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Milwaukee to consider $9M in aid for Grand Avenue redevelopment
By Sean Ryan, Milwaukee Business Journal The ongoing redevelopment of The Shops of Grand Avenue could receive $9 million in city financing under a proposal up for review this month. That money would support the renovation of the former mall, which is renamed...
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The Avenue is drawing office prospects, new apartment residents and a possible child care center to downtown
By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The redeveloping former Grand Avenue continues to draw prospective office tenants, has just opened its new apartments — and might be landing a child care center. Those new details were revealed by one of the downtown Milwaukee...
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Milwaukee Downtown BID moving to former Grand Avenue
by Sean Ryan - Reporter, Milwaukee Business Journal The offices being built in the former Shops of Grand Avenue secured a second tenant: the Milwaukee Downtown Business Improvement District No. 21. View full story
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Graef moving HQ offices, 170 jobs to Grand Avenue
by Sean Ryan, Milwaukee Business Journal Graef in late 2019 will move its headquarters and 170 jobs to new office space in The Shops of Grand Avenue in a move the president said will provide the urban environment his employees want. The engineering and design firm is...
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Food hall with places to play and an anchor business tenant making Milwaukee’s Grand Avenue mall a destination
by Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The transformation of Milwaukee's Grand Avenue mall from a sad shell to a cutting edge development takes a huge step forward Thursday with the announcement of plans for a food hall featuring more than 20 local vendors and an...
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See the transformed Grand Avenue; food hall tenants named
by Sean Ryan, Milwaukee Business Journal The long-planned transformation of the Shops of Grand Avenue is moving forward as the owners create a food hall in its first floor, upper-floor office space and prepare to open new apartments. Criticized for more than 10 years...
read moreHempel weighs options for Marcy-Holmes site
by William Morris, Finance and Commerce Hempel Cos. plans to convert a former printing plant at 801 Ninth St. SE in Minneapolis into 50,000 square feet or more of creative office space. Read more here
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Hempel giving office building ‘full amenity package’
By Anne Bretts, Finance and Commerce Minneapolis-based Hempel Cos. has targeted the underperforming Concorde Executive Center in Brooklyn Center for a makeover, and it’s not wasting any time getting started. Read more here
read moreBehind the scenes at the new Minnesota Wild practice facility and locker room (gallery)
by Nick Halter, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal After years of traveling around the Twin Cities to find ice time, the Minnesota Wild will enjoy its first season with a dedicated practice facility and locker room just a few blocks from Xcel Energy Center. The...
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Downtown Milwaukee Grand Avenue Mall Owner buys neighboring office/retail space, parking ramp
by Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The operators of downtown Milwaukee's redeveloping Grand Avenue mall have bought some neighboring office and retail space, and another parking structure. The 150,000 square feet of commercial space is mainly in the northern...
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