The Mount Pleasant Village Board recently approved an agreement to encourage additional commercial development along Highway 20 where the new Advocate Aurora Health medical center will be built. The $228 million medical center will be constructed on an 86-acre site close to I-94 and Highway 20. Construction is expected to begin in September, with a grand opening anticipated in early 2022. Read more in the Racine Journal Times.

Recently, Foxconn Technology Group and its contractors released a Request For Proposal (RFP) inviting companies to bid for work on another building on the company's Mount Pleasant advanced manufacturing campus. The work outlined in the RFP relates to the construction of a building to house the North American headquarters of Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii), the industrial internet arm of the company. As reported by the Milwaukee Business Journal, Fii "focuses on automation a

As reported by the Racine Journal Times, City of Racine Mayor Cory Mason will be hosting several events in a series called "Smart City September," where he will celebrate innovation, answer questions, brainstorm ideas and reintroduce Racine as a center of innovation. “Innovation hasn’t stopped, it continues to occur and we plan on building on that innovation that’s happened here for a long time,” Mason said. “Innovation continues in this community and we want to celebrate the

On July 31, Foxconn and its construction manager Gilbane | Exyte announced another round of bid awards to eight subcontractors located throughout Wisconsin. The combined total contract value for this bid package exceeds $15 million. Subcontractors included in this round of awards include: GESTRA Engineering, Inc. - Milwaukee CD Smith Construction - Fond du Lac Spancrete, Inc. - Waukesha Daigle Brothers, Inc - Tomahawk Lee Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Inc. - Kenosha Sta

Progress continues on Foxconn Technology Group's advanced manufacturing campus in the Village of Mount Pleasant. As seen in the Milwaukee Business Journal, new aerial images show construction progress, including the foundation and footing work begun in June. View the full gallery in the Milwaukee Business Journal.