Irgens launches web site for 833 East Michigan
Wauwatosa-based development firm Irgens recently launched a web site for its proposed 17-story, 350,000-square-foot office building at 833 E. Michigan St. in downtown Milwaukee. The web site’s URL is www.833east.com. Downtown Milwaukee law firm Godfrey & Kahn has committed to be the anchor tenant in the project, and Irgens is seeking additional tenants to get the project going.
Coca-Cola to close Sheboygan plant
Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc. recently informed state officials that it plans to close its production facility at 1837 North Ave., Sheboygan. Forty employees will lose their jobs when the plant closes on March 30.
Technical college to expand West Bend facility
Moraine Technical College plans to build a 8,970-square-foot addition for a construction trades lab at its West Bend facility at 2151 N. Main St.
Glorioso’s repairing damage at Third Ward building
Cracked pipes that leaked recently caused water damage at Glorioso’s Third Ward warehouse building on East Corcoran Avenue. Crews are working to dry out the building and repair the damaged pipes, said Felix Glorioso. Glorioso’s Italian Market, located on Brady Street on Milwaukee’s East Side, uses the 38,000-square-foot, 109-year-old Third Ward building to store olives, oil, pasta, tables and equipment, Glorioso said. Most of the old warehouse buildings in the Third Ward have been converted to other uses. Glorioso’s has not sold their building, in part because “the right number never came up,” Glorioso said. In addition, he said, “we still need it. We have no place to go (for storage) at the present time.” The family is still discussing its future plans for the Third Ward building, but could lease the building to others for storage usage. The building has refrigeration units that appeal to food wholesalers, Glorioso said.
