Author: Correspondent

Gener8tor is launching the inaugural OnRamp Manufacturing Conference on September 6 at Miller Park, where more than 200 startups are anticipated to apply for one-on-one meetings with an estimated 20 participating corporations. Presented in partnership with Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the conference will bring together leading corporations, investors and startups for a day of networking and dealmaking. The conference will highlight innovations disrupting the manufacturing industry, the leaders making such innovations possible, and forecast how new technologies and business models will transform the burgeoning industry. Unique to OnRamp, the conference includes a Startup Track, featuring curated, one-on-one pitch...

The proposed deal with Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn is floundering in the legislature as the State Assembly delays committee action following a detrimental financial analysis from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. Meanwhile, in the State Senate, the leader of the Republican majority suggested he may lack the votes to pass it and revealed he and his colleagues have been excluded from discussions on amendments. “The reality of just how a bad a deal this is for Wisconsin are starting to sink in,” commented One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross. “How else can you describe a deal that cost...

Registration is underway for the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) Conference 2017 to be held on September 12. With approximately 700 in attendance each year, the WHEDA Conference has been a must attend event for industry colleagues working to create affordable housing and sustainable communities. “We’ve lined up a number of highly qualified experts who will offer their vast knowledge and insights with attending developers, syndicators, asset managers, municipal leaders and property managers,” said WHEDA Executive Director Wyman Winston. “We promise a comprehensive, all-day event featuring the very latest industry news to help drive more employment and...

The Milwaukee Bucks opened the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Science Center, the team’s state-of-the-art training facility in downtown Milwaukee, on August 3. The 77,500 square-foot Sports Science Center is located on the corner of Sixth Street and Juneau Avenue, a block from the team’s current arena, the BMO Harris Bradley Center, and across the street from the new Bucks arena scheduled to open in the fall of 2018. The Sports Science Center boasts world-class amenities throughout, including two full-sized basketball courts, an expansive strength training room with a cardio deck overlooking the space, three hydrotherapy...

Statement of Alderman Cavalier Johnson on August 7. The recent announcement by President Trump and Governor Walker, that a massive Foxconn plant will soon be coming to our state, highlights a glaring hole in the economic development toolkit of southeastern Wisconsin – transit. With the potential to create up to 13,000 jobs over the course of the next few years along with a $10 billion investment, Foxconn could serve as an economic boon to Wisconsin – especially if workers earn livable wages. Terry Gou, the Foxconn Chairman has touted Wisconsin’s great manufacturing tradition as one of the driving reasons...

Irgens closed on its acquisition of the 20-story BMO Harris Bank office building, adjacent seven-level parking structure and an adjoining surface parking lot downtown where construction will begin on the new 25-story BMO Harris Financial Center. The parking structure, located south of Wells Street between North Water Street and North Broadway, will be demolished to make way for the new office building, which will become the home for the Wisconsin headquarters for BMO Harris Bank and the law firm, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. The initial construction phase of utility relocations will begin in August, with demolition of the...