GRAEF adds Johnson Controls exec Grady Crosby to its board
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Grady Crosby Milwaukee-based engineering, planning and design firm GRAEF-USA, Inc. announced this week that it has added Grady Crosby, vice president of public affairs and chief diversity officer for Johnson Controls, to its board of directors. At…
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GRAEF-USA, Inc. announced this week that it has added
Grady Crosby, vice president of public affairs and chief diversity officer for
Johnson Controls, to its board of directors.
At Johnson Controls, Crosby is responsible for setting the strategic direction for corporate affairs and diversity and inclusion for the company and its foundation.
Plus: A recap of the week s real estate news. By Jeramey Jannene - May 23rd, 2021 08:08 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Wisconsin Center expanded exhibition hall. Rendering by tvsdesign and Eppstein Uhen Architects.
The Wisconsin Center District is pushing forward on its bet that large, in-person gatherings will return by 2024. The first site work on a $420 million expansion project will start in July. Formal construction will begin in January and take approximately two years.
The district board was briefed on the effort by the project team during its Friday morning meeting.
“Where we are now is we’ve completed schematic design. We’re in the design development phase,” said
Site work on downtown Milwaukee s $420 million convention center expansion is expected to begin in early July.
That s according to a project update presented at a Friday board meeting of the Wisconsin Center District, the state-created public agency which operates the Wisconsin Center convention facility.
The expansion will double the facility s space giving it the ability to host two major events at the same time.
Construction work is likely to start in January.
But work to prepare the development site will start this summer, said Mike Abrams, senior director at CAA Icon, the Denver-based firm hired by the center district to oversee the project.