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5/14/13
KABA adds key executives
The Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) announced the hiring of a new chief financial officer and a new executive director of Downtown Kenosha Inc. and its newly created Main Street program....
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KABA adds key executives
The Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) announced the hiring of a new chief financial officer and a new executive director of Downtown Kenosha Inc. and its newly created Main Street program....
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5/14/13
Site and Operational Plans Approved for Majestic Badger Logistic Center
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On Monday, May 13, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission considered and approved Site and Operational Plans for Majestic Realty Company of California to build the...
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Site and Operational Plans Approved for Majestic Badger Logistic Center
On Monday, May 13, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission considered and approved Site and Operational Plans for Majestic Realty Company of California to build the...
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5/8/13
Tour emphasizes need for skilled manufacturing workers
Bradshaw Medical in Kenosha is growing so fast the company has a tough time finding enough skilled workers to keep up with demand. “I’ve got eight different agencies looking for us (for machinists) all....
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Tour emphasizes need for skilled manufacturing workers
Bradshaw Medical in Kenosha is growing so fast the company has a tough time finding enough skilled workers to keep up with demand. “I’ve got eight different agencies looking for us (for machinists) all....
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5/6/13
Downtown development director eager to begin her job
Violet Ricker’s first order of business will be shaking a lot of hands. Ricker was hired last week to lead Downtown Kenosha Inc., a new effort to redevelop and market the city’s downtown. She will be starting the new position after Memorial Day...
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Downtown development director eager to begin her job
Violet Ricker’s first order of business will be shaking a lot of hands. Ricker was hired last week to lead Downtown Kenosha Inc., a new effort to redevelop and market the city’s downtown. She will be starting the new position after Memorial Day...
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5/1/13
Plastics firm inks 10-year lease extension in LakeView Corporate Park
In a move signaling confidence it can continue to grow here, Parker Plastics recently inked a 10-year lease renewal with Illinois-based CenterPoint Properties for the 100,000-square-foot space in...
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Plastics firm inks 10-year lease extension in LakeView Corporate Park
In a move signaling confidence it can continue to grow here, Parker Plastics recently inked a 10-year lease renewal with Illinois-based CenterPoint Properties for the 100,000-square-foot space in...
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5/2/13
Downtown Kenosha, Inc. is excited to announce its new Executive Director
Violet Ricker is the first Executive Director of the newly created Main Street program. Violet has served as the Executive Director of Waukegan Main Street for the past three years and has extensive...
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Downtown Kenosha, Inc. is excited to announce its new Executive Director
Violet Ricker is the first Executive Director of the newly created Main Street program. Violet has served as the Executive Director of Waukegan Main Street for the past three years and has extensive...
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4/29/13
Will strong industrial market spur more development?
The southeastern Wisconsin industrial real estate market continues to post impressive levels of absorption and lower vacancy rates. "The industrial market is fine," said Roger Siegel, the leader of the Milwaukee industrial group for Jones Lang LaSalle...
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Will strong industrial market spur more development?
The southeastern Wisconsin industrial real estate market continues to post impressive levels of absorption and lower vacancy rates. "The industrial market is fine," said Roger Siegel, the leader of the Milwaukee industrial group for Jones Lang LaSalle...
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4/26/13
City of Kenosha selected as a Wisconsin Main Street Community
The City of Kenosha received notice this week that it has been designated a Wisconsin Main Street Community. A delegation from Kenosha presented the case for downtown Kenosha’s designation at...
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City of Kenosha selected as a Wisconsin Main Street Community
The City of Kenosha received notice this week that it has been designated a Wisconsin Main Street Community. A delegation from Kenosha presented the case for downtown Kenosha’s designation at...
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4/26/13
City selected for state Main Street Program
Kenosha received approval this week to participate in a state program that provides resources for redevelopment efforts. The city was selected to join the Wisconsin Main Street Program...
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City selected for state Main Street Program
Kenosha received approval this week to participate in a state program that provides resources for redevelopment efforts. The city was selected to join the Wisconsin Main Street Program...
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4/24/13
Konecranes to occupy 45,479 SF in LakeView Corporate Park
On Monday, April 22, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission considered and approved Site and Operational Plans for Konecranes to occupy 45,479 square feet of the existing Towne V building at 9505 72nd Avenue in LakeView Corporate Park. The company plans to relocate...
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Konecranes to occupy 45,479 SF in LakeView Corporate Park
On Monday, April 22, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission considered and approved Site and Operational Plans for Konecranes to occupy 45,479 square feet of the existing Towne V building at 9505 72nd Avenue in LakeView Corporate Park. The company plans to relocate...
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4/24/13
Finnish company to move some Illinois operations to Pleasant Prairie
Hyvinkaa, Finland-based Konecranes plans to relocate its operations in Gurnee, Ill., to a 45,479-square-foot space in a 60,256-square-foot building that was built by Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group in Pleasant Prairie...
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Finnish company to move some Illinois operations to Pleasant Prairie
Hyvinkaa, Finland-based Konecranes plans to relocate its operations in Gurnee, Ill., to a 45,479-square-foot space in a 60,256-square-foot building that was built by Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group in Pleasant Prairie...
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4/15/13
Pleasant Prairie is a magnet for development
Pleasant Prairie, a village of about 20,000 residents, has become one of the most robust communities in the state of Wisconsin for attracting businesses and jobs. "People see other companies coming here, they do well and thrive," said....
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Pleasant Prairie is a magnet for development
Pleasant Prairie, a village of about 20,000 residents, has become one of the most robust communities in the state of Wisconsin for attracting businesses and jobs. "People see other companies coming here, they do well and thrive," said....
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4/15/13
Speaker: Energy efficiency is key to manufacturing’s future
Manufacturing is alive and well in the United States — and energy-conservation methods are a crucial ingredient in maintaining that status. So said a speaker Sunday....
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Speaker: Energy efficiency is key to manufacturing’s future
Manufacturing is alive and well in the United States — and energy-conservation methods are a crucial ingredient in maintaining that status. So said a speaker Sunday....
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4/12/13
Governor’s manufacturing message resonates at Gateway
As Gov. Scott Walker shook hands around the room at Gateway Technical College’s SC Johnson iMET Center Thursday, Brandon Dear pressed a small metal disc into the governor’s hands...
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As Gov. Scott Walker shook hands around the room at Gateway Technical College’s SC Johnson iMET Center Thursday, Brandon Dear pressed a small metal disc into the governor’s hands...Read Entire Story
4/3/12
Zilber plans more spec industrial buildings in Pleasant Prairie and New Berlin
Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group is working on plans to build additional speculative industrial buildings in New Berlin and Pleasant Prairie. In Pleasant Prairie, the company is close to landing a new tenant for a...
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Zilber plans more spec industrial buildings in Pleasant Prairie and New Berlin
Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group is working on plans to build additional speculative industrial buildings in New Berlin and Pleasant Prairie. In Pleasant Prairie, the company is close to landing a new tenant for a...
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3/26/13
Zion-based company to relocate; Pleasant Prairie sees rising interest in corporate park
A Zion, Ill.,-based company plans to move a manufacturing facility to Pleasant Prairie. L&M Corrugated Container Corp. appeared before the Pleasant Prairie...
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Zion-based company to relocate; Pleasant Prairie sees rising interest in corporate park
A Zion, Ill.,-based company plans to move a manufacturing facility to Pleasant Prairie. L&M Corrugated Container Corp. appeared before the Pleasant Prairie...
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3/24/13
Box maker to move 45 jobs to Pleasant Prairie from Illinois
Box manufacturer L&M Corrugated Container Corp. plans to move its Zion, Ill., manufacturing plant and 45 jobs to Pleasant Prairie. L&M joins the parade of companies that are relocating to Pleasant Prairie....
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Box manufacturer L&M Corrugated Container Corp. plans to move its Zion, Ill., manufacturing plant and 45 jobs to Pleasant Prairie. L&M joins the parade of companies that are relocating to Pleasant Prairie....
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3/22/13
Snap-on chairman delivers pep talk at KABA annual meeting
The chief executive of Snap-on Inc. urged business and community leaders at the Kenosha Area Business Alliance annual meeting to promote strengths of Kenosha and the nation in seeking to build the economy...
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Snap-on chairman delivers pep talk at KABA annual meeting
The chief executive of Snap-on Inc. urged business and community leaders at the Kenosha Area Business Alliance annual meeting to promote strengths of Kenosha and the nation in seeking to build the economy...
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3/19/13
SUPERVALU Announces New Midwest Regional Office Location
The Village of Pleasant Prairie, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance and SUPERVALU are pleased to announce that SUPERVALU has selected a new location for its Midwest Regional Office. SUPERVALU’s Midwest Regional Office will...
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SUPERVALU Announces New Midwest Regional Office Location
The Village of Pleasant Prairie, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance and SUPERVALU are pleased to announce that SUPERVALU has selected a new location for its Midwest Regional Office. SUPERVALU’s Midwest Regional Office will...
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3/19/13
S.C. Johnson to operate Pleasant Prairie warehouse
S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. has received approval to occupy a 256,240-square-foot building in Pleasant Prairie to store Ziploc products and liquids like Windex and Shout, village officials said. The Racine-based...
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S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. has received approval to occupy a 256,240-square-foot building in Pleasant Prairie to store Ziploc products and liquids like Windex and Shout, village officials said. The Racine-based...
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3/9/13
City green light’s new cancer center; Aurora Health Care facility represents $31M investment at I-94
A new cancer center and medical building that Aurora Health Care plans to build on Kenosha’s far-west side represents a $31 million investment that will serve roughly 750 patients per year, an Aurora representative said Thursday...
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City green light’s new cancer center; Aurora Health Care facility represents $31M investment at I-94
A new cancer center and medical building that Aurora Health Care plans to build on Kenosha’s far-west side represents a $31 million investment that will serve roughly 750 patients per year, an Aurora representative said Thursday...
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3/8/13
Chicago firm plans to renovate Kenosha shopping center
Beacon Real Estate Investments LLC plans to renovate a half-full shopping center on Highway 50 in Pleasant Prairie that the company bought out of foreclosure last August. “We’re basically looking at redoing the whole property...
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Beacon Real Estate Investments LLC plans to renovate a half-full shopping center on Highway 50 in Pleasant Prairie that the company bought out of foreclosure last August. “We’re basically looking at redoing the whole property...
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3/6/13
Aurora expands its plans for Kenosha cancer center
The Aurora Health Care cancer center planned for Kenosha will include much more than the initial announcement that focused on an 11,000 square-foot facility with Aurora's for-profit partner IASIS Healthcare....
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The Aurora Health Care cancer center planned for Kenosha will include much more than the initial announcement that focused on an 11,000 square-foot facility with Aurora's for-profit partner IASIS Healthcare....
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3/6/12
EMCO will move HQ from North Chicago to Pleasant Prairie
EMCO Chemical Distributors Inc. will move its corporate headquarters from North Chicago, Ill. to a 260,000-square-foot facility in Pleasant Prairie. The move will bring about 125 employees to Kenosha County, company president...
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EMCO will move HQ from North Chicago to Pleasant Prairie
EMCO Chemical Distributors Inc. will move its corporate headquarters from North Chicago, Ill. to a 260,000-square-foot facility in Pleasant Prairie. The move will bring about 125 employees to Kenosha County, company president...
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3/5/13
Southeast Wisconsin vacancy rate recovers
Southeast Wisconsin’s vacancy rate has made a remarkable recovery since its all-time high of 12.31 percent posted in the third quarter 2009, reaching 6.17 percent at the end of 2012, according to an industrial market report by...
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Southeast Wisconsin vacancy rate recovers
Southeast Wisconsin’s vacancy rate has made a remarkable recovery since its all-time high of 12.31 percent posted in the third quarter 2009, reaching 6.17 percent at the end of 2012, according to an industrial market report by...
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3/5/13
Downtown to get a ringmaster; Council OKs coordinator; business groups to help pay
The city of Kenosha and four partner agencies are moving closer to hiring a manager to oversee development in the downtown area. A funding arrangement and job description for the new position won the unanimous approval of the City Council...
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Downtown to get a ringmaster; Council OKs coordinator; business groups to help pay
The city of Kenosha and four partner agencies are moving closer to hiring a manager to oversee development in the downtown area. A funding arrangement and job description for the new position won the unanimous approval of the City Council...
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3/5/13
History Mystery: 55th Street was once a bustling industrial area
With the transformation of the AMC/Chrysler lakefront plant to the HarborPark complex fresh in our minds, we tend to forget that the downtown area went through a similar, but smaller, transformation pre-World World War II when the...
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History Mystery: 55th Street was once a bustling industrial area
With the transformation of the AMC/Chrysler lakefront plant to the HarborPark complex fresh in our minds, we tend to forget that the downtown area went through a similar, but smaller, transformation pre-World World War II when the...
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2/26/13
Racine, Kenosha, Waukesha lead pack in industrial development forecast
Racine, Kenosha and Waukesha counties are the southeastern Wisconsin markets most likely to see new light industrial development in 2013, according to a new forecast from commercial real estate brokerage Dickman Co...
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Racine, Kenosha and Waukesha counties are the southeastern Wisconsin markets most likely to see new light industrial development in 2013, according to a new forecast from commercial real estate brokerage Dickman Co...
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2/22/13
Mequon firm proposes 70 apartments on foreclosed Kenosha site
Mequon development firm Bodner Property Management LLC is proposing 70 apartments in a multi-phase development along a busy stretch of 75th Street in Kenosha. The apartments would be built on vacant, foreclosed land...
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Mequon development firm Bodner Property Management LLC is proposing 70 apartments in a multi-phase development along a busy stretch of 75th Street in Kenosha. The apartments would be built on vacant, foreclosed land...
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1/27/13
City Council backs application to downtown development program
A rezoning for a 200,000-plus-square-foot Meijer store cleared the Kenosha City Council Monday night. The council voted unanimously in favor of the change, which was a key step for the Michigan-based retail....
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City Council backs application to downtown development program
A rezoning for a 200,000-plus-square-foot Meijer store cleared the Kenosha City Council Monday night. The council voted unanimously in favor of the change, which was a key step for the Michigan-based retail....
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1/30/13
Jorgenson Consulting Begins National Search for Vice President, Economic Development for Kenosha Area Business Alliance
The Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) in Kenosha Wisconsin has retained Jorgenson Consulting to conduct a national search for a qualified economic development executive. The Vice President of Economic Development’s...
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The Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) in Kenosha Wisconsin has retained Jorgenson Consulting to conduct a national search for a qualified economic development executive. The Vice President of Economic Development’s...
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1/28/13
Good Foods Group to move HQ to Pleasant Prairie in March
Chicago-based Good Foods Group LLC is to start operations in Pleasant Prairie in March after buying a building for its new headquarters on Jan. 23. The company makes natural foods including the “Fresh” brand of dips and...
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Chicago-based Good Foods Group LLC is to start operations in Pleasant Prairie in March after buying a building for its new headquarters on Jan. 23. The company makes natural foods including the “Fresh” brand of dips and...
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1/27/13
City Council backs application to downtown development program
The city of Kenosha is looking to a state program for help with ongoing efforts to improve the downtown area. If approved to participate in the Wisconsin Main Street Program, the city would receive five years...
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City Council backs application to downtown development program
The city of Kenosha is looking to a state program for help with ongoing efforts to improve the downtown area. If approved to participate in the Wisconsin Main Street Program, the city would receive five years...
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1/21/13
Xten partners with Gateway on training
The partnership, partially funded with a $37,000 workforce advancement training grant from the Wisconsin Technical College System, is part of the company’s goal to forge relationships with area educational institutions...
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Xten partners with Gateway on training
The partnership, partially funded with a $37,000 workforce advancement training grant from the Wisconsin Technical College System, is part of the company’s goal to forge relationships with area educational institutions...
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1/18/13
Flurry of real estate activity in Kenosha County
Out-of-state companies drove an uptick in activity for Kenosha County’s distribution centers over the last two months, with two buildings selling, one landing a 135,000-square-foot tenant and two developers planning...
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Out-of-state companies drove an uptick in activity for Kenosha County’s distribution centers over the last two months, with two buildings selling, one landing a 135,000-square-foot tenant and two developers planning...
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1/18/13
Northwoods lease means improvements to Simmons Field
The deal that’s bringing minor league baseball back to Kenosha might just as well be seen as the lease that saved Simmons Field. That’s how longtime caretakers and users of the venerable ballpark see it, as they look...
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Northwoods lease means improvements to Simmons Field
The deal that’s bringing minor league baseball back to Kenosha might just as well be seen as the lease that saved Simmons Field. That’s how longtime caretakers and users of the venerable ballpark see it, as they look...
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1/16/13
Ta Chen to move Midwest distribution center, 60 jobs to Pleasant Prairie
CenterPoint Properties Trust and Wispark LLC are planning to build a 471,043-square-foot distribution center in Pleasant Prairie for Ta Chen International Inc., based in Taiwan. The center would be built...
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CenterPoint Properties Trust and Wispark LLC are planning to build a 471,043-square-foot distribution center in Pleasant Prairie for Ta Chen International Inc., based in Taiwan. The center would be built...
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1/14/13
Trucking, storage firm moving from Sturtevant to Pleasant Prairie
Trucking and warehousing firm APL Logistics has leased 135,000 square feet at a Pleasant Prairie industrial building, and is moving there from Sturtevant. APL's new location is 8123 116th St., at a building...
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Trucking and warehousing firm APL Logistics has leased 135,000 square feet at a Pleasant Prairie industrial building, and is moving there from Sturtevant. APL's new location is 8123 116th St., at a building...
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1/14/13
Meijer moves forward
Bob Mooney, Meijer group vice president for distribution, led the commission on a virtual tour via animated computer video of the fully automated system to be housed in the addition. Mooney said an...
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Meijer moves forward
Bob Mooney, Meijer group vice president for distribution, led the commission on a virtual tour via animated computer video of the fully automated system to be housed in the addition. Mooney said an...
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1/14/13
Large warehouses get approvals from Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission
Two proposed distribution facilities in LakeView Corporate Park — one of 471,403 square feet —won unanimous Plan Commission approval Monday night for the companies’ preliminary site and operational plans...
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Large warehouses get approvals from Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission
Two proposed distribution facilities in LakeView Corporate Park — one of 471,403 square feet —won unanimous Plan Commission approval Monday night for the companies’ preliminary site and operational plans...
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1/10/13
Gateway mulls $49M for projects — Public hearing on referendum tonight
The Gateway Technical College Board is scheduled to make a final decision Monday on a spring 2013 construction referendum. But before moving forward with the $49 million referendum and placing it on the April 2 ballot, the board is...
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The Gateway Technical College Board is scheduled to make a final decision Monday on a spring 2013 construction referendum. But before moving forward with the $49 million referendum and placing it on the April 2 ballot, the board is...Read Entire Story
1/4/13
Kenosha's winter activities are both inside and out
Jelly beans (the kind preferred by President Ronald Reagan), a new Scandinavian bakery, a pair of start-up breweries, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing - to say nothing of the Wilmot Mountain Ski Resort - are all good reasons to...
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Jelly beans (the kind preferred by President Ronald Reagan), a new Scandinavian bakery, a pair of start-up breweries, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing - to say nothing of the Wilmot Mountain Ski Resort - are all good reasons to...
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1/3/13
Carthage College unveils $40M science center plans
Carthage College, in Kenosha, has unveiled plans for a new science center that's expected to offer greater opportunity for innovative science education and further advance the college’s commitment to research for...
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Carthage College, in Kenosha, has unveiled plans for a new science center that's expected to offer greater opportunity for innovative science education and further advance the college’s commitment to research for...
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1/2/13
Meijer selects site for Kenosha store
Meijer Inc. has selected its preferred site for a grocery/retail store in Kenosha, which is expected to open in 2014, according to a recent report in the Kenosha News. Meijer has submitted a concept plan to the city ford...
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Meijer selects site for Kenosha store
Meijer Inc. has selected its preferred site for a grocery/retail store in Kenosha, which is expected to open in 2014, according to a recent report in the Kenosha News. Meijer has submitted a concept plan to the city ford...
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