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Growing greener: The Domes pursue sustainability with conservation initiatives

Fifty years ago, when the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, aka The Domes, was under construction, the idea of going green was hardly a priority for any institution, even one bursting with green life.

Developers are bullish on Bay View

The Kinnickinnic Avenue corridor in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood continues to gain momentum as developers are planning a pair of major apartment projects.

“KK is a very hot area,” said Alderman Tony Zielinski, who represents Bay View. “Success begets more success. The cat's out of the bag: this is a great place to live.”

The most noteworthy project planned on or near KK is a $40 million redevelopment project with 307 market rate apartments planned by a joint venture of Milwaukee-based WiRED Properties and Indianapolis-based Milhaus Development. The site is a largely vacant 105,000-square-foot industrial building complex on a 6.3-acre site at 2151-81 S. Robinson Ave., one block west of Kinnickinnic Avenue.

Former S.C. Johnson product designers invent new walker

Motivo11217 W. Forest Home Ave. #5, Franklin Innovation: The Tour walkerwww.motivolife.com Combined, Jeremy Knopow and Jennifer Harris have more...

For Rent: Downtown apartment market booms

Prior to the Great Recession, the population of downtown Milwaukee surged as part of a national trend of many empty nesters and young professionals reversing a decades-long population shift to move downtown from the suburbs to seek a more vibrant urban lifestyle.
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Sturtevant Spec Industrial

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held on April 29 to celebrate the start of construction of a 376,000-square-foot speculative...

Your investment plan: Be in ‘design’ mode, not ‘default’ mode

Just like spring cleaning, the annual April ritual of organizing your tax papers is a great reason to review and revise your investments. Many, out of habit with their payroll deduction, invest in plans that have evolved by “default,” not by “design.” To help you along, here are few tips to consider during this season:

Goal-getter

For Jon Donahue, soccer is as much a language as it is a sport.

Donahue, vice president, private banking, at Racine-based Johnson Bank, has been kicking a soccer ball nearly nonstop since about age five. Though he played other sports while growing up on the south side of Milwaukee, he said soccer was always his “go-to sport.”

Boys & Girls Clubs to launch basketball league with $2 million donation

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee will form a competitive basketball league for students in 3rd through 8th grades, thanks to a $2 million donation from Albert Nicholas, founder and chairman of Milwaukee-based Nicholas Company Inc.

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