Industries

The Fresh Market, a Greensboro, N.C.-based upscale grocery store chain, will host a career open house today from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Four Points by Sheraton Milwaukee North hotel at 8900 N. Kildeer Ct., Brown Deer.

The metro Milwaukee area’s industrial real estate market had another strong performance in the first quarter of 2012, according to preliminary numbers from Xceligent and the Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin (CARW).

Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group plans to build a 54,000-square-foot speculative industrial building at the southeast corner of South Emmer Drive and Beloit Road in New Berlin.

While City of Milwaukee officials were unable to convince Kohl's to move its corporate headquarters from the suburbs to downtown, downtown Green Bay has just attracted a major headquarters relocation.

Early in my journalism career, a wise old city desk editor took me aside and explained his definition of what qualifies as news.

The Marcus Corp. reported fiscal third quarter net earnings of $734,000, or 3 cents per share, up from a net loss of $2.0 million, or 7 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Kohler Power Systems has acquired Sao Paolo, Brazil-based generator manufacturer Maquigeral.
The acquisition is Kohler's first expansion into South America.

Wisconsin firms raised more than $152 million in early stage funding in 2011, reflecting a record year for angel investments, but a decline in venture capital financing from 2010 totals, according to a report by the Wisconsin Angel Network (WAN).

Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. initiated coverage of the common stock of Roundy's Inc. with a rating of “Outperform” and set a $12 price target for the stock.

Oconomowoc-based First Bank Financial Centre (FBFC) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the retail banking branches of Equitable Bank SSB located in Mequon and Brookfield and the deposits associated with those branches, totaling approximately $53.7 million.