Developer interested in downtown parking lot

CHAMPAIGN – A Madison, Wis., company is interested in building a tax-credit apartment building downtown that would combine living space for artists and entrepreneurs with accompanying work studios.

Gorman & Co. has indicated interest in building on the north half of city parking Lot C, near the intersection of North Walnut and Washington streets. The city parking lot is located north of The News-Gazette building.

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