The historic Milwaukee Athletic Club will undergo a $70 million renovation after a joint venture of Milwaukee developers J. Jeffers & Co. and Interstate Development Partners closed on a purchase of the property Thursday.

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The Broadway Connection will become the new home of the Milwaukee offices of the law firm Husch Blackwell, which plans to move out of the Cathedral Place building at 555 E. Wells St. Even with Husch Blackwell taking up much of the new building, Broadway Connection will have additional offices for rent, as well as space for retail and parking.

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Josh Jeffers and his company, J. Jeffers & Co., are probably best known for their historic-rehabilitation projects. Right at the top of their resume are the Mackie and Mitchell buildings, two ornate European-looking structures, both dating to the 19th Century and standing on a block of East Michigan Street between Water Street and Broadway.

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As Foxconn's massive Mount Pleasant factory emerges, Racine County needs dense, affordable housing suited to the thousands of workers expected to follow the company’s jobs.

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Plans to turn a former furniture factory in Racine into an affordable-housing complex will move ahead with the help of tax credits, state and local officials announced on Thursday.

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A Milwaukee developer is crediting Wisconsin's historic-tax-credit program for paving the way for his proposal to preserve a 150-year-old church by turning it into an event space.

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