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A historic ice cream factory now provides Milwaukee with affordable housing

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Block, an architect, city planner, and Director of Development with Evergreen Real Estate Group, Chicago, was on a scouting mission to Milwaukee to scope out development opportunities. “It David Block fell in love with the Blommer Ice Cream Company factory the nanosecond he first saw it, seven years ago.

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Art Donation Worth Thousands Will Help Provide Affordable Housing in Wisconsin

Pro Builder

Habitat for Humanity ReStore consulted Hindman Auctions in Chicago, where the auction team confirmed that a few pieces were worth an estimated value of between $25,000 to $35,000, CBS58 reports. It's real, tangible change in Milwaukee." Schmid said. That's what I love about this place.

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2014 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions

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Englewood Construction recently completed a Season’s 52 on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. In our own backyard, numerous Chicago mixed-use construction projects will be going up next year. Also in Chicago, the New City Development at Halstead Street and Clybourn Avenue will break ground with 366,954 square feet of retail.

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In an Inflated Housing Market, Midwest and East Coast Metros Are Holding up the Best

Pro Builder

Markets like Lake County, IL, Albany, NY, and Chicago represent a strong and slow North, where the majority of for-sale homes are still below the national median sale price of $407,000.

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Video: Looking for Labor in Unlikely Places

Construction Equipment

The red and white stripes on the Ozinga Bros mix trucks are a common sight in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas, and now the company is using their familiar colors as a visual cue for their new "Trade Up: Join the Stripes" campaign to attract more workers to a career in the construction industry.

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Business Report: Wisconsin Spurs Milwaukee Redevelopment With Brownfield Grants

Business Facilities

million in brownfield grants to four major redevelopment projects in the City of Milwaukee. million to abate, demolish and remediate an existing structure near Milwaukee’s lakefront. The project is part of the Milwaukee Lakefront Development Plan. The company plans to spend $6.3 site on Juneau Avenue. They help create jobs.

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Weekly Product Gallery: Milwaukee, American Standard, Gerber, Chicago Faucets, FallTech and Pfister

Contractor Magazine

This week's product gallery highlights a vehicle charger for tool batteries, a stainless-steel kitchen sink, a WaterSense-certified dual-flush toilet, a new line of lab fittings, redesigned harnesses for the jobsite, and a kitchen faucet collection. read more.