TOP BIDDERS: The biggest winning bids from around Wisconsin this past week

December 10, 2019 11:28 am Leave a comment

Largest winning bids in Wisconsin from the previous week, according to The Daily Reporter’s JobTrac bidding service.

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Fabishak announces plans to retire from AGC of GM next year

December 9, 2019 2:40 pm Leave a comment

Mike Fabishak, CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee, addresses an audience at the University Club of Milwaukee in 2015. Fabishak, who has been with the AGC since 1998, announced on Monday that he plans to retire next year. (File photo)

The long-time chief executive of the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee announced Monday that he plans to retire in 2020.

No major effect on Lake Superior found from Line 3 pipeline

December 9, 2019 12:58 pm Leave a comment

A revised environmental review released by a state agency Monday found no serious threat to Lake Superior if crude oil ever leaked from a new pipeline meant to replace Enbridge Energy's aging Line 3 across northern Minnesota.

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Energy company leaves debris in Michigan, delays report

December 6, 2019 10:00 am Leave a comment

The Mackinac Bridge that spans the Straits of Mackinac. The oil-transport company Enbridge said on Wednesday that a gap has opened between a section of its Line 5 pipeline and the staits’ bottom. The company now says it's seeking government permits that will allow it to install screw anchors to provide additional support at that spot and others along the underwater line. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

A Canadian energy-transportation company's preparation of a proposed tunnel that would house a petroleum pipeline caused a borehole to collapse in Michigan, leaving debris in the waterway.

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Bucks: Fiserv Forum meets all hiring goals in final construction report

December 5, 2019 2:47 pm Leave a comment

Construction is underway on June 6, 2017, on the downtown Milwaukee arena that would eventually take on the name Fiserv Forum. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger, File)

Milwaukee Bucks officials say they have met each of their hiring goals in the construction of the Fiserv Forum, a parking structure and public plaza that make up the new home of the team.

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American Family plans to overhaul Milwaukee building in move from Pewaukee

December 5, 2019 1:00 pm Leave a comment

The 110-year-old Mandel Graphic Solutions building stands at 1319 N. Doctor Martin Luther King Dr., in Milwaukee. American Family Insurance announced plans on Thursday to move into the building following a renovation and addition project. (Staff photo by Nate Beck)

American Family Insurance plans to move hundreds of employees from Pewaukee to a new office in downtown Milwaukee, the company announced on Thursday.

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ON THE LEVEL: Bahr sets bar high in return to Plunkett Raysich

December 5, 2019 10:47 am Leave a comment

A familiar face has returned to Plunkett Raysich Architects. Mike Bahr, who first joined the firm in 1999, has come back to PRA to oversee its marketing and business development.

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Developer plans $29M hotel for long-vacant site in downtown Racine

December 4, 2019 3:30 pm Leave a comment

A rendering showing plans to turn the former Zahn’s department store in downtown Racine into a $29 million 80-room hotel. (Rendering courtesy of the city of Racine)

City officials in Racine are planning a deal with a Milwaukee developer to bring a $29 million hotel to the city's downtown.

BUILDING BLOCKS: The Dörr Hotel

December 4, 2019 2:58 pm Leave a comment

The Dörr Hotel will be the first such project built in northern Door County in 20 years. It is being put up on a site that has been vacant for nine years. It is intended to be the replacement for the former Helm’s Four Season Hotel, which had 45 rooms.

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Oak Creek approves plan for two hotels, conference center near Ikea

December 4, 2019 2:35 pm Leave a comment

(Rendering courtesy of Plunkett Raysich Architects)

Two hotels and a convention center are planned for a five-acre site south of Ikea in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek under a deal city officials approved Tuesday.

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