Industries

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced late last week that New Haven, Conn.-based Pickard Chilton will be the design architect for the new office tower that the company plans to build at its downtown Milwaukee headquarters campus.

The owners of Milwaukee's Asian Market plan to build an 80,000-square-foot public market/community center at 6300 N. 76th St. on Milwaukee's northwest side.

Stein’s Gardens & Gifts plans to open a store in the Hawks Nursery property at 12217 Watertown Plank Road in Wauwatosa.

Home sales in the four county metro Milwaukee area continue a stead rise.

Betty Brinn Children's Museum, currently located at O'Donnell Park, might be relocated to The Couture, a proposed 44-story mixed use building that would be constructed near the downtown Milwaukee lakefront.

A team of developers, led by Wispark LLC, this week unveiled detailed architectural renderings for the Drexel Town Square project in Oak Creek. Hundreds of residents attended an open house to see the plans.

Seider Heating & Plumbing of Milwaukee and Waukesha has purchased Mohrhusen & Associates in Menomonee Falls.

BMO Harris Bank announced that it has hired Ross Kohl to lead its Small Business Administration loan program efforts in Wisconsin, Arizona, St. Louis and Kansas.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has announced several key economic development initiatives aimed at improving the business climate and encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation.

Milwaukee-based Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. (MGIC), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corp., announced that James Karpowicz, CFA, senior vice president, chief investment officer and treasurer, will retire, effective March 1.