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Developers of Aloft and Marriott hotels propose Park East hotel

Jackson Street Management LLC, the group of hotel development investors that are building the 204-room Marriott Hotel under construction downtown and developed the 160-room Aloft hotel in the Park East corridor downtown, are planning to build another hotel.

Nordstrom Rack store to open in Wauwatosa

Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. today announced that it plans to open a 36,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack store in the proposed Mayfair Collection development in Wauwatosa.

Willis North America to move Milwaukee area office to Brookfield

Willis North America, a unit of London-based Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker, announced today that it plans to move its Milwaukee area office from 2323 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa, to a 26,000-square-foot office space at 400 N. Executive Dr. in Brookfield. The new office will open on Oct. 29.

Grand Avenue adds three new tenants

The Shops of Grand Avenue in downtown Milwaukee recently added three new tenants to the western half of the mall.
Sports World will occupy 1,730 square feet, Cream City Soap Company will occupy 1,675 square feet and Boss Chick Clothing will occupy 1,496 square feet. All three will open in mid-October.

Legislator wants audit of public bonds for Marriott hotel project

State Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, on Tuesday issued a request for an audit of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority’s (WHEDA) allocation of $43.5 million Midwest Disaster Area bonds for Jackson Street Management LLC’s $54 million, 204-room Marriott hotel development, which is currently under construction southwest of Wisconsin Avenue and Milwaukee Street in downtown Milwaukee.

Repair work begins on Old Main at Soldiers Home

The Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center recently began work to repair damage to the Old Main building in the National Soldiers Home Historic District.

Real Estate & Development Conference will be ‘Developer’s Fantasy Camp’

Imagine you have been appointed king of Milwaukee for a day. You hold all the chips, you press all the buttons and you pull all the levers. And you are a commercial real estate developer. What is the one dream project you would do?
BizTimes is asking that question to three commercial real estate developers. They will present their dream projects at the 10th annual BizTimes Commercial Real Estate & Development Conference.

Leases

Dickman CompanyZero Zone Company leased 77,200 square feet of industrial space at 16555 W. Ryerson Road, New Berlin, from...
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Sales

Dickman CompanyRauch and Romanshek Jackson LLC purchased a 50,000-square-foot industrial building at W209 N17150 Industrial Dr., Jackson, from WaterStone...

New construction

Waukesha-based Gerald Nell Inc. was selected by Bubon & Associates Orthodontics to design and build a 4,000-square-foot orthodontic clinic...

Real estate people

Mid-America Real Estate-Wisconsin recently promoted Tony Colvin and Adam Dreier to principals. Previously they were vice presidents for the...

Bring back the real referees

Editor’s note: Green Bay Mayor James Schmitt wrote a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the potential economic impact of the league’s lockout of its referees on the city of Green Bay. The Packers were robbed of a victory by replacement referees Monday night. The text of Schmitt’s letter comprises today’s Milwaukee Biz Blog.

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