Helgesen News
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
JANESVILLE - Jeffrey Helgesen's life is all about challenges.
His two sons from a first marriage are Navy SEALs. One just returned from his third tour in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the other remains in Iraq.
His father, with whom he's had a rocky relationship, suffers from dementia.
And the developer's largest Janesville tenant has flown the coop, leaving Helgesen with a massive hole in his commercial real estate portfolio.
One challenge after the next, he worries about them all.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
JANESVILLE -- Those at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport are looking to lease more space to help offset potential drops in revenue.
"It's going to be a tough year," said Director Ron Burdick.
The total budget for the airport is around $700,000 this year, with the tax levy being $417,000. The airport typically receives about $300,000 from the various businesses that rent space and pay fees.
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Monday, October 1st, 2008, Logistics Insight Corp. (LSI) called Helgesen Development Corp. (HDC) to advise that GM was shutting down the Janesville plant and would no longer need HDC's 700,000 square foot assembly & distribution warehouse to supply auto parts for the Janesville GM Assembly Plant after December 2008.