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Ikea announces 54,000-square-foot store in Madison
The 54,000-square-foot furniture and furnishing store will open in fall 2026. It will be the second IKEA location in Wisconsin.
Oak Creek approves plan for two hotels, conference center near Ikea
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.
Oak Creek seeks more development near Ikea
The city of Oak Creek is working to free up millions of dollars for road work and incentives to prod along development near the newly opened Ikea near Interstate 94.
Ikea opens its doors in Oak Creek
After a little more than a year of construction, Ikea opened the doors of its Oak Creek store on Wednesday.
Ikea’s new Oak Creek store awaits hordes of shoppers (VIDEO)
In just a week, an onslaught of shoppers will descend on Oak Creek, home of Wisconsin's first Ikea store.
Slew of big projects kept crews busy in 2017
Contractors were certainly busy in 2017. Here are some of themost notable projects that either wrapped up, made significant strides or got underway in the past 12 months.
Blue exterior panels going up on IKEA’s Oak Creek project
Things were pretty blue around the Oak Creek IKEA job site on Tuesday morning, and that's exactly the way officials at the Swedish furniture retailer wanted it.
IKEA names contractors for Oak Creek store
Construction of the Oak Creek IKEA will be managed by Illinois contractor Pepper Construction, company officials announced Wednesday.
Contractor wanted for Oak Creek IKEA work
Work opportunities are increasing for IKEA’s first store in Wisconsin, which is planned for Oak Creek.
IKEA is I-COMING: Construction to start in spring 2017 (UPDATE)
Construction of Wisconsin’s first IKEA store should begin around this time next year, and is expected to finish by summer the following year.
Today’s News
- $24M mixed-use development breaks ground
- Supervisor calls for referendum on Milwaukee County Courthouse revamp
- $19M mixed-use project tackles city’s biggest issues
- US existing home sales unexpectedly fall in June
- Milwaukee Water Street nightlife locations for sale
- Milwaukee mayor favors improving I-794 freeway over removal
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of July 13, 2026
- 200-unit apartment project wins 2nd city endorsement
- ON THE LEVEL: Josh Brown takes the torch at Bliffert Lumber
- BUILDING BLOCKS: Tom’s Drive In nears completion in Fond du Lac
- Computing facility dropped from Midtown Center redevelopment in Milwaukee
- Delayed Bay View development reaches Milwaukee Common Council
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)