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Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., one of the world’s largest commercial real estate brokerage firms, today established an office in the Milwaukee area.

BizTimes Media is accepting nominations for its annual Health Care Heroes Awards, which honor people in southeastern Wisconsin who are making a difference on the front lines of health care.

Marcus Hotels & Resorts, under the Milwaukee-based Marcus Corporation, has expanded its Artist-in-Residence program from The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee to the corporation’s Hotel Phillips in Kansas City, Mo. and the Skirvin Hilton in Oklahoma City, Okla., according to an announcement by The Marcus Corporation Wednesday.

A 45-foot Ferris wheel is being assembled inside ACUITY’s corporate headquarters in Sheboygan in preparation for the company’s “Cirque du NICU,” a fundraiser to be hosted by the property and casualty insurer on Oct. 13.

Startup Weekend, a three-day entrepreneurial initiative devoted to the development of new area companies, will host its first event Friday, Nov. 9, through Sunday, Nov. 11, at Marquette University’s Discovery Learning Complex, 1637 W. Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee.

Green Bay-based Shopko Stores announced today that chief operating officer Mike Bettiga has been appointed interim chief executive officer of the company, effective immediately.

Amtrak announced today it carried more than 31.2 million passengers in fiscal year 2012 ending Sept. 30, marking the highest annual ridership total since the rail system started operations in 1971 and the ninth ridership record during the last ten years.

Madison-based Central Storage & Warehouse Company plans to build a 36,800-square-foot expansion on to its facility at 7800 95th St., Pleasant Prairie.

CBRETuckaway Homes LLC purchased 6.29 acres at 37th Street and Edgerton in Greenfield from Old Tuckaway Associates Limited Partnership.13550...

CBREGags and Games Inc. leased 14,000 square feet of space at 8581 S. Howell Ave., Suite 350, Oak Creek,...