Reinhart FoodService announced plans Tuesday to consolidate its La Crosse offices, moving 164 employees - and as many as 50 new workers - into the downtown building once home to the G. Heileman Brewing Co.
CEO John Roussel said the 35,000-square-foot campus at 100 Harborview Plaza will house staff for the company's 27 national food distribution centers, including three in Wisconsin. The company has begun recruiting for about 50 new positions.
By the time the move is finalized next month, La Crosse businesses will employ 2,500 people along the downtown riverfront.
Factoring for growth plans, that could eventually grow to 4,000 downtown jobs, said James Hill, executive director of the La Crosse Area Development Corp.
The Reinhart move brings the Harborview building back to full occupancy three years after the departure of Business Objects.
Roussel said the new office space - with an open floor design that affords views of Riverside Park and the Mississippi River - will serve as a magnet to help the company attract and keep local college graduates in the city where the company started.
Gesturing to the eagle sculpture in the park given to the city by Reinhart founder D.B. Reinhart, Roussel said he hoped it would continue to serve as an inspiration to employees.
"We want the college grads to say ‘this is a cool place to work,'" he said. "We want to be the employer of choice."
Gov. Scott Walker joined
La Crosse Mayor Matt Harter at a press conference in hailing the office development as a boon for the state and western Wisconsin and a credit to the state's work ethic and business-friendly climate.
With a total investment of about $2.6 million, Reinhart will be eligible for up $700,000 in tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., a new public-private entity that replaced the Department of Commerce.
LADCO began working with Reinhart a year ago to find a suitable location. Hill said it was fitting that the company will return to an area that its founder helped develop.
Built in 1979 as the Heileman headquarters, 100 Harborview Plaza was the first building of a riverfront redevelopment project that includes the La Crosse Center and the Radisson Hotel, which was built by a group of investors headed by D.B. Reinhart.
Gail Cleary's late husband, Russell Cleary, built the former Heileman headquarters. The family later bought the building back from Stroh Brewery Co. and leased it to a software company that is now part of SAP Labs-La Crosse, housed in the Riverside Center.
The Cleary family undertook a major renovation in 2010 and had leased space to Mutual of Omaha Financial Advisors and the 4 Sisters Wine Bar & Tapas restaurant.
"Our family is so excited and committed to be part of the revitalization of downtown La Crosse," said Gail Cleary, who noted the building's connection with so many La Crosse workers. "And it's going to start all over again."
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CEO John Roussel said the 35,000-square-foot campus at 100 Harborview Plaza will house staff for the company's 27 national food distribution centers, including three in Wisconsin. The company has begun recruiting for about 50 new positions.
By the time the move is finalized next month, La Crosse businesses will employ 2,500 people along the downtown riverfront.
Factoring for growth plans, that could eventually grow to 4,000 downtown jobs, said James Hill, executive director of the La Crosse Area Development Corp.
The Reinhart move brings the Harborview building back to full occupancy three years after the departure of Business Objects.
Roussel said the new office space - with an open floor design that affords views of Riverside Park and the Mississippi River - will serve as a magnet to help the company attract and keep local college graduates in the city where the company started.
Gesturing to the eagle sculpture in the park given to the city by Reinhart founder D.B. Reinhart, Roussel said he hoped it would continue to serve as an inspiration to employees.
"We want the college grads to say ‘this is a cool place to work,'" he said. "We want to be the employer of choice."
Gov. Scott Walker joined
La Crosse Mayor Matt Harter at a press conference in hailing the office development as a boon for the state and western Wisconsin and a credit to the state's work ethic and business-friendly climate.
With a total investment of about $2.6 million, Reinhart will be eligible for up $700,000 in tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., a new public-private entity that replaced the Department of Commerce.
LADCO began working with Reinhart a year ago to find a suitable location. Hill said it was fitting that the company will return to an area that its founder helped develop.
Built in 1979 as the Heileman headquarters, 100 Harborview Plaza was the first building of a riverfront redevelopment project that includes the La Crosse Center and the Radisson Hotel, which was built by a group of investors headed by D.B. Reinhart.
Gail Cleary's late husband, Russell Cleary, built the former Heileman headquarters. The family later bought the building back from Stroh Brewery Co. and leased it to a software company that is now part of SAP Labs-La Crosse, housed in the Riverside Center.
The Cleary family undertook a major renovation in 2010 and had leased space to Mutual of Omaha Financial Advisors and the 4 Sisters Wine Bar & Tapas restaurant.
"Our family is so excited and committed to be part of the revitalization of downtown La Crosse," said Gail Cleary, who noted the building's connection with so many La Crosse workers. "And it's going to start all over again."
Source:http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/2746a18c-fa0f-11e0-b7c3-001cc4c03286.html
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