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The zoning committee endorsed a tax incremental financing district for the $500 million project. It includes relocating 2,000 employees from Franklin.

The Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority board on Thursday endorsed the new tax incremental financing district for the $500 million project.

A Common Council committee endorsed spending $7 million to help finance a $37 million development at HUB640, which also is getting a Kohls store.

The funds would come from property tax revenue tied to the $37 million project planned for the former Boston Store building, now known as HUB640.

No interest period on city loan being extended one year.

The $36 million development is to convert a historic former Sears store, 2100 W. North Ave., into the 80-room Ikon Hotel.

A plan to provide up to $20 million in city financing for Milwaukee Tools new downtown office, which could have up to 2,000 employees, received its first public approval Thursday. But that was only after a labor organization raised concerns about the lack of a community benefits agreement on wages, benefits and working conditions for janitors and other employees of outside vendors at the future office. The Redevelopment Authority board unanimously recommended approval for the financing plan, w...

Share Diamond Council of America (DCA), the nonprofit group that provides distance education in diamonds, gems, and fine jewelry, has appointed Iowa jeweler Chuck Kuba (pictured) as its chairman. He will serve in the role for two years. David Bonaparte, CEO of Jewelers of America, was elected vice chairman, along with Signet executive vice president of store operations Bill Luth. Dan Casanova, vice president of Riddle’s Jewelry, will serve as secretary and treasurer. Kuba is the president and...

RAPAPORT... The Diamond Council of America (DCA) has elected Chuck Kuba to a two-year term as chairman of its board of directors. Kuba, the owner of Iowa Diamond in Des Moines, Iowa, is also on the board of directors of Jewelers of America (JA), and was previously the president of the Iowa Jewelers Association, the DCA said last week. David Bonaparte, CEO of JA, and Bill Luth, executive vice president of global store operations for...