Capitol. The applicant is seeking two extra stories under the downtown height map and an additional bonus story tied to an affordable‑housing land‑use restriction agreement (LURA).
The plan commission considered four related requests together: a demolition permit for 302 East Washington (Landmarks had determined the structure has historic value but is not architecturally or…
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