Under threat of a lawsuit from its adjacent neighbor, the UW Hillel Foundation is moving forward with plans to triple the size of its student center at 611 Langdon St.
The Jewish student organization, which traces its Madison roots to the 1920s and is the second oldest operating Hillel in the world, wants to demolish its existing 12,000 square-foot building and replace it with a four-story, 40,000 square-foot facility.
Those plans have run into opposition, however, from the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based owners of the seven-story Campus Inn hotel next door at 601 Landgon St.