The annual BizTimes Milwaukee Real Estate & Development Conference is next week, Thursday, Nov. 1, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee.

The 508-room Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel & Convention Center, a sprawling south side landmark property, will close, likely in late December, according to a notification sent Wednesday by Fairfax, Va.-based Crescent Hotels & Resorts to the Wisconsin State Department of Workforce Development.

“If you don’t get out and try it, you won’t have the opportunity to be successful.”
So said Jalem Getz about business ventures after receiving the George Dalton Inspirational Entrepreneur Award from BizStarts Milwaukee at its fourth anniversary celebration recently. He knows all about trying different businesses before finding one that hits pay dirt.

The members of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) elected six new directors to its board at the 151st annual membership meeting this week.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the start of construction for the 93,000-square-foot, $75 million Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex.

Kenosha-based Jockey International Inc. announced the appointment of Byron Norfleet as president and chief operating officer.

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The Rotary Club of Milwaukee celebrated A Century of Making a Difference at a black-tie gala at the Pfister on September 29th, with 300 Rotarians and guests in attendance.