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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Embattled trucking company Yellow Corporation revealed the number of layoffs that have happened in Wisconsin. While the company cut jobs all over the state, the hardest hit areas were in Winnebago and Milwaukee counties, the Dept. of Workforce Development website showed.The layoffs were reported to the state labor agency on Tuesday, according to DWD’s list of new job cuts. Yellow stated the cuts had occurred approximately two weeks earlier, toward the end of July.
Ken Notes: The silver lining is that most if not all transit companies in Wisconsin are looking for employees.
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Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate will start construction on three new industrial warehouses totaling nearly 1.2 million square feet in southeast Wisconsin. All the developments are being built on a speculative basis.
HSA Commercial’s new developments include:
- Highland Commerce Center of Somers – Burlington Road and Interstate 94, Somers, Wisconsin:
- OakView II Industrial – 10551 S. Oakview Parkway, Oak Creek, Wisconsin:
- 150 West Oakview Industrial – 150 W. Oakview Parkway, Oak Creek, Wisconsin
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The Oak Creek Common Council approved a purchase sale agreement Tuesday for land in pursuit of the right manufacturing development.
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Despite nearly two years of cancellations and postponements in various industries, developers and suburban municipalities continued hosting discussions this year to advance mixed-use project proposals and apartment complexes.In areas like Brookfield, Greendale and Oconomowoc, the potential uses for vacant buildings and undeveloped properties are being addressed by municipal acquisitions and rezoning considerations.
- Bayside...
- Brookfield...
- Glendale...
- Greendale...
- Oak Creek...
- Oconomowoc...
- Wauwatosa...
- New Berlin...
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Colorado developer Bradbury Properties is planning two large developments along Howell Avenue in Oak Creek to make its entry into the Wisconsin market, including self-storage units and a to-be-determined project near the airport...
...“As we studied various new acquisition and development opportunities, we have been very impressed with how Oak Creek is emerging as a high-level community with its impressive new town center and the area’s solid job base,” Bradbury wrote.
For Ken`s Note...
All Oak Creek Articles From WDN Here...
...Full StoryKen Notes: We should look at what communities like Oak Creek are doing to attract business and jobs and share this with other communities in the state. A simple best practices data base makes sense, I should point out that WisconsinDevelopment.com is searchable and has a decade or more of articles in our archives see the link above for an example.
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Downtown has two apartment towers under construction, with a third high-rise to break ground in a year. Here`s a closer look.
Milwaukee`s Beerline Trail in Harambee, Riverwest could be getting a key development: a restaurant and a trail way station
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Wingspan Development Group has closed its WDG GP Fund to further expand its multifamily development business. The WDG GP Fund anticipates a 15 percent to 20 percent-plus annual return over five years.The $11.7 million fund will participate in the equity of three projects, including Niche at North Hyde Park near the University of Tampa; HUB13 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin; and The Ruby at Brookfield Square in Brookfield, Wisconsin. The fund expects to deploy all its capital into these projects during the next 30 to 60 days. Wingspan currently has more than $200 million in multifamily projects under development across several Chicago suburbs, Southeast Wisconsin and Central Florida.
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A 218-unit, 10-building luxury multifamily development could be coming to Oak Creek.The city’s common council reviewed a concept presented by David Decker of Decker Properties at its Sept. 7 meeting for the property at 8100 and 8146 S. 27th St. and 8100 S. Orchard Way.
The council unanimously approved an ordinance to rezone the parcel from the current A1 Agricultural and B4 Highway Business to RM1 Multifamily with a planned unit development.
The project has been in the works for a few years, according to Ald. Ken Gehl.
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MILWAUKEE, WI. JULY 6, 2021 –The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) is assisting a pilot program to help workers fill in the “last mile” between public transit and their jobs in the Milwaukee area.
WEDC is providing $31,700 to the Regional Transit Leadership Council (RTLC) to develop a plan, which will be completed by the spring of 2022, to bring last mile service on a pilot basis to Brookfield/New Berlin and Franklin/Oak Creek.
“WEDC is excited to support this innovative approach to connecting workers with jobs,” said Missy Hughes, WEDC secretary and CEO. “As we work to get everyone off the sidelines and into jobs, we know that access to robust transportation is a significant factor in workers’ decisions whether to take a job and businesses’ decisions whether to locate or expand here. Last-mile solutions are one of the keys to getting workers to jobs and keeping communities thriving.”...
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The property in Oak Creek is slated for completion by fall 2022.
Wingspan Development Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. have started construction on its 300-unit community south of downtown Milwaukee.
The joint venture expects to deliver the first units of its community, Hub13, by the end of 2021 and to complete the project in fall 2022.
The garden-style community will have its units spread across nine two- and three-story buildings that offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 582 to 1,380 square feet. Hub13’s amenities will include a fitness center, yoga studio, clubhouse, pool, dog park and coworking offices. Residents will also be able to access their units and the amenities through their mobile phones with the community’s technology and safety system.
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ICAP Development purchased 24,000 square feet of office space at 1220 S. Prairie Ave. in Waukesha, Wisconsin.Ben Anderson, Brandon Ciebell and MacKenzie Krueger of Colliers brokered this transaction.
Colliers also brokered a transaction involving St. Croix Hospice LLC. The hospice leased 2,775 square feet of office space at 8825 S. Howell Ave. in Oak Creek, Wisconsin...
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OAK CREEK — Premium dog food company Stella & Chewy’s LLC is planning a $67.7 million project that will expand its facility in Oak Creek and is expected to create 245 jobs during the next three years.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation has authorized up to $2 million in state income tax credits over the next three years to support the expansion.
The actual amount of tax credits Stella & Chewy’s will receive is contingent upon the number of jobs created, according to Wednesday’s announcement...
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Oak Creek`s Stella & Chewy`s To Get Tax Credits For Expansion
...Full StoryKen Notes: WEDC is in at about 8K per job. I like this number and it is in tax credits not up front investment which I also like, no jobs no credits.
I still wish we had a global policy for every new job at an established pay and benefits level. As it stands, we give select new and expanding companies credits, but others offering the same jobs and benefits get nothing. In my thinking a new job is a new job regardless if it is one or one hundred...
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Milwaukee developer F Street Group is rolling out a plan to turn a 66-acre brownfield site on Lake Michigan into a residential neighborhood with more than 600 housing units in Oak Creek.The project, called Lakeshore Commons, will mark the culmination of years of cleanup work at the city’s formerly industrialized lakefront area.
Ken Notes: Wow, talk about lemonade from lemons, this development is a shining example of what can be done with a challenging property.
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The four-story, 2.6 million square foot Amazon distribution center is located in the Ryan Business Park in Oak Creek.
OAK CREEK, WI — Amazon is now starting to hire 1,500 people for its distribution center in Oak Creek.
"Amazon is currently hiring for management positions at our new Oak Creek fulfillment center, and we will be hiring for associates and specialists soon," said Kirsten Wenker, an Amazon spokesperson in a JSOnline report.
Officials in Oak Creek finalized a deal in November 2018 to bring the $200 million Amazon fulfillment center to the city with the promise of 1,500 new full-time jobs by the end of 2021.
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Pet food maker Stella & Chewy’s plans to add nearly 140,000 square feet of space to its Oak Creek headquarters and add 100 jobs over the next three years.The Oak Creek Plan Commission approved the project at its meeting Tuesday.
Stella & Chewy’s plans call for a 104,090-square-foot addition on the east side of the current building, located at 111 W. Oakview Parkway, just west of South Howell Avenue. Another 35,156-square-foot addition is planned for the west side of the facility.,,
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An Illinois developer that plans to build a 300-unit apartment project near I-94 and Drexel Avenue in Oak Creek has acquired the 35-acre site for $2.85 million, according to state records.
Located at 7851 S. 13th St., northwest of West Drexel Avenue and South 13th Street, the development site was acquired by an affiliate of Mount Prospect, Illinois-based Wingspan Development Group.
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Developer has similar projects in Chicago area
A 101,200-square-foot, two-story indoor sports facility is being proposed at the northeast corner of Drexel Avenue and Interstate 94 in Oak Creek.
According to city documents, the building would provide indoor sports and training facilities that cater to soccer, baseball, football, lacrosse and cheerleading. It will also offer before- and after-school activities, a full-service daycare and availability for events such as parties and tournaments.
Additionally, the facility will have space for up to eight commercial tenants on its first floor. No specific tenants were named.....
The four-story, 2.6 million square foot structure is currently under construction in the new Ryan Business Park in the City of Oak Creek
OAK CREEK, WI — City officials in Oak Creek are hosting two public hearings over the next couple of weeks as Amazon seeks a sign variance to post a larger-than-allowed sign on the front of their 2.6 million square foot building currently under construction in the Ryan Business Park.
Current sign ordinances in Oak Creek state that wall signs cannot be more than 200 square feet for building more than 300 feet from the street.
According to city documents, Amazon is seeking the following signs:...Ken Notes: As a Mayor I often used my sign ordnance to get improved landscaping, wayfinding support, and other win win options. What`s on the table???
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The newly-announced project calls for a two-phase hotel with conference and event center development on about five acres south of IKEA.
OAK CREEK, WI — The first significant neighbors to Oak Creek`s IKEA campus are on their way after city officials approved a development with Stand Rock Hospitality to construct two hotels starting in 2020.
On Dec. 3 the City of Oak Creek Common Council approved a development agreement with Stand Rock Hospitality for the first project south of the IKEA store. Wisconsin`s first IKEA store opened in May 2018...
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A hotel and conference center development could be in the works on land Northwestern Mutual controls south of the Ikea store in Oak Creek.
Oak Creek’s Common Council on Tuesday will consider a development agreement with an affiliate of Wisconsin Dells hotel operator Stand Rock Hospitality for that land. Separately, city officials have studied the potential for a new conference center on a portion of the vacant property between Drexel Avenue and the Ikea store.
A source familiar with the discussions confirmed an event center would be part of the newest proposal....
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Wilderness Resorts Developer Plans 2 Hotels Near Oak Creek IKEA
Ken Notes: Destination is the the new face of retail.
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Developer ModHome is proposing a $22 million housing development in southern Oak Creek.
OAK CREEK, WI -- A public hearing will be held Tuesday, June 18, as Oak Creek officials consider a developer`s plans to create an 87-home single-family residential condominium development along S. Howell Ave.
Citing
the Amazon fulfillment center project currently under construction in
Oak Creek and the $10 billion Foxconn electronics plant being built in
Mount Pleasant, developer ModHome is proposing a $22 million housing
development in southern Oak Creek...
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The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. has awarded up to $7.5 million in tax credits to Amazon.com for job creation and capital investment for any investments Amazon makes in Wisconsin, including the company’s new $200 million Oak Creek distribution center.
The actual amount of credits the company will receive is contingent on the number of jobs created and the amount of capital investment the company makes through 2024, WEDC said Monday. All tax credits are “pay as you grow,” which means the company must create the jobs and invest the capital before it can receive any credits...
...This is the second time in recent years WEDC has provided tax credits to Amazon. Previously, Amazon committed to its Kenosha project that opened in 2014, and secured a combined $32.3 million in incentives from the state of Wisconsin and city of Kenosha....
...Full StoryKen Notes: I do not have a problem with offering incentives to Amazon, I just wish we had a program for EVERY growing business in the state to benefit from expanding their workforce. It has to be frustrating for a small Wisconsin firm wanting to bring on two or three employees to see big brother get millions.
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Development in Oak Creek is proceeding at breakneck speed. Here are the 10 biggest developments from 2018.
OAK CREEK, WI -- If you`ve lived in Oak Creek for your whole life, you might feel that the mass-scale development that has been happening in Oak Creek over the last several years is transforming your city into something unrecognizable.
There have been big changes to Oak Creek High School and area schools, there`s been the creation and expansion of a city center and retail district, several new retailers have moved into the area, and now we`re seeing new large companies landing in Oak Creek...
Ken Notes: They get Economic Development...
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National Health Investors, Inc. (NHI) has entered into an agreement to
finance the development of a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Oak
Creek, Wisconsin, near Milwaukee, for a commitment of $25,350,000 with a
9.5% initial yield. The yield earned during construction will be
capitalized into NHI’s investment. The initial funding under the
commitment totaled $4,700,000 and construction is underway and expected
to be completed in the 2 nd quarter of 2020. A 12-year lease term begins
post-construction with two 10-year renewals and a 2.0% annual
escalator. In addition, there is a $2,000,000 earn out based on the
operator meeting certain operating metrics in 2024 and 2025. The
facility, Ignite Medical Resort Oak Creek, will be operated by a tenant
entity owned by affiliates of Villa Healthcare (“Villa”) and Ignite
Medical Resorts (“Ignite”)... ...Full StoryKen Notes: Senior healthcare will be among the fastest growing market segments for the next two decades. Also the market will need to redefine the retirement market to take into account a much more robust group of individuals.
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Stella and Chewy’s, a natural pet food manufacturer, is planning an expansion of its Oak Creek facility and headquarters, which is expected to produce $30 million in capital investment over the next three years and create 82 new jobs for the Milwaukee area according to an announcement made by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Oct. 23, 2018. These plans for expansion come as the company has experienced significant growth internally and in its customer base.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has supported the project by authorizing up to $500,000 in state income tax through 2021. Stella and Chewy’s will lease a new building as part of this expansion, and purchase new machinery and equipment, according to Walker. The actual amount of tax credits Stella & Chewy’s will receive is contingent upon the number of jobs created and the amount of capital investment during that period...
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Bear Development has purchased 103 acres of vacant land in Oak Creek according to a press release from Colliers International|Wisconsin.
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Oak Creek could spend between $22 million and $30 million to help finance a new business park, which might land developments tied to Foxconn Technology Group`s new factory complex.
Ryan Business Park is expected to have buildings totaling 1 million to 3 million square feet on 85 acres south of West Ryan Road, between South 13th Street and the Canadian Pacific railroad tracks...
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Would bring more than 1,000 jobs to city
Online retail giant Amazon is planning to build a 2.5 million-square-foot, four-story warehouse and distribution facility that would bring more than 1,000 jobs to Oak Creek, according to sources.
The project, being called “Project Arrow,” would be built in the Ryan Business Park, which is being developed by Pewaukee-based Capstone Quadrangle and Fox Point-based General Capital Group southeast of South 13th Street and West Ryan Road, just east of I-94.
Amazon’s logo has a large, curved arrow.
Project Arrow consists of the “development of and construction of a commercial warehouse and distribution facility serving as an internet retail fulfillment center,” according to plans submitted by Brookfield-based Pinnacle Engineering Group to the state....
...Full StoryKen Notes: Wisconsin is almost perfect for Midwest distribution. Almost?? -- Yep almost, as items become larger rail will be needed for just in time large item distribution and our corridor needs work.
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Northwestern Mutual laid out a vision showing the high potential for the 27 acres between West Drexel Avenue and Wisconsin’s first Ikea store that will open in a month....
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Setup at the IKEA store in Oak Creek, which will be the furniture
retailer`s first store in Wisconsin, remains on track ahead of the May
16 grand opening.
Store manager Samantha Gravina showed TODAY`S TMJ4 around the more than 290,000 square foot facility Tuesday afternoon.
Once through the main entrance, shoppers will first notice a series of room displays showing what the furniture for sale looks like in different room settings.
"You can feel what it might look like in your home, and be inspired," Gravina said.
Gravina said many of the room displays are nearing completion.
Ken Notes: May 16th ohmmmmmmmmmmm.....
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Construction of a new shopping center could start this summer on Drexel Avenue in Oak Creek, opposite Interstate 94 from Ikea’s first Wisconsin store...
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Construction is beginning in Oak Creek, Wisc., on a huge FedEx truck terminal opposed by nearby residents.
An affiliate of Lexington, Ky.-based Setzer Properties has purchased the 48.6-acre development site, at 500 Opus Drive, from Opus Development Co. for $2.35 million, according to state real estate records posted Sept. 18.
Setzer Properties has been awarded the contract to develop the building, according to the company. It is scheduled to be completed in winter 2018.
FedEx ranks No. 2 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest North American for-hire carriers...
...Full StoryKen Notes: We do have the potential to be the Midwest hub for distribution and warehousing. This will require some infrastructure improvements, planning, and site development.
It is too bad we did not develop the MKE-MSP rail corridor when we had the chance. As Amazon becomes where you buy a refrigerator, couch, car, or house the current system will have to change.
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Milwaukee-area soda company Black Bear Bottling Group LLC will close permanently, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announced Wednesday.
The company at 2025 S. Branch Blvd. in Oak Creek will cease operations on Sept. 15, affecting about 76 workers, according to the department.
The department and the Employ Milwaukee Rapid Response team will offer services to the workers, according to a news release from the DWD...
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Oak Creek`s IKEA store will put southeastern Wisconsin on "the world stage" and is already attracting interest from other businesses that want to locate nearby, Mayor Dan Bukiewicz said.
Noting that the popular home furnishings retailer has only 44 stores in the United States, Bukiewicz, in a brief address to more than 100 people gathered Thursday at the construction site for the store`s groundbreaking ceremony, suggested that bringing IKEA to town was akin to adding a professional sports team to a community....
...Full StoryKen Notes: I have often talked about destination retailers and their stimulus on a market. We will see the impact of this in Oak Creek, now Madison needs a destination retailer or attraction...
Attention Madison, why not put a REGIONAL TIF package together for Foxconn offering: Land, Infrastructure, Transit, Housing, Recreation, and more. Partner with communities like Madison, Verona, Fitchburg, Sun, Middleton and others including townships and the county(s). Find 1,000+ acres and allow all the communities to become players and partners, each providing a piece of the puzzle. It amazes me that a CAFO can find thousands of acres to dump cow !@#$ yet our territorial competitiveness keeps us from working together to create great projects, parks, and other systems...
Excuse the rant, but when I see the The Research Triangle in North Carolina and others I just shake my head...
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Amid one of the most tumultuous decades in the history of U.S. retailing, a new wrinkle will be added Thursday when ground is broken on Wisconsin`s first IKEA store.
Twenty-nine acres along W. Drexel Ave. near Interstate 94 in Oak Creek are about to be transformed into what could become one of the most popular retail destinations in the state...
...Full StoryKen Notes: I for one can`t wait... Ohmmmmmm....
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OAK CREEK, Wis. - Ikea store leaders said the plan to put an Ikea in Oak Creek next year is on track.
Home furnishing retailer Ikea said in a news release Wednesday that it chose Pepper Construction to manage the development project.
The store in Oak Creek will feature 50 inspirational room settings, three model home interiors, a supervised children’s play area, and a 300-seat restaurant serving Swedish specialties, like meatballs with lingonberries, as well as American dishes. Other family-friendly features include a Children`s IKEA area in the showroom, baby care rooms and play areas throughout the store.
...Full StoryKen Notes: ohmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... P.S. Madison!!!!!
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RACINE COUNTY — Jerry Franke, president of Wispark, Wisconsin Energy Corp.’s development arm, announced Monday that he will retire effective June 15.
Franke joined Wispark in July 1988 and has been president since October 2000. During his time with Wispark, major real estate development projects have included Gaslight Pointe in Downtown Racine, GrandView Business Park in Yorkville, the recently started DeBack Farm Business Park in Caledonia, LakeView Corporate Park and Business Park in Pleasant Prairie, Drexel Town Square and OakView Business Park in Oak Creek, and other commercial real estate developments and investments in southeast Wisconsin....
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Oak Creek, WI. Feb. 7, 2017- Report Exec, an incident reporting and safety management software company founded by a former Oak Creek police officer, has expanded its operations and relocated to a new office in Oak Creek.
The company, which has developed an innovative application that results in more efficient and accurate public safety incident reports, has experienced significant growth in recent years and has outgrown its former office building in Franklin. Officials at Report Exec, which grew by 27 percent last year and now has more than 1,200 customers worldwide, said remaining in the area was an important factor in the company’s search for a new home.
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MILWAUKEE, WI — The Milwaukee Business Journal has named the owners of Sendik`s Food Markets as its 2016 Executives of the Year and Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi as Municipal Executive of the Year. The group is honored for their key roles in continuing the economic development boom in southeastern Wisconsin.
Sendik’s owners and siblings Ted Balistreri, Nick Balistreri, Patrick Balistreri and Margaret Harris have taken a family-owned business that originally started as a fruit and vegetable stand and turned it into a major competitor in the Milwaukee-area grocery store market, the Business Journal says.
...Full StoryKen Notes: I would love to team up the Millers, Metcalfes, and Balisteris up for the perfect Wisconsin Marketplace!
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Marriott Development of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, will be launching a 120,003-square-foot speculative industrial building in 2017 in the OakView Business Park in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
The 220-acre park is located at Howell Avenue and Oakwood Road in one of the fastest growing communities in the state of Wisconsin. Marriott has hired the Cushman & Wakefield|Boerke industrial Team of Jeff Hoffman and Chad Vande Zande as the exclusive leasing firm for the assignment, and MSI General of Nashotah, Wisconsin, as the design-build contractor.
The OakView Business Park is located within one of the most dynamic industrial markets in southeast Wisconsin. The Mitchell Airport market encompasses roughly 21 million square feet and is currently sitting at a cycle low vacancy rate of 2.79 percent. Major occupiers that have recently committed to the area include GE Healthcare, Joy Global, Menasha Corp, Stella & Chewy’s, All States Trucking and the game-changing announcement of iconic retailer IKEA.
...Full StoryKen Notes: Spec industrial! We may be back??
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Aurora Health Care is planning to build a $17 million, 30,000-square-foot health center at Ryan Road and Howell Avenue in Oak Creek.
The urgent care clinic would be built at 200-228 E. Ryan Road and 9444-9454 S. Howell Ave. The site currently houses an existing three-story building and two smaller adjacent structures. Aurora plans to demolish the two smaller buildings along Howell Avenue and renovate the larger, three-story building to suit the needs of the future clinic, according to documents submitted to the city...
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Brookfield-based developer Somerstone LLC has
received approval from a judge to purchase 23 acres of land across
Interstate 94 from Ikea’s future home in Oak Creek for $4.4 million from
a court-appointed receiver.
Somerstone was the only buyer to come forward with a bid on the property. On Wednesday, a motion hearing was held in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on the bid and Judge John DiMotto granted the sale....
...Popular furniture retailer Ikea will be the anchor of a large mixed-use development across I-94 from the site, on land west of the freeway owned by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. The Swedish retailer will open a 295,000-square-foot, single-story store on 29 acres in the summer of 2018....
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OAK CREEK -- Oak Creek has pushed development forward in a big way, and the Milwaukee Business Journal is taking a deep dive into what has happened and what`s in store for the south shore community.
According to the Business Journal`s report, the city of Oak Creek has been busy over the last few years, building Drexel Town Square, bringing in businesses, and attracting the state`s first Ikea store. But the activity doesn`t stop here. Wispark`s OakView Business Park continues to grow, and the city is opening hundreds of acres of lakefront property as another added amenity.
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Black Bear Bottling Group LLC is planning an addition that would more than double the size of its facilities at 9770 S. 20th St. in Oak Creek.
The proposal would add 65,000 square feet to the existing 48,253-square-foot warehouse and office, with the option to build a 39,000-square-foot addition in the future. The proposal would add four loading docks and require the extension of 20th Street to the south...
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The Waters Senior Living development at Drexel Town Square in Oak Creek could be the first of many in the Milwaukee-area for the Minnesota-based senior living apartment developer.
This week, the city of Oak Creek approved selling 2.5 acres of land to Minnetonka, Minnesota-based The Waters Senior Living, so the company could build a senior living facility with up to 140 apartments. The site is across the street from Oak Creek’s new city hall at 8000 S. Market St.
Brian Schack, associate developer at The Waters, said the company, which has developed and operates seven senior communities in the Twin Cities metro area and Rochester, Minnesota, has been looking at the Milwaukee area for more than a year.
He said the tenant mix in Drexel Town Square made Oak Creek the perfect fit.
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MILWAUKEE -- They look like rafts that might have been launched by children intending to float away the summer.
But the large rafts towed onto an Oak Creek storm-water pond this week are the aquatic equivalent of a Roomba, the vacuum-cleaning robot that works on its own.
Three artificial islands, loaded with native wetland plants, are floating in one pond at Emerald Preserve off S. 6th St., where they will work year-round to cleanse storm water of nutrients and other pollutants, officials said...
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Since opening its first Wisconsin sub shop in 2012, Firehouse Subs has been red hot, prompting the Jacksonville, Florida, company to plan at least a dozen more stores in the market over the next three years.
The fast casual chain will open a location in the White Stone Station retail development in Menomonee Falls and in Brown Deer this year. Restaurants are also planned in Pewaukee, Delafield, West Allis, Greenfield, New Berlin, Grafton, West Bend, Oak Creek and two in Waukesha.
...Full StoryKen Notes: Love the hot sauces....
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The Oak Creek Common Council has approved a proposal for $13 million in city financing help for Wisconsin`s first Ikea store.
The council voted 5-1 Tuesday night to approve the development agreement...
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The screams of joy that you heard from southeastern Wisconsin shoppers early Thursday were due to the early morning confirmation that Ikea would open its first Milwaukee-area store along Interstate 94 in Oak Creek.
...Full StoryKen Notes: This is going to cost me a fortune, I chant when I go by the Chicago store.... Ohmmmmmmm.... Madison?
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WiRED Properties is planning more retail building development in the Main Street portion of Drexel Town Square in Oak Creek.
WiRED Properties, has the land between Sixth Street and the PetSmart property on Drexel Avenue under contract, and will submit plans to the city of Oak Creek within 60 days to construct three new buildings...
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Executives from Oak Creek-based Master Lock Co. have been touring a handful of office buildings in downtown Milwaukee considering a possible move of the company’s headquarters back to the city, according to several sources.
The iconic company has toured at least three sites downtown including Schlitz Park, the former Laacke & Joys site and the former Milwaukee headquarters of Extendicare Health Services at 111 W. Michigan St....
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Manufacturer opts to buy instead of expand across from Drexel Town Square
It is just a two minute drive and less than a mile away, but the building that Oak Creek-based Metalspun Products Co. plans to move to will allow for an expansion that just didn’t make sense with Drexel Town Square being developed across the street from its current location....
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GE Healthcare plans to open its largest and most advanced repair center in Oak Creek, relocating operations from a building near the airport in the City of Milwaukee to a 280,000-square-foot facility at 120 W. Opus Drive...
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In November, the city revised its long-term comprehensive plan so 60 of the 128 acres Northwestern Mutual owns in Oak Creek could be developed, said Doug Seymour, community development director.
Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi said Northwestern Mutual is actively trying to find partners for the property and he expects an announcement this spring.
He said the development could include retail, office and residential....
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