Real Estate

Real estate investment trust analysts say REITs are a good piece of a diversified investment portfolio, but some types of REITs appear poised to perform better than others.

Based on an examination of the latest real estate market data, the metro Milwaukee area is arguably one of the strongest industrial markets in the nation.

Construction workers have been putting the finishing touches on the 127-room Hilton Garden Inn hotel that First Hospitality Group Inc. is building in the historic Loyalty Building in downtown Milwaukee.

Milwaukee's commercial real estate developers are becoming increasingly frustrated by the lack of progress in the redevelopment of the Park East Corridor, which stands largely vacant on the north end of the city's downtown.

Atmosphere Engineering Co., an industrial flow measurement system manufacturer, is moving its headquarters from Greenfield to a much larger building in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP has formed a strategic partnership with Sarasota, Fla.-based Carlson Studio Architecture.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the start of construction for the 93,000-square-foot, $75 million Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex.

The 508-room Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel & Convention Center, a sprawling south side landmark property, will close, likely in late December, according to a notification sent Wednesday by Fairfax, Va.-based Crescent Hotels & Resorts to the Wisconsin State Department of Workforce Development.

The annual BizTimes Milwaukee Real Estate & Development Conference is next week, Thursday, Nov. 1, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee.

The 508-room Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel & Convention Center, a sprawling south side landmark property, will close, likely in late December, according to a notification sent today by Fairfax, Va.-based Crescent Hotels & Resorts to the Wisconsin state Department of Workforce Development.