Real Estate

Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (HMI) will host a panel discussion Thursday, Jan. 17, focused on the development of the East Side Commercial Historic District.

When Compass Properties, LLC building management staff members organized a holiday toy drive for all of downtown Milwaukee at the beginning of December, they had no idea how successful they would be.

Aveda has partnered with Milwaukee-based Neroli Salon & Spa, to open its newest, state-of-the-art Experience Center retail store at Brookfield Square mall in Brookfield.

Jim and Kim Engel, the owners of Sunburst Ski Hill in Kewaskum have entered into an agreement to sell the business to Rob and Jennifer Friedl of Cedarburg.

Meijer Inc. has selected its preferred site for a grocery/retail store in Kenosha, which is expected to open in 2014, according to a recent report in the Kenosha News.

CommonBond Communities and Community Advocates plan to build a 28-unit, 31,330-square-foot building providing housing and supportive services for women veterans. The facility will be built at 4900 W. Fond du Lac Ave. in Milwaukee.

Waterstone Mortgage Corp., one of the largest mortgage lenders in the U.S. with more than 500 employees in 11 states, will move its corporate headquarters from 1133 Quail Court, Pewaukee, to the former GE Medical Systems building at N25 W23255 Paul Road, Pewaukee.

Barely one-third of states added construction jobs on either a monthly or annual basis in November, as the prospect of a more severe contraction in 2013 keeps hiring down, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted that the threat of the looming fiscal cliff’s spending cuts and tax increases is offsetting slight growth in construction spending and keeping employment levels down.

Concordia University Wisconsin plans to build a 5-story, 274-bed dormitory on the north side of its campus at 12800 N. Lake Shore Dr. in Mequon.

Hakaduli Properties LLC recently purchased a pair of office buildings on Bluemound Road in Brookfield for $4.3 million.