Market Insights

The E.J. Dalton Stateline Boys and Girls Club building at 1851 Moore St. may soon have new owners. The Boys and Girls Club soon will be moving to its new facility and the new owners of the Moore Street building hope to offer community events and programs.

Hyvee announces it’s intention to buy the former Shopko building in Janesville.

As bids are set to close Thursday on a fire sale auction of both major pieces of the 250-acre former General Motors plant in Janesville, property records show the property’s St. Louis-based owners already have quietly closed on the sale of a small sliver of the massive site.

Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears & Associates represented both sides in a two-part sale that turned a former supermarket into a new Kwik Trip on Janesville's east side.

The Rock County Development Alliance has released its Rock Ready Index for the third quarter. Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears & Associates' Managing Broker Bill Mears highlights notable points from the economic development dashboard.

Chicken sandwich chain Chick-fil-A has announced its location at 2627 Humes Road on Janesville’s east side opens Wednesday.

The city of Janesville is laying the groundwork for a potential $4.5 million industrial land expansion along its south-side business corridor.

It will likely take upward of a year of work, but the Janesville City Council’s 5-2 vote to move the proposed indoor sports and convention center at Uptown Janesville into its design phase is being viewed as the kick-start for a $25 million to $28 million proposal officials are calling “transformative.”

Economic development officials in Rock County agree: Supporting regional growth by fostering cooperation between municipalities, coupled with sound private commercial and residential development strategies, are central to the county’s growth into the future. Regional growth relies on many factors, from land availability to the area’s current labor pool and projects aimed at attracting new residents to the area, but Rock County Development Alliance Executive Director James Otterstein said the three main ones are access, affordability and amenities.

The Ho-Chunk Nation’s Beloit casino and resort project took a major step forward when Gov. Tony Evers ruled in favor of the project’s proposed site being declared trust land for the tribe.