Published: July 13, 2010
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Area E, ARRA, high-speed passenger rail, high-speed rail, Jeff Fleming, jobs, Mark Neumann, Milwaukee, Rail, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Robert Bauman, Scott Walker, stimulus, Talgo, Tower Automotive, train, Veit Environmental
Comments: 9
By Scott Carlson
Special to The Daily Reporter
Milwaukee is on track with the remediation of an industrial site for a Spanish train manufacturer despite threats from gubernatorial candidates that they would kill the state’s high-speed rail project.
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee on Tuesday reported Veit Environmental Inc., Milwaukee, was the apparent lowest [...]
Published: May 28, 2010
Tags: Brusky, contracting, goal, hiring, Marcoux, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Opportunities for Restoring Employment, MORE, ordinance, Randy Crump, Talgo, Tower Automotive
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
The lack of construction hiring and contracting requirements for work at the former Tower Automotive site in Milwaukee is raising red flags from policy watchdogs.
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee in April awarded two contracts to renovate a building at the site for Talgo Inc., a Spanish manufacturer of high-speed trains. [...]
Published: April 7, 2010
Tags: bid, Hunzinger Construction, J.P. Cullen & Sons, Jeff Fleming, Katherine Block, local preference, Milwaukee, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Talgo Inc., Tower Automotive, train
By Sean Ryan
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee eliminated a local bidder preference from the Talgo Inc. project to avoid any chance a lawsuit would delay work.
The authority, under a lease agreement with Talgo, has until July 1 to complete renovation of a 300,000-square-foot building at the former Tower Automotive site for Talgo’s [...]
Published: March 24, 2010
Tags: Century City, common council, Department of City Development, high-speed rail, Ingeteam, Marcoux, Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, Rail, Talgo, Tower Automotive
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
Plans to build two new manufacturing plants in Milwaukee for Talgo Inc. and Ingteam Inc. will move forward after receiving Common Council approval Wednesday.
The city will renovate and lease a building for Talgo Inc. in the former Tower Automotive property, which Milwaukee is redeveloping into a business park called Century City. The Spanish [...]
Published: March 23, 2010
Tags: high-speed rail, Klein, Nora Friend, Rail, Republican Party of Wisconsin, Scott Walker, Talgo Inc., Tower Automotive, train-manufacturing contract, Vos, Willie Wade, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Comments: 5
By Sean Ryan
Attacks Tuesday against train maker Talgo Inc.’s state contract did not faze the company or Milwaukee’s plans to build a manufacturing plant in the city.
The Spanish company has come under fire from Wisconsin Republicans, including gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker and, on Tuesday, state Rep. Robin Vos. Vos, R-Caledonia, and the Republican Party of [...]
Published: March 19, 2010
Tags: Century City industrial park, Federal Transit Administration, Milwaukee Department of City Development, Milwaukee Economic Development Corp., Neighborhoods and Development Committee, Talgo Inc., tax-incremental finance district, Tower Automotive, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, zoning
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee may lose money renovating a building for Talgo Inc. if the company leaves the city after a couple of years, warned Alderman Robert Bauman during Friday’s Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee meeting.
The Milwaukee Department of City Development proposes to spend $6 million renovating a city-owned building in the former Tower Automotive site [...]
Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: blog, economy, high-speed rail, Hot Topics, Ingeteam, Innovation Park, Pabst Farms, Rail, Ryan, Talgo, Tower Automotive
By Sean Ryan
staff writer
Signs of life for the state’s construction industry are popping up everywhere as we head into spring.
Published: March 2, 2010
Tags: Amtrak, Antonio Perez, Doyle, high-speed rail, Madison, manufacturing, Marcoux, Milwaukee, Rail, Talgo, Tower Automotive, train, Trowbridge, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT
Comments: 3
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee won the competition for Talgo’s Wisconsin manufacturing plant, but the company still is considering Milwaukee and Madison for a train maintenance building.
The $810 million federal grant to build a Madison-to-Milwaukee high-speed rail line includes $41.7 million for a building to maintain the trains once they are in service.
Talgo, which would do the [...]
The state on Friday awarded an $800,000 grant to the city of Milwaukee’s plan to clean contamination from the former A.O. Smith and Tower Automotive site.
The grant is from a Wisconsin Department of Commerce program that targets blighted properties.
The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee completed the purchase of the 84-acre property in December. [...]
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