Real Estate

Home sales in the four county metro Milwaukee area increased 13.4 percent in April to 1,610 homes sold, compared to 1,420 homes sold in April of 2014, according to the latest report from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.

Galbraith Carnahan Architects will move its office from 9730 W. Bluemound Road, near the Milwaukee County Zoo, to a building at 6528 W. North Ave. in Wauwatosa.

Milwaukee-based multi-family housing development firm Mandel Group Inc. will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, May 20 to celebrate the start of construction for its Adventure Rock apartment project.

Kristina Ropella, Ph.D., will stay at the helm of Marquette University’s Opus College of Engineering as its permanent Opus Dean, university president Michael Lovell, Ph.D., announced on Tuesday.

Potawatomi tribes from Wisconsin and Michigan have agreed to form an architecture, engineering and construction services joint venture.

Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. notified state officials this week that it will close the Pick ‘n Save store at 2210 Rapids Dr. in Racine on June 27.

Grand Rapid, Mich.-based Meijer is adding West Bend to the growing number of southeastern Wisconsin communities where it plans to build stores.

Bumstead Provisions, a rustic new grocery store, restaurant and bar with an emphasis on locally-sourced craft beer and food, will open in September at 2671-75 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., according to Ald. Tony Zielinski.

Germantown-based Kessler’s Diamonds announced that it plans to open a store in downtown Milwaukee in the George Watts & Son Building at 761 N. Jefferson St.

Metal-Era, a roof edge and ventilation system manufacturer, plans to add an addition of about 35,000 square feet to its 110,000-square-foot plant at 1600 Airline Road in Waukesha.