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Two Deals, One Stone
CHALLENGE Increasing e-commerce and food distribution demand was stressing manufacturer Pratt Industries’ production capabilities. Pratt, the fifth largest corrugated packaging company in the United States, had outgrown its satellite distribution facility and needed to expand into at least 100,000 square feet....
New Report Provides Insight into Beloit Economic Trends and Development Opportunities
Beloit200, in association with the Greater Beloit Economic Development Corporation (GBEDC), has released its 10-Mile City Report, a snapshot of recent data and market trends related to Beloit. Recognizing that no city is a vacuum, the report’s name comes from its use of data from a geographic area starting in...
ShopKo Plaza Acquired by Texas Firm
By Austin Montgomery, Stateline Business Journal   BELOIT — ShopKo Plaza in Beloit has been sold and the new owner has partnered with a West Allis real estate firm to determine what’s next for the financially challenged shopping center.   The 10.9-acre property was acquired by Stafford, Texas-based Key Star...
Inside The Global Race To Deliver A Vital Radioactive Isotope Used To Detect Cancer
JANESVILLE, Wis. — In a cornfield here, past the shuttered General Motors plant and the Janesville Terrace trailer home park, a facility not seen in the United States in three decades could soon rise: a manufacturing plant that will make a vital radioactive isotope used to detect cancer and other potentially fatal...
Janesville-Beloit MSA Named Among Top 40 Best-Performing Small Cities for 3rd Straight Year
Recent booms for United Alloy and other local companies have kept Janesville among the top 40 best-performing small cities in the U.S. for three straight years, according to a report released this month by California economic analyst Milkin Institute.   The Milkin report shows the Janesville area has surged ahead of...
Town of Beloit Ready to File Incorporation
TOWN OF BELOIT — Officials will submit the town’s incorporation petition on Monday, the first legal step to becoming the Village of Riverside. On Thursday, Town Administrator Ian Haas confirmed that Monday is the date incorporation attorney Stan Riffle will file the petition with the Rock County Circuit...
Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears & Associates Negotiates Portfolio Sale in Beloit
Janesville, WI–Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears & Associates is pleased to announce the recent portfolio sale of three industrial buildings and one office building, totaling 247,214 square feet, located in the industrial park in the town of Beloit, Wisconsin. “The properties are all leased by the...
Report Highlights Economic Gains
(Rock County, WI) According to the quarterly release of the 2017 Rock Ready Index, the Janesville-Beloit MSA’s economy continues to gain steam. Highlights from the Q3 report include the following: For the fifth quarter in a row, the average annual Unemployment Rates for the County / State / U.S. remained below five...
LEASED: 1900 Sutler Ave
The Wisconsin Department of Administration has leased 4,500 SF at Morgan Square in Beloit, WI. Mandy Witt represented both parties in the transaction.
Beloit Strip Center Fully Leased
Mandy Witt has successfully negotiated a lease for the remaining 1,656 SF at a 3-tenant strip center in Beloit. This retail building is now completely occupied!