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Mandel Group Inc. says the second phase of its North End development, located along the Milwaukee River on the north side of downtown Milwaukee, is already 70 percent leased, another sign of the strength of the downtown apartment market.

West Falls Center LLC, led by investor Brian Nelson, recently purchased the seven-story, 42,000-square-foot office building at 101 Falls Road in Grafton from Chicago area investor Mike Thiakos.

Parks advocacy group Preserve Our Parks this week sent a letter to Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele threatening to file a lawsuit to prevent development of The Couture, a proposed 44-story mixed use building, on the current site of Milwaukee County's Downtown Transit Center, located southwest of Lincoln Memorial Drive and Michigan Street near the lakefront.

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele plans to veto the development agreement approved last week by the County Board for an extended stay hotel at the Innovation Park development in Wauwatosa in an attempt to eliminate wage requirements for the project, Abele spokesman Brendan Conway said.

Colliers International|Wisconsin and Inland Companies today announced plans to move its Milwaukee offices from the former Pabst brewery complex in downtown Milwaukee to the 17-story office tower proposed by Wauwatosa-based Irgens at 833 E. Michigan St. in downtown Milwaukee.

The Obama administration reportedly will delay a key plank of Obamacare that will require large businesses with more than 50 employees to provide adequate health care insurance or pay penalties.

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Orion Energy Systems Inc., a Manitowoc-based power technology enterprise, announced today it has completed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding equity interest in Harris Manufacturing Inc. and Harris LED LLC. Harris Manufacturing and Harris LED, located in Green Cove Springs, Fla., engineer, design, source and manufacture energy-efficient lighting systems, including fluorescent and LED lighting solutions and day-lighting products.

Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. announced that two of its veteran bankers, Brian Doyal and Brian McDonagh, will assume the position of co-head of Global Investment Banking, effective Jan. 1, 2014.

Advanced Disposal, an integrated environmental services company, has completed the acquisition of Sheboygan Waste Materials Co., further expanding the company's eastern Wisconsin footprint.