40 Under 40 honorees: Part three

Join the Washington Business Journal during April as we honor 40 of the region’s top young professionals with the return of the 40 Under 40 program. Each Monday, we’ll announce 10 honorees who have displayed business excellence while maintaining a commitment to the community.

Take a look at the second set of 10 honorees, presented in random order in the slideshow to the right. These leaders are already making headlines — or soon will be.

To qualify, recipients must live and work in the Washington…

Milwaukee's Coolest Offices: Zizzo Group offers lot of open space, community events: Slideshow

Lots of open space for meetings and hangout, along with a ping-pong table — those are just two of the highlights of Zizzo Group Marketing Inc.’s 3rd Ward Milwaukee office. Check out the attached slideshow to see photos of the unique office space.

The firm moved to the office at 207 N. Milwaukee St. in 2013 from an office building on West Wisconsin Avenue. Zizzo Group bought the first two floors of the six-story building to move its offices there and lease other space to start-up companies.

“One…

BFC turns to subsidiary for $80M loan for BBX share purchase

BFC Financial Corp. didn’t have to look far to finance its purchase of BBX Capital Corp. shares: A company it has majority ownership of promised it an $80 million loan.

Fort Lauderdale-based BFC (Pink Sheets: BFCF) previously offered shareholders of Fort Lauderdale-based BBX Capital Corp. (NYSE: BBX) $20 each to purchase up to 4.77 million shares. Costing up to $95.5 million, the offering would bring BFC’s ownership of BBX from 51 percent equity to 81 percent equity.

The issue is who would…

U-Haul will open store in former Harley-Davidson plant

U-Haul plans to convert a former Harley-Davidson Inc. plant in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin into a new store offering truck and trailer rentals.

The project will bring the building back into use. It has been empty since July 2011, when Harley shut down production operations there as part of a major restructuring. Harley sold it to U-Haul for $5.25 million.

U-Haul, based in Phoenix, will renovate the space, creating a retail showroom and self-storage facility in addition to truck rental operations, according…

New warehouse planned for Amherst

Plans by an Amherst developer to construct a nearly 70,000-square-foot distribution/warehouse center is being hailed for filling a major need.

With warehouse and distribution space in tight supply across the region, developer Allen Steinberg, through his 445 Creekside LLC affiliate, has filed paperwork with the Amherst Building Department to construct a 68,450-square-foot center on Creekside Drive. No tenants have been signed yet, said Robert Cowing, a broker with Pyramid Brokerage Co. of Buffalo…