State hopes to woo Abbott Labs
Governor to discuss economic package
By TOM DAYKIN
tdaykin@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Feb. 28, 2006
Global pharmaceutical maker Abbott Laboratories Inc.'s long-range plans to expand into southeastern Wisconsin are expected to be the subject of a Thursday announcement by Gov. Jim Doyle.
Abbott recently bought almost 500 acres west of I-94 in Kenosha County. Sources said Tuesday that Doyle will discuss a state financing package to help Abbott acquire additional land for its planned development in Pleasant Prairie, a few miles north of the Wisconsin-Illinois border.
Abbott anticipates using the Kenosha County site for future growth, company spokesman Jonathan Hamilton said, but Abbott does not now have any specific development plans in place for the property.
