Real Estate

Gateway Technical College hosted a grand opening last week for its expanded SC Johnson integrated Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Center.

Among the items of note from Monday's Oak Creek Common Council meeting was that senior housing has a "real strong possibility" of being included in the Drexel Town Square project, according to City Administrator Gerald Peterson.

The number of homes sold increased 18.3 percent in January, year-over-year, according to the latest report from the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA). That continues a 19-month trend of double digit home sales growth in the state.

Neroli Salon & Spa in April will move its Third Ward location at 325 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, to the Institute of Beauty and Wellness building at 327 E. St. Paul Ave.

Modus Desing Inc., a small graphic design and marketing firm, plans to move its headquarters from 1363 N. Prospect Ave. on Milwaukee’s East Side to a former auto garage building at 8759 N. Deerwood Dr. in Brown Deer.

Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Camping World, which claims to be the naiton's largest recreational vehicle (RV) and outdoor retailer, said it has purchased a site in Saukville, where it will create a store to sell RVs and RV accessories.

Milwaukee-based The Marcus Corp. says it plans to close the 20,000-square-foot Paradise Landing indoor waterpark at the Hilton Milwauke City Center hotel, located at 509 W. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee. Paradise Landing will close on March 3.

Six years ago, developer Kendall Breunig began work on a massive redevelopment project, an effort to revitalize a 260,000-square-foot mostly vacant and underutilized complex of six connected buildings built between 1875 and 1910 near downtown Milwaukee.

The Opus Group plans to build a six-story, 80-unit student apartment building at 1400 W. Wells St., adjacent to the Marquette University campus in Milwaukee. The 80 apartments would have a total of 165 bedrooms. The building would also have 8,126 square feet of first floor retail space. The building would be constructed northwest of North 14th Street and West Wells Street. The existing building on the 0.4-acre site, which includes a Subway restaurant and the Kampus Foods store, would be demolished. Korb Tredo Architects is the designer for the project.

A team of developers, led by Wispark LLC, this week unveiled detailed architectural renderings for the Drexel Town Square project in Oak Creek. Hundreds of residents attended an open house to see the plans.