Midtown Commons, a 79-acre traditional neighborhood development (TND)

Midtown Commons, a 79-acre traditional neighborhood development (TND) near Madison, Wisconsin, is planned to become the focal point of the approximately 500-acre High Point/Raymond neighborhood now beginning construction. Though Midtown Commons is still in the early approval process, it has already attracted many potential tenants, says Peter Frautschi of Community by Design Inc., the project’s developer. A main street district centered on a green will have commercial buildings that may go as high as four stories with apartments above retail and offices. The plan by Town Planning Collaborative proposes about 750 units in apartments, townhouses and single homes, the latter on streets with alleys and rear-loading garages.