Real Estate

Home sales in the metro Milwaukee area were up 3.7 percent in October, compared to October of 2013. There were 1,487 homes sold in October in the four-county area, compared to 1,434 sold in October of 2013, according to the latest report from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.

Phil Callen, president of Callen Construction, Inc.Address: S63 W13131 Janesville Road, MuskegoWebsite: www.callcallen.com Industry: Home improvement and remodelingEmployees: 46Family:...

Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust today reported a third quarter net loss of $2.3 million, or six cents lost per share, compared to a net loss of $1.4 million, or 10 cents lost per share, in the third quarter of 2013.

Registration closes today for the 12th annual BizTimes Milwaukee Commercial Real Estate and Development Conference, which will be held Friday, Nov. 14, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee.

The Sears store and Sears Auto Center at Memorial Mall in Sheboygan will close in February, a spokesman for the company said. The store has 31 employees.

An investment group led by developer Joshua Jeffers has completed its purchase of the historic Mackie Building at 225 E. Michigan St., and an adjacent parking lot, in downtown Milwaukee.

An affiliate of Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently purchased the former Menards store building in the Town of Sheboygan for $5 million, according to state records.

Pizzeria planned in Washington HeightsWy’East Pizza LLC purchased a vacant building at 5601 W. Vliet St. in Milwaukee’s Washington...

An affiliate of Boston-based STAG Industrial Inc. recently purchased a 202,500-square-foot industrial building in Germantown, occupied by Rock-Tenn Co., from New York-based Icahn Enterprises L.P. for $9.3 million, according to state records.

Milwaukee-based PAK Technologies Inc. plans to acquire a 67,000-square-foot building at 6800 W. Calumet Road in Milwaukee.