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The Milwaukee Common Council’s Zoning Neighborhoods and Development (ZND) Committee on Tuesday rejected a temporary historic designation that the Historic Preservation Commission placed on the Sydney Hih buildings in an attempt to stave off demolition plans.

One week after it voted to delay its decision on a 181-unit Park East corridor development, because of a labor dispute with one of the developers, the Milwaukee County Board's Committee on Economic and Community Development Tuesday voted to approve the project. The project still needs approval of the full County Board.

The Forest County Potawatomi tribe will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on July 12 to celebrate the start of construction of a 20-story, 382-room hotel next to its Potawatomi Bingo Casino in the Menomonee Valley in Milwaukee.

The Wisconsin Athletic Club plans to open a 24,000-square-foot fitness center in the 18-story office building that Wauwatosa-based Irgens plans to build at 833 E. Michigan St. in downtown Milwaukee, according to numerous commercial real estate sources.

BMO Harris Bank will close 24 branches, including 17 in Wisconsin, as part of its post-acquisition consolidation efforts.

Contestant nominations for individuals and corporate teams are being accepted for the annual BizTimes Fittest Execs Program.

Municipal and economic development leaders are downplaying a potential rivalry among communities vying for the location of a new medical college planned for central Wisconsin.

AT&T Inc. is doubling the number of businesses that may participate in its Enhanced Push to Talk (PTT) solution after receiving favorable customer feedback from a trial program for the technology.

Eagle Capital Growth Fund Inc. and its investment advisor, Sims Capital Management, have moved.

Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. announced that its Public Finance business has added five bankers and opened three new offices in Texas, expanding the firm's presence in the state.