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particular have kept him close to home as an anchor tenant in diane s iron tech incubator. i was born at beloit hospital. my dad went to beloit memorial high school. my grandpa worked in this building, actually, for a company called beloit corporation for 42 years. being part of the rebirth of this town s economy is a point of pride. not everybody wants to move to california or boston or new york. i mean, they re great communities. they re great cities. but it s also nice here in the midwest. they didn t just fix it up. they elevated it to chicago high-end office smpace and the companies started coming in. we re actually going to rent 20,000 square feet from them next year. just signed the lease. steve eldred is the fourth generation owner of beloit national bank. he says the enthusiasm has energized business owners like himself to expedite and refine earlier renovation plans begun
by his father and others 20 years ago. i may own a building across the street. she ll call and say, you need to renovate your building. so then i ll renovate a building or two buildings. then i call her and say, you need to renovate one across the road from me. it becomes very competitive. that sounds like somebody i know. his name is steve. we compete a little bit. and it s fun. a little bit of that kpe fissitigs is great. it s helped things grow even further. rob is the president and ceo of hendricks commercial properties, the real estate arm of diane s sprawling business interests. he says beyond the refurbished buildings, tech tenants also require an updated main street. definitely it s not just fixing up an old building. that s the easy part. having the restaurants, having the gift shops, having the hotels is highly important. you need to bring the employees and put life within those buildings. and that s the key won t that