A large downtown affordable apartment building and a Riverwest development that combines housing with a center for food entrepreneurs have both received preliminary financing approvals.
The 140-unit Michigan Street Commons would be built on around 7 acres bordered mainly by North Lovell, North 10th, West Michigan and West Clybourn streets.
Meanwhile, the 91-unit Riverwest apartments and food accelerator is planned for the 1100 block of East North Avenue, just west of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee s RiverView Residence Hall.
They are among 10 Milwaukee County apartment developments that are receiving state and federal affordable housing tax credits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
Battlebox Studios store and gaming lounge in Milwaukee s central city was facing plunging revenue in spring 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
One year later, the small, Black-owned business is on more solid ground and is planning to expand by purchasing an adjacent warehouse and vacant lot from the city. It s turning into a hub, said Bryant Wilcox, who operates Battlebox, 5431 W. Lisbon Ave., with his wife, Joyce Wilcox, and son, Bryant Adams.
Battlebox has agreed to buy a 2,100-square-foot vacant lot at 5413 West Lisbon Ave., and a two-story, 4,100-square-foot warehouse located just behind the lot, at 2510 N. 55th St.
That s according to a new resolution pending before the Common Council.
Milwaukee-based disinfectant wipes maker Rebel Converting LLC has purchased a Saukville warehouse and will convert it into a manufacturing facility.
Rebel Converting bought the former Calibre Inc. warehouse at 655 N. Dekora Woods Blvd. in Dekora Woods Business Park. The 98,732-square-foot facility sold for $5.75 million, the company announced Tuesday.
The company will move one of its wet wipe production lines, with 70 jobs, from its Milwaukee headquarters to the new building. The company also operates another facility in Dekora Woods Business Park, at 700 N. Progress Drive.
This latest expansion comes after Rebel nearly doubled its space by purchasing a 95,000-square-foot facility at 11225 W. Heather Ave., in Milwaukee’s Towne Corporate Park, in May.