"This mandate will make the City of Milwaukee an island of regulation, discouraging business development and scaring away potential employers who want to locate in the city. Ultimately, the mandate will be a detriment to Milwaukee workers, not a benefit."

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The Medical College of Wisconsin recently hosted its Healthcare 2008 dinner at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

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Site work has begun on the Aloft hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

Chicago-based advertising agency this week moved its Milwaukee office to its new home at 246 E. Chicago St. in the city's Historic Third Ward.

New Land Enterprises LLP plans to build a five-story apartment building, with some retail space, at the west corner of North Farwell Avenue and East Kenilworth Place on Milwaukee's east side.

GMF Hotel LLC plans to build a 119-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel near General Mitchell International Airport.