Industries

At a meeting of the Milwaukee Public Works Committee today, a new car service came under scrutiny.

Denver-based Frontier Airlines today announced it will add service from Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport to Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing, N.J., beginning June 13.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual today announced it will pay a record $5.2 billion dividend to policyowners. Most of that payout will be used to purchase additional coverage.

A new nonprofit has been formed by the board of Bradley Center Sports & Entertainment Corp. to support the services, programs and capital needs of the BMO Harris Bradley Center as the community evaluates its future.

Whole Foods has made it official: the Austin, Texas-based retailer of natural and organic foods will open a store at The Mayfair Collection development in Wauwatosa.

An affiliate of New York-based Sentinel Real Estate Corp. recently purchased the 79,228-square-foot office building in Brookfield that was leased last year to FedEx, which will move the headquarters of its SmartPost division there from New Berlin.

West Plam Beach, Fla.-based Digity Companies LLC recently acquired a 7.5-acre property in Pleasant Prairie that includes the radio station offices and studios for rock station WIIL FM 95 WIIL Rock and news talk station WLIP AM 1050. The property was sold by Englewood, Colo.-based NextMedia Group Inc. for $1.1 million.

Marcus Theatres, a division of Milwaukee-based The Marcus Corp., announced today that is plans to do a complete renovation of its Marcus Sheboygan Cinema, located at 3226 Kohler Memorial Dr.

Milwaukee-based Fiduciary Real Estate Development Inc. recently purchased 5 acres of land and a vacant 9-unit condominium building northwest of Appleton Avenue and Good Hope Road in Menomonee Falls from Milwaukee-based Weas Development for about $3 million, according to state records.

Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, a new specialty grocer, announced that it plans to open stores in Milwaukee and Brookfield.