Industries

More good news for the recovering housing market: home sales in the metro Milwaukee area increased by 30 percent, year-over-year in the month of May, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).

Connecture Inc., which recently moved its headquarters from Atlanta, Ga., to Pewaukee, has signed a 10-year lease and will move again to a larger office in the Brookfield Lakes Corporate Center in Brookfield.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. is working on renovation plans for the 153,720-square-foot office building at 733 N. Van Buren St. in downtown Milwaukee. Northwestern Mutual has a contract to purchase the building from Van Buren Building Company, which is owned by developer Joel Lee. The deal is expected to close later this year.

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TDS is adding to its presence in the information technology field with the purchase of Vital Support Systems, a Des Moines IT company, for $45 million.

Pewaukee financial advisory firm Ellenbecker Investment Group has launched a Money Sense Smartphone app, making it one of the first financial planning and consulting firms to do so.

Saz’s Hospitality Group expanded its catering service throughout Waukesha County and west to Madison with its newest division, Saz’s Catering Lake Country.

Racine-based Johnson Bank has hired and promoted several employees.

William D. Goodman, CPA, president of Schenck SC in Brookfield, has received a Distinguished Career Award from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Modest gains were posted in metro area economic indicators for April as 12 of 23 monthly indicators tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) improved from year-ago levels.