Economic Development
Tax credits awarded for Germania building redevelopment
Vangard Group LLC will get $850,000 in tax credits to convert the Germania Building at 135 W. Wells St. in downtown MIlwuakee into 70 “affordable” apartments, Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefish announced Monday.
WEDC to host free Small Business Academy
Wisconsin entrepreneurs looking to jumpstart their businesses are invited to take part at the first-ever Small Business Academy, which will take place from on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Potawatomi Hotel & Conference Center in Milwaukee.
Retailers project holiday sales to rise 4.1%
After a turbulent start to 2014, the National Retail Federation announced today it expects sales in November and December (excluding autos, gas and restaurant sales) to increase a healthy 4.1 percent to $616.9 billion, higher than 2013’s actual 3.1 percent increase during that same time frame.
National Baking Co. acquires Melody Cookies
Milwaukee-based National Baking Co. Inc. has acquired Oak Creek-based Melody Cookies Inc.
Shelter Mortgage to lay off 63
Shelter Mortgage Co. LLC will lay off 63 employees from its office at 4000 W. Brown Deer Road in Brown Deer.
Nebraska company acquires Red Anvil
Omaha, Neb.-based Cosentry, a leading Midwest IT solutions provider, announced it has acquired Milwaukee-based Red Anvil, a full service, managed data center provider.
The acquisition enables Cosentry to instantly expand its operations into the Milwaukee market enhancing the region’s current data center services with new disaster recovery, colocation, cloud services, managed hosting, and other managed service offerings.
The acquisition enables Cosentry to instantly expand its operations into the Milwaukee market enhancing the region’s current data center services with new disaster recovery, colocation, cloud services, managed hosting, and other managed service offerings.
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ARI acquires Tennessee tech company
Milwaukee-based ARI Network Services Inc. announced it has acquired TCS Technologies, a Cookville, Tenn.-based provider of software, websites and digital marketing services designed exclusively for dealers, wholesalers, retreaders and manufacturers within the automotive tire and wheel vertical.
Generac acquires North Dakota mobile heater manufacturer
Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc., a designer and manufacturer of generators and other small engine powered products, has acquired Bismarck, N.D.-based MAC Inc. and its related entities.
Money events
U.S. Bank will host How to Protect Your Business Against the Newest Threats on Monday, Oct. 20, from 8...
Dorner named Milwaukee Downtown economic development director
Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, has hired Matt Dorner to serve as its economic development director.