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Light industrial is all the rage for e-commerce.
As an industrial real estate broker in one of the country’s hottest submarkets, Patrick Turner sensed opportunity when he heard a news report announcing the closure of a national-brand bakery complex near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
“A light went off in my head,” says Turner, a vice president in the Rosemont, Illinois, office of Colliers International. “When you’re talking about urban infill, you can’t just go out and find 10 acres [4 hectares] anywhere around the airport. It just doesn’t happen.”
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Local potters are about to get fired up about a new venture located between Amery and Star Prairie. Mark and Barbara Lusardi approached the Polk County Environmental Committee to obtain a permit for Potter’s Without Kilns (PWK).
A conditional use permit was approved unanimously and will allow the PWK studio...
What do fintechs do all day?
“That’s the million-dollar question, right?” says Jackson Mueller, associate director at the Milken Institute’s Center for Financial Markets. He defines fintech as “the use of technology in the provision of financial products and services.” Among the sector’s characteristics, he says, are:
The...
Marie Nett has a new job on her hands, and it’s a big one. As of the first of 2020, the familiar face at the Rice Lake Cedar Mall is the new property manager.
She replaces Gregg Morgan, who left the position at the end of last year.
Nett...