Park Towne News & Notes
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Development News for the Week of: 9/9/2017 - 9/15/2017     


 
With unemployment near a record low and more baby boomers retiring, Wisconsin faces a looming worker crisis.
-Wisconsin State Journal

AMID WORKER SHORTAGE, WHER WILL FOXCONN FIND 13,000 EMPLOYEES?

As Wisconsin employers scramble to find both skilled and unskilled workers, many are wondering how Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn will be able fill the 13,000 jobs it has promised for a new electronics factory in southeastern Wisconsin.
-Wisconsin State Journal

GREEN COUNTY CHEESE MAKER DEALS WITH EMPLOYEE CHURN

Monroe-based Klondike Cheese has raised its starting pay from $10 to $13 an hour, but still can't keep employees.
-Wisconsin State Journal
 
MADISON OFFICIALS TO CONTINUE DISCUSSING PUBLIC FUNDS FOR EXACT SCIENCES EXPANSION
 
No vote was taken during a closed session meeting of the Madison Finance Committee on whether to provide a waiver for the company's requested $2.5 million tax incremental financing loan.
-Wisconsin State Journal
 
ALLIANT ENERGY CENTER MASTER PLANNING PROCESS MOVING FORWARD
 
The master planning process for the Alliant Energy Center is expected to begin in early 2018.
-The Cap Times
 
TRIANGLE, MONONA BAY COOKOUT TO KICK OFF SOUTH MADISON NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS
 
A neighborhood planning kickoff cookout will be held Thursday in the Triangle green space on Braxton Place.
-The Cap Times  


Around the State and Points Elsewhere  

 
 
Hentzen Coatings Inc. apparently is expanding its operations on Milwaukee's northwest side with its purchase of a recently closed industrial building.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  
 
 
A new hotel could be coming to West Allis as part of a mixed-use development planned in the city's downtown area.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
The former Toys "R" Us building near Milwaukee's shuttered Northridge Mall has been sold to a firm that plans to convert it to light industrial use and add around 200 jobs.
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  
 
 
For two years, a state law forced Milwaukee officials to sell vacant public schools to other "educational operators" - hampering possible commercial redevelopments.
  -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
A proposed 18-story Wauwatosa apartment tower for seniors is being recommended for approval by the city Plan Commission.  
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
Demolition will begin soon on the former Sears at Bayshore Town Center in Glendale, with plans to eventually develop a Nordstrom Rack and other new buildings. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 
 
Ken Breunig is happy that his $32 million redevelopment of downtown Milwaukee's former Pritzlaff Hardware Co. buildings is finally coming to a close. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
 
 
A mixed-use development is being proposed for a group of buildings on Milwaukee's north side that was the original location for Briggs & Stratton Corp. 
-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 
 
 
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