Milwaukee County moves to establish clean-energy loan program

July 19, 2018 3:18 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee County moved closer this week to establishing a loan program to encourage developers to install energy-saving projects.

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Checkin’ in (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)

March 27, 2017 9:59 am Leave a comment

J.H. Findorff & Son's Steve Thistle assembles a door in a hotel room.

Crews work on the new Westin Milwaukee hotel on Friday.

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Westin Milwaukee adds another piece to Milwaukee’s downtown building boom

November 16, 2016 3:23 pm 2 Comments

Jeff Hess, general manager of the Westin Milwaukee, shows off the new hotel on Wednesday in downtown Milwaukee. The hotel’s ceremonial topping off was held Wednesday and is on track to be complete in the spring. (Staff photo by Kevin Harnack)

Not only will the new Westin hotel in Milwaukee overlook the natural beauty of Lake Michigan, it will also offer views of roads that were recently rebuilt as part of an attempt to better connect the city’s downtown and lakefront.

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BUILDING BLOCKS: Westin Milwaukee

November 16, 2016 2:20 pm Leave a comment

The Westin, being built near Milwaukee's lakefront, is one of several hotels going up in the downtown area, and is also just one part of the city's ongoing real-estate boom.

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