Reinhart FoodService announced plans 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

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