New development that is either planned or already under construction will create 2,050 new jobs in Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley, according to Menomonee Valley Partners Inc., a non-profit corporation that promotes redevelopment of valley. The $240 million, 500,000-square-foot expansion of the Potawatomi Bingo Casino at 1721 W. Canal St. will create about 1,000 new jobs at the casino, according to the Forest County Potawatomi tribe.
On Monday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held to celebrate the start of construction of a 144,000-square-foot industrial building by Germantown-based Ziegler-Bence Development at the former site of the Milwaukee Stockyards. Proven Direct, a direct marketing, technology, printing and fulfillment firm will move to the building from Menomonee Falls and will occupy 53,000 square feet of the Ziegler-Bence building. Proven Direct will bring 56 full-time jobs to the valley and plans to add another 56 full-time jobs within three years.
Other developments in the valley include: the new Harley-Davidson Museum, which is under construction at South 6th Street and Canal Street; Caleffi North America Inc. which will move from Franklin to a new building to be constructed in the valley; and Taylor Dynamometer, which plans to move from New Berlin to a new facility that will be built in the valley.
In the last seven years, more than 2,100 jobs have been created through business expansions and relocations in the valley, according to Menomonee Valley Partners.
