(Milwaukee, WI) Cara Spoto, BizTimes Phoenix Investors, which is developing 500,000 square feet of industrial space in Beloit, is just one of several institutional investors that are putting their money into industrial development projects in the Janesville-Beloit...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette In November, Jonathan Kahn plans to unveil Letgo N Play, a new, Lego-focused toy store at the mall; and it will likely be the only toy seller in town where people can hang out in the shop and put together Lego sets. When it...

(Beloit, WI) Sara Myers, BDN This fall semester, Beloit Memorial High School introduced a new program called Craftsmen with Character, which is a job shadow/job skill course that partners with multiple local businesses including Frito Lay, Edgerton Gear, CCI, The...

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette A Minnesota developer plans to fill most of the former Crazy Joe’s furniture store in downtown Janesville with climate- controlled self-storage units to serve a growing downtown apartment market. MORE INFO

(Milton, WI) Ryan Spoehr, AGP The city of Milton has annexed about 79 acres of land from the town of Milton along North Vickerman Road and Highway 59.  MORE INFO

(Janesville, WI) Neil Johnson, Gazette The city of Janesville’s newest tax-increment district is at Center Avenue and Highway 11 on the south side—a swath of land the city hopes will at least be home to a 1.5-million-square-foot hydroponic strawberry greenhouse. MORE...

(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN An ordinance allowing smaller house sizes in the city was approved recently by the city council. Homes can be built narrower than 25 feet and less than 1,000 square feet under the new ordinance, which was approved by the council...

(Beloit, WI) Clint Wolf, BDN PlayMonster, the game and toy making company based in Beloit, came home this weekend with a national Toy of the Year award in the Specialty Toy category. MORE INFO

(Beloit, WI) Jacob Roushia, BDN Renovation work at the Colonel Robert H. Morse Library on the Beloit College campus is expected to be complete by the summer of 2024. MORE INFO

(Edgerton, WI) Ryan Spoehr, APG The Edgerton Hospital Healing Garden has for years been a place of tranquility. Now, it’s also a place of growth—for tomatoes, sun gold cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and white eggplant. Earlier this year, the hospital started...