Economic Development

Signarama Milwaukee has acquired Design Craft Signs of Hales Corners.

The acquisition of Integrys Energy Group Inc. by Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp. has been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Milwaukee-based Corvisa LLC has acquired Codebox, a web-based developer Integrated Development Environment.

“It's A Seller's Market: How Long Will It Last?” will be the theme of the 2015 BizTimes M&A Forum.

ACTS Housing has named Michael Gosman executive director as the Milwaukee nonprofit's former leader, Carl Quindel, launches a for-profit company aimed at helping aspiring homeowners succeed in a rent-to-own program.

Leo Ries, longtime executive director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s Milwaukee office, will move on from the organization at the end of April to explore a new personal and professional direction.

The Port of Milwaukee today reported 2014 net income of $1.5 million, up from $1.4 million in 2013. Those proceeds are returned to the city of Milwaukee.

U.S. Highway 41 has officially become part of the Interstate System, and is now known as Interstate 41.

In an effort to advocate for Milwaukee’s African American-owned business community, father-daughter team Curtiss Harris and Lynn Harris Farmer have launched a digital directory of black-owned businesses in the area.

Southeastern Wisconsin economic indicators continue to operate at a high level, with nearly three-quarters of local factors tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) pointing in a positive direction in February.