Leaving Madison

For the past 12 years, CDI has been housed in University Research Park, a West Side business and technology park that specializes in furthering young companies, especially those developed from UW-Madison research.

CDI did consider other sites in the research park, said University Research Park managing director Aaron Olver.

“We would love to have them stay and grow here,” Olver said. “They’re getting big and need a big, new facility.” But the company was looking for a more “industrial setting” than the research park could provide, he said.

Matthew Mikolajewski, economic development director for the city of Madison, said Mayor Paul Soglin sent a letter to CDI officials in August, through Olver, indicating support for the company’s expansion.

“We did, in the letter of support, highlight the fact that the site they were considering is immediately adjacent to the University Research Park tax incremental finance district and indicated a willingness to expand that,” Mikolajewski said. “To the best of my knowledge, I don’t recall them responding back to us.”

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