Gigacrete midwest business startup project - northwest side community development corporation (NWSCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to gigacrete midwest, a manufacturer of…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Northwest Side Community Development Corp $800,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Community Services Block Grant Discretionary Awards program (CFDA 93.570) to provide a loan to GigaCrete Midwest, a manufacturer of modular home systems, for launch operations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The loan finances new equipment, construction buildout costs, and working capital for GigaCrete Midwest to operate a 32,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Milwaukee's 30th Street Corridor. GigaCrete manufactures a modular construction system that eliminates the need for timber and most traditional building materials, producing homes substantially less expensive than those built using conventional construction practices. The facility is projected to manufacture up to 300 affordably priced American-made homes per year on vacant lots in Milwaukee and create 29 full-time, permanent manufacturing jobs, 22 of which will be filled by individuals with low income. Employees receive competitive starting wages, wage growth and advancement opportunities, paid time off, dependable hours, and wrap-around services including financial literacy training, childcare access, transportation assistance, and homebuyer preparation. The project targets Milwaukee's Northwest Side, where poverty rates reach 27.6%, substantially above national and state averages.

Period of performance runs from the award date through September 29, 2028. Place of performance is Wisconsin.

Gigacrete midwest business startup project - northwest side community development corporation (NWSCDC) will use $800,000 in CED funds to provide a loan to gigacrete midwest, a manufacturer of modular home systems, in milwaukee, wisconsin. Gigacrete, INC. Is an established USA manufacturing business that has created a new modular construction system which eliminates the need for timber and most other traditional building materials, offering homes substantively less expensive than those made using traditional construction practices. The loan will finance new equipment, support construction buildout costs, and provide working capital for gigacrete midwest to launch operations in a 32,000 square foot manufacturing space at an existing industrial facility in milwaukee's 30TH street corridor. Once launched, gigacrete midwest will create full-time, permanent manufacturing jobs for residents of milwaukee's northwest side, which faces poverty rates of 27.6%, much higher than the national and state average. The space will also result in to 300 new affordably priced american-made homes per year on vacant lots in milwaukee. Employees of gigacrete midwest will have many benefits: access to public transit, competitive starting wages, wage growth and work advancement opportunities, paid time off and dependable hours, and wrap-around services with a focus on financial literacy and capability, access to childcare, transportation, and homebuyer preparation. The project will create 29 jobs, 22 of which will be filled with individuals with low income.