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The long-anticipated opening of the BMO Tower is here, and while at least one tenant is already moving in, anchor tenant BMO Harris Bank says it is holding off due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Milwaukee developer Zilber Property Group is proposing to redevelop the former Dairyland Greyhound Park dog track into a 240-acre mixed-use project consisting of manufacturing, residential, office and retail uses.

Several Republicans in the state Legislature are criticizing the move by Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday to extend his ‘Safer at Home’ order for the state to May 26, in an attempt to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has extended his Safer at Home order to May 26, while easing a few restrictions on some businesses. 

As the coronavirus, and the economic fallout created by the response to the virus, have hit the United States, many have sought comparisons to prior downturns.

Coronavirus-related cancellations of events booked by VISIT Milwaukee have resulted in an estimated $47 million in lost economic impact for the region, president and chief executive officer Peggy Williams-Smith said Wednesday. 

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced today that it will close its Patrick Cudahy dry sausage and bacon plant in Cudahy for two weeks, beginning later this week. Some employees at the plant have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus, the company said.

German industrial automation implementation firm Beckhoff Automation LLC plans to open an office this summer at the Global Water Center in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood.

Wisconsin Small Business Administration lenders have approved more than $7 billion in loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program.

Twin Disc’s products generally allow it to continue operating, but Batten said it is challenging to be productive with uncertainty from a number of sources.