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Six years ago, developer Kendall Breunig began work on a massive redevelopment project, an effort to revitalize a 260,000-square-foot mostly vacant and underutilized complex of six connected buildings built between 1875 and 1910 near downtown Milwaukee.

Much has been written about the challenges facing today's community bankers, including ongoing asset quality issues, shifting capital requirements, cutthroat competition for customers, rapid developments in technology, and an endless onslaught of new rules and regulations. Notwithstanding these challenges, many banks have “turned the corner” and see opportunity on the horizon. What distinguishes the banks that are improving (and perhaps even excelling) from those that continue to struggle? In many instances, we believe the difference can be traced to the boardroom. This article summarizes common characteristics we have observed from those banks that are thriving, partially as a result of their board's involvement, guidance and strategic direction.

Paul Jones has some free time, now that he has passed the torch at A.O. Smith Corp. in Milwaukee.

Most Americans take the water heaters in their homes for granted. They probably don't know the brand or think much about how it works.

It seems there is no way to put a stake in the issue of trust vs. verification. Caterpillar Inc.'s recent $580 million writedown on a Chinese company it acquired in June for $700 million is an example of the principle.

The Opus Group plans to build a six-story, 80-unit student apartment building at 1400 W. Wells St., adjacent to the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The 80 apartments would have a total of 165 bedrooms. The building would also have 8,126 square feet of first floor retail space. The building would be constructed northwest of North 14th Street and West Wells Street. The existing building on the 0.4-acre site, which includes a Subway restaurant and the Kampus Foods store, would be demolished. Korb Tredo Architects is the designer for the project.

Per our friends at Wikipedia, "The Sandwich Generation" is a generation of people who care for their aging parents...

BizTimes Media LLC is expanding its award-winning editorial team by adding Daniel Shafer as a reporter.