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On Thursday morning business leaders and stakeholders from across the region gathered to learn how to prepare Milwaukee County for the changes ahead at event.

Groundbreakings don’t typically take place in December, at least not in Milwaukee, but executives from Houston-based Hines, contractors, and city officials, didn’t want the year to end without celebrating the start of the firm’s 31-story Third Ward apartment tower.

With an economic future clouded by inflation, supply chain issues, and the possibility of recession, commercial real estate professionals across the globe could be excused for feeling, if not uneasy, then perhaps less confident than they did in late 2021, when the lifting of most pandemic restrictions fueled an optimism in a return to office, retail, and entertainment establishments.

BizTimes Media recognized the fastest growing privately-owned businesses in southeastern Wisconsin during Thursday's Future 50 program.

After a two-year hiatus, the Future 50 program returned this year to recognize the fastest growing privately-owned businesses in southeastern Wisconsin.

A $7.5 million grant from Wells Fargo to boost homeownership among Milwaukee families of color, would be spent on acquiring homes, down payments, and financial counseling for would-be homeowners.