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Real Estate Spotlight: How a series of catalytic projects transformed Westown from a dead zone into a downtown hot spot If you were shopping for office space in downtown Milwaukee 10 or 15 years ago and asked to look for a space west of the Milwaukee River, your broker would probably have tried to talk you…

Groundbreaking Held for Future Germantown Public Works Facility Project partners from GRAEF and Moore Construction Services posed for a photo with Germantown Village Administrator, Steve Kreklow. The village of Germantown broke ground on a new Public Works facility on Dec. 2. The groundbreaking was held at N104W12703 Donges Bay Road. The 140,000-square-foot facility will cost…

Marcus Center’s Newly Unveiled Exterior Upgrades The Marcus Performing Arts Center held an indoor unveiling of its renovated Community Grounds, which included a rededication of its War Memorial. The Marcus Center’s master plan, announcing interior and exterior renovations, was released in 2018. To create the plan for the 1969 venue, at 929 N. Water St., the…

ASCE Wisconsin Honors GRAEF Founder Luther Graef  ASCE Wisconsin Section Board has decided that the Individual Merit Award – Engineer in Consulting Practice is now renamed as follows: Luther Graef Individual Merit Award for Engineer in Consulting Practice. Lou Graef was the last surviving partner of GRAEF, formerly known as “Graef, Anhalt & Schloemer” which…

Fromm Buys Downtown Dog Park Naming Rights and Announces Riverfront Taproom In addition to buying the naming rights for a new riverfront dog park under I-794 – as first reported here last year – Fromm Nieman Brands, which owns Fromm Family Pet Foods and Foxtown Brewery in Mequon – has purchased the adjacent vacant lot…

GRAEF President and CEO, John Kissinger Named the University of Wisconsin-Madison 2022 Distinguished Achievement Award Recipient GRAEF is proud to announce that our President and CEO was named the 2022 University of Wisconsin-Madison Distinguished Achievement Award recipient. Congratulations, John!   An excerpt from the College of Engineering: We are honoring John Kissinger MSCEE ’83 (BSCE/SE…

100-story tower to break ground in Downtown Miami A 1,049-foot-tall tower will officially break ground in Downtown Miami on Oct. 27. GRAEF is proud to be providing civil engineering on this historic project. The proposed 100-story Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami at 300 Biscayne Blvd. is among at least five Miami projects that aim…

Wisconsin Department of Transportation Cuts Ribbon on New WIS 23 Corridor in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan Counties Governor Tony Evers today joined WisDOT and community leaders to celebrate the new WIS 23 corridor in Fond du Lac and Sheboygan counties. The long-awaited completion of this project makes travel safer for all modes of transportation…

Milwaukee Public Schools Hosts River Trail School Urban Forest Ribbon Cutting Milwaukee Public Schools (October 6, 2022) – A ribbon cutting and tree planting at River Trail School on October 6 is marking the opening of installations that will help capture stormwater and irrigate a small forest of about 100 shrubs and trees. The upgrades…

GRAEF Moves Green Bay Office to Downtown District GRAEF is proud to announce that our Green Bay office location is moving to the Adams Street Garage building in Green Bay’s Downtown District. Our Green Bay team was located at their previous office space at the Baeten Farms Executive Office Park for nearly 30 years. “As…