When students return to school in the fall, much of Madison will

be in shambles.

Condominiums will crop up throughout the downtown area, the SERF

will take on three new floors and Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry might open

next to the Nitty Gritty.

Property owners will construct five condominiums this summer:

one in place of the Badger Pantry on Gorham Street, one on the

corner of Randall and Spring streets, two on West Washington Avenue

and one next to Riley’s on Gorham Street.

The Lake Street and University Avenue Burger King will be

demolished to make way for a Central Properties apartment complex,

and much of West Johnson Street will be revamped and repaved.

UW students will also notice a new streetlight on Johnson Street

connecting the dorms and Murray Mall.

Dotty’s owner Jeff Stanley has not received definite approval

from the Alcohol License Review Committee yet to sell liquor at but

if he obtains a license he said he plans to reopen the burger joint

on 319 N. Frances St. over the summer, so students can dine there

by the fall.

“I’m just praying I can communicate to these guys that this is

not a gin joint,” Stanley said in March.

Although construction plans are underway for the State Street

Redesign Project, the earliest changes to the project will not come

until the fall, with the addition of new bus shelters.

The Overture Center’s construction will also not be very

noticeable, because construction workers will concentrate on the

center’s interior over the summer.