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Contract Award

PBDC subsidiary, Advancia Corporation, received award notice for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Environmental and Occupational Safety and Health (EOSH) contract.

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Crews Continue Work on the River House Apartments

Crews continue their work Feb. 15 at the River House Apartments project in Milwaukee. Milwaukee-based Greenfire Management Services is the construction manager on the project, which will see two 248-unit apartment buildings of roughly 190,000 square feet each. Phase 1 of the project is expected to continue through the summer of 2017.

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Affordable South Side Lofts a Success

Greenfire Management Services, LLC., a Native American-owned business, was brought in to construct the building. According to Greenfire senior project manager Mike Timmers, 42 percent of the work contracted out for the project went to minority-owned businesses.

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Friday Photos: 46 Apartments Plus a Climbing Gym

Belay Apartments rises along the river near the Beerline, with residences and recreation. Design is being handled by Johnsen Schmaling Architects. General contracting is led by Greenfire Management Services with Pinnacle Engineering, Pierce Engineering and GZA GeoEnvironmental assisting with the project.

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Urban spelunking: A former Concordia campus renovation update

Last spring, we went inside the former Concordia College campus in the Concordia neighborhood west of Downtown and saw some really cool buildings. The Forest County Potawatomi has since begun work on some of the buildings. Here are some photos of the ongoing work.

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Urban spelunking: Former Concordia College campus

Standing amid the surviving buildings of the old Concordia College, it's easy to imagine what an inviting campus this was back in the day. Low-rise buildings - most of them in that collegiate gothic style that shouts "university" - surrounded the quad on all four sides, creating an intimate, protective environment. These days, most of the buildings survive and they're owned by the Forest County Potawatomi, which has plans to renovate the entire campus.

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