Over the years, I’ve spent considerable time writing and reporting on the manufacturing skills gap. It remains a topic of concern for the industrial sector in Wisconsin as business, education and political leaders continue to work to develop solutions to a problem that stems from manufacturers struggling to fill open jobs while thousands of unemployed workers search for employment but don’t have the necessary skills to make them immediately viable candidates.

Another distribution center is planned in the Interstate 94 corridor between Milwaukee and Chicago.

McDermott Cue Mfg. LLC, a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of pool cues, announced it has moved to a new plant and showroom in Menomonee Falls at N84 W13660 Leon Road.

Johnsonville Sausage LLC will expand its Sheboygan Falls smoked/cooked meat plant by adding 40,000 square feet and hiring 35 more full-time employees.

MSI Data, a provider of field workforce automation software, is expanding its Mequon headquarters by adding more office space and employees to meet the needs of new customers and to roll out new technology offerings.

The Four Points Sheraton Milwaukee North hotel, located just off of Brown Deer Road at 8900 N. Kildeer Ct.,...

CBRENexius Solutions Inc. leased 1,667 square feet of space at 2300 N. Mayfair Road, Suite 1060, Wauwatosa, from Mayfair...

CBRE1801 Pewaukee LLC purchased 45,164 square feet of space at 1801-05 Pewaukee Road, Waukesha, from Eastern Wisconsin Water Conditioning...

Brookfield-based Briohn Building Corp. recently completed the design and construction of a 72,000-square-foot multi-tenant building at N28 W24402 Watertown...

Milwaukee based architectural firm Rinka Chung Architecture Inc. recently added Wade C. Taylor as an architect and business development...

Sterling Bay Cos. paid just over $23.5 million for a four-acre West Loop property where it is expected to build a data center, yet another project for one of the busiest developers in Chicago today.

Businesses in Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties are slightly more optimistic about 2013 than they were heading into 2012, according to the First Business Economic Survey released today by First Business Bank-Milwaukee.