Industries

The strong pace of existing home sales in Wisconsin continued in April, with 10 straight months of double-digit sales growth, according to the latest report by the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA).

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) announced that it has purchased the 113,617-square-foot Nagawaukee Shopping Center in Delafield for $15.1 million.

The Milwaukee office of Opus Development Corp. announced that a Hallmark Gold Crown store will occupy the final space of its Shoppes at Fox River Phase I retail development in Waukesha. The store will occupy a 3,368-square-foot space.

Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc., which last year acquired Bucyrus International Inc., plans to expand its presence in the Milwaukee area, according to commercial real estate sources.

The precarious futures of the Bradley Center and the Milwaukee Bucks have been the focus of many public conversations in recent weeks, and deservedly so.

Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc., a designer and manufacturer of generators and other engine-powered products, announced today it is adjusting its previously disclosed recapitalization plan in light of recent financing market conditions.

Outpost Natural Foods has opened a new Outpost Market Café at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in downtown Milwaukee.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Associated Bank a Certificate of Achievement for assisting the department and the Rural Development Guaranteed Rural Housing Program in 2011.

PS Capital Partners LLC has moved its offices to 758 N. Broadway, Suite 910, Milwaukee.

Pewaukee-based Waterstone Mortgage Corp. hosted its first-ever national mortgage processors conference from May 6 to 8 at the Milwaukee Hilton.