Greenfire Chief Financial Officer, Brian Kraus, named CFO of the Year in the medium-sized company category by Milwaukee Business Journal. 

Greenfire Management Services LLC had $145.1 million in revenue in the last three years. Go back seven years, and the new firm had two employees and $285,000 in annual revenue.

There is no shortage of activity at the former Pabst brewery. Located on the northwest edge of downtown Milwaukee, the massive complex is hitting the home stretch in its ongoing redevelopment. Four apartment buildings are under construction, including one in the brewery’s massive, former malt house. Staying true to the complex’s heritage and new name, The Brewery, two new breweries are opening in the complex, including one by Pabst itself. And finally, a hotel is under construction at the east end of the complex.

The Milwaukee Common Council unanimously approved city financing and a zoning variance to support the creation of 64 apartments at 1500 W. North Ave. in Lindsay Heights. The project, known as the The Legacy Lofts at the Blommer Ice Cream Factory, would also include first-floor commercial space that would house the Legacy Midwest Renewal Corp.

Greenfire projects – Stitchweld, Vim + Vigor, and the Historic Garfield School/The Griot Apartments – were included in the Milwaukee Business Journal’s list of Milwaukee-area construction projects underway, ranking some of Milwaukee’s largest projects by construction cost. 

Big changes are coming to Bronzeville. A partnership formed by Melissa Goins‘ Maures Development Group and Joshua Jeffers‘ J. Jeffers & Co. is redeveloping the former Garfield Avenue School site into apartments and a new home for America’s Black Holocaust Museum. The development is the most substantial project in the Bronzeville district since the city created a redevelopment plan for the district in 2005.

This year’s Fastest Growing Firms come from various economic sectors, like Boelter Brands LLC, a distributor of licensed, branded sports-related drinkware and other products; contractor Capital Heating & Cooling; construction management firm Greenfire Management Services LLC; and diagnostic testing company Neurotech LLC.

Since 1993 the City of Milwaukee Historic Preservation Commission, the Common Council and the Mayor have issued the Cream of the Cream City awards “to recognize projects large and small which have preserved the rich history of Milwaukee found in its varied architecture from the 19th and 20th centuries. The recipients of these awards have added value to their neighborhoods and Milwaukee by preserving the unique design and character of historically designated properties,” according to its mission statement.

PBDC subsidiary, Greenfire Management Services, honored with two projects recognized at the Daily Reporter's Top Projects of 2016 awards dinner May 16 - the Wgetthta Building at Wgema Campus and the Echelon Apartments at Innovation Campus.

The Wgetthta Renovation at Wgema Campus wins Best Office Renovation in the Milwaukee Business Journal's Real Estate Awards. 

Echelon Apartments at Innovation Campus wins Best New Residential Development in the Milwaukee Business Journal's Real Estate Awards. PBDC subsidiary, Greenfire Management Services, provided the construction management services for this project. 

Marquette University has picked up a piece of real estate in the Menomonee Valley, located a short walk from the school's main campus on West Wisconsin Avenue

There is no better place to get a great view of the construction boom in southeastern Wisconsin than from above. Check out the attached slideshow to get an exclusive aerial look at many of southeastern Wisconsin's largest construction projects underway, including the new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks and Northwestern Mutual's corporate headquarters.

Greenfire ranked #3 in Milwaukee Business Journal's Largest Milwaukee-area based minority-owned businesses.

PBDC subsidiary, Greenfire Management Services, named one of Milwaukee Business Journal's Fastest Growing firms.

Engineering services on the project were provided by Pierce Engineering, Pinnacle Engineering and GZA GeoEnvironmental. General contracting is being led by Greenfire Management Services. Financing is being provided by Associated Bank.

When I say "lion house," I bet you think of the lovely 1851 Edward Diederich House on the lower East Side. I'm thinking, however, of the lion house, also known as George Koch house, 3209 W. Highland Ave., which shares a number of features with its elder brother.

An indoor sports complex, Vliet Street grocery store and public market and a signature public plaza and amphitheater in the Wisconsin Avenue area are among recommendations in a report released Monday for Milwaukee’s near west side.

The former Gallun Tannery site hasn’t looked this active in years. Construction crews are quickly building the first two buildings in the four-building River House apartment complex. The project is being developed by Atlantic Realty Partners on a stretch of N. Water St. just east of the Holton Street Viaduct. General contracting on the project is being led by Greenfire Management Services. The project is expected to be completed in 2017.

Greenfire Management Services ranks 16th in Milwaukee Business Journal's Largest Milwaukee-area Construction Firms, up five spots from last year!