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Home sales in January were down 3.2 percent from a year earlier in the 4-county metropolitan Milwaukee real estate market, according to the latest report from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors. There were 846 homes sold in the area in January compared to 874 a year earlier.

Proposed legislation that would define the location of the Milwaukee shoreline, and therefore determine where private development can be built downtown near the lakefront, is based largely on a 1927 state Supreme Court ruling, according to state Rep. Joe Sanfelippo, R-West Allis, the lead sponsor of the Assembly version of the bill.

Wauwatosa-based real estate development firm Irgens announced today that it has secured a $71 million first mortgage loan commitment from a consortium of four banks to finance the development of 833 East, a 17-story office tower that it plans to build near the lakefront in downtown Milwaukee.

United Natural Foods Inc. will build a $37.8 million distribution center in Prescott, a project expected to create up to 314 new jobs over three years.

In the run-up to Valentine's Day, the NCAA is offering 10 percent off on remaining tickets for the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship games to be held in Milwaukee March 20-22.

Menomonee Falls-based Connected Technology Solutions, an interactive kiosk design and creative marketing company, has signed a new agreement with Reston, Va.-based QuadraMed Corporation.

Aurora Health Care has named Gerard Colman chief operating officer and Mike Lappin chief administrative officer.

The Obama administration is giving employers with 50 to 99 employees an additional year to comply with the Affordable Care Act or face fines.

Recent indicators point to stronger economic growth in Wisconsin for the coming year, following moderate expansion in 2013, according to the bi-annual U.S. State Monitor Report from BMO Economics.

While it was set in the early 1900s, the estate planning lessons learned from an event on Downton Abbey can apply today.