When it comes to real estate development, the relationship between the public and private sectors is among the most important factors in bringing a project to fruition.

Communities throughout southeast Wisconsin are contending with a housing shortage, a tight industrial real estate market, evolving retail and office markets and a need to boost tax base – all at a time when real estate development has become more difficult – making those relationships even more crucial in recent years.

To get a sense of which southeastern Wisconsin municipalities professionals in the real estate development industry think are the most accommodating – and the most frustrating to deal with – BizTimes Milwaukee sent a survey to local real estate industry leaders representing a variety of sectors including developers, brokers, architects, engineers and construction firms. We asked respondents to share the three most development-friendly and the three least development-friendly municipalities in the region.

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