Meat producer Strauss moving HQ from Franklin to Milwaukee’s Century City
Franklin meat processor Strauss Brands is moving its headquarters to Milwaukee's city-owned Century City business park with plans to build a facility that could employ 250.
Bucks basketball court, a ‘puzzle for adults,’ is under construction in Milwaukee
Construction is underway on one part of the Milwaukee Bucks arena that the team can't play without.
Talgo coming back to Century City
Talgo Inc. is coming back to Milwaukee’s Century City business park with a more than $70 million contract to build rail cars for Los Angeles' Metro system.
Super Excavators submits $14.1M bid for industrial corridor drainage project
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has received a roughly $14.1 million apparent low bid for the construction of two storm-water basins that will be part of a flood-management system meant to serve Milwaukee’s 30th Street Industrial Corridor.
Wisconsin communities to be included in IUPAT Community Day of Action events
Milwaukee is one of many places across the U.S. scheduled to benefit from community-improvement work on Saturday from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, as part of the group’s Community Day of Action this weekend.
Milwaukee targets more brownfield sites in industrial corridor
As Milwaukee officials work to draw businesses back to areas abandoned by manufacturers, they are planning to apply for grants to clean up brownfield sites throughout the city.
Milwaukee mayor touts growth behind construction, innovation
The myriad of cranes dotting the Milwaukee skyline are proof enough that Milwaukee is thriving, according to Mayor Tom Barrett.
Effort to spur entrepreneurs around Century City may see few benefits
Milwaukee officials want to set aside nearly $20,000 to spur new innovations and business ideas for the city's 30th Street industrial corridor, but only $5,000 of that would go to actual entrepreneurs.
Milwaukee could hit reset on 2 TIF districts
A city of Milwaukee committee gave initial approval Tuesday to reset the base values of two tax increment financing districts.
Milwaukee puts out bids for Century City site
The city of Milwaukee is seeking bids for environmental remediation and site preparation for its Century City property.
Milwaukee planning for more spec
Milwaukee’s economic development director said he is so confident a manufacturing building proposed for Century City will attract tenants, he already is planning for a second one.
Rates drop to develop some Milwaukee land
Eager to fill long-vacant land, the city of Milwaukee is coordinating 1 percent interest loans for development in highly distressed areas of the city.
Today’s News
- Milwaukee Mayor’s $1.9B budget proposal has infrastructure boost
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Wisconsin Senate committee votes against confirmation for four DNR policy board appointees
- October proclaimed Architecture Awareness Month in Wisconsin
- Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of October 2, 2023
- Corn mill owners plead to federal charges in fatal explosion, will pay $11.25 million
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Second phase of Lower Yahara River Trail construction
- Sky-high mortgage rates leave homes unaffordable for more buyers, sending new home sales tumbling
- Forecast: Economic challenges ahead as rates rise and labor shortages remain
- CBRE opens office on 18th floor of Milwaukee BMO Tower
- Former inmate able to rebuild life through work in construction trades
- Zignego to lead $60M I-894 improvement project
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)