JCP Construction Benefits from the SBA Program

Jalin Phelps

The SBA is a great way to help local, small businesses grow.

Minority-owned construction company benefits from SBA program

It has been a big year for JCP Construction. The minority-owned business started by brothers James, Clifton and Jalin Phelps moved into a new building at the end of November and was named Subcontractor of the Year by The Daily Reporter as part of its 2015 Newsmakers of the Year awards. The Daily Reporter covers Wisconsin’s construction and design industry.

A little more than a year ago, JCP began work on its largest project, the Northwestern Mutual Tower at 720 E. Wisconsin Ave., where it is the prime contractor for waterproofing. The company also is working on the drywall and framing of the building.

Jalin graduated in October from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Emerging Leaders Initiative. The 26-week course helps participants develop a three-year growth plan for their businesses. The course is composed of classroom sessions taught by Gene Wright, director and lecturer of graduate management programs at Milwaukee School of Engineering, guest lectures and peer group meetings, where participants network and discuss plans.

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JCP Grand Opening a Success

The Phelps brothers

Clifton, Jalin and James Phelps were recently featured in the the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Family-owned JCP Construction stays nimble, keeps growing

Sitting on metal folding chairs in an empty upstairs room of a two-story office building just north of downtown Milwaukee, the Phelps brothers offered their vision for how their new offices will look.

Starting later this month, the space will begin to become the new home of JCP Construction, a growing, African-American, family-owned business headed by James, Jalin and Clifton Phelps. Renderings show a plain 20th-century office transformed into a sleek 21st-century design hub.

“It’s all going to be opened up and have glass coming in here and a nice feature wall, so it’s going to be nice,” said Jalin, JCP’s 32-year-old vice president of field operation and the youngest of the brothers.

The Phelps brothers said it took years to grow JCP from a small construction firm operating out of their parents’ home to one that’s working on large projects around the state, including the Northwestern Mutual tower downtown. The company has 37 employees and annual revenue of $5 million to $7 million.

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JCP in Milwaukee Commerce article

Pete’s Fruit Market Coming to MLK Drive

Pete's Fruit Market

JCP Construction is joining MEDC, Vangard Group and Engberg-Anderson to revive Martin Luther King Drive and North Avenue. Pete’s Fruit Market will help bring fresh produce to the area and additional grocery shopping options to the local area.

General Mitchell International Airport Gets Makeover

General Mitchell International Airport Baggage claim

JCP is thrilled about this new article posted on WISN.

Mitchell International reveals new baggage carousels

Carousels part of $45 million renovation

Travelers at Mitchell International Airport Tuesday saw the end of what airport officials said were some much-needed renovations.

The last set of remodeled baggage claim carousels, numbers four and five, will be unveiled. Until the renovations, the baggage claim area hadn’t seen any changes since the 1980s.

Read more about the improvements to General Mitchell International Airport here.

JCP is Expanding

JCP sign

We are excited about our upcoming expansion at JCP. Read more about it in the Milwaukee Business Journal article here.

JCP sign